Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-12-05

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
216 head
167 vs last sale 383 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
262 head
139 vs last sale 401 262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,76368.681,2116thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,81660.701,1027thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82855.761,0196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45550.5873613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22337.0745312

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110498.89/cwt22
BullsNumber 29853.76/cwt9
BullsNumber 38919.99/cwt8
BullsUtility728.00/cwt5
HeifersNumber 19376.25/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 18650.00/cwt50.00–50.00431
BullsNumber 112390.00/cwt90.00–90.001112
BullsNumber 19578.36/cwt75.00–80.00743
BullsNumber 110689.02/cwt70.00–105.00945
BullsNumber 111396.46/cwt80.00–110.001097
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
HeifersNumber 19415.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersNumber 110015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
CowsLean 85-90%1,26443.18/cwt38.50–45.505466
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44554.80/cwt53.00–56.507922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45749.81/cwt48.00–52.5072611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82855.76/cwt53.50–57.001,0196
CowsLean 85-90%1,18130.97/cwt20.00–38.503666
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,81660.70/cwt58.00–64.501,1027
BullsUtility8210.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 28640.00/cwt40.00–40.00341
BullsNumber 211060.00/cwt60.00–60.00661
BullsNumber 210374.84/cwt70.00–85.00773
BullsNumber 29439.84/cwt30.00–50.00374
BullsNumber 38210.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
Bulls1,76368.68/cwt60.00–71.001,2116
BullsNumber 39215.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
BullsNumber 37514.91/cwt10.00–20.00113
BullsNumber 310330.06/cwt20.00–40.00313
BullsUtility585.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86160.00/cwt160.00–160.001381
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross91143.36/cwt140.00–145.001303
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80125.00/cwt125.00–125.001001
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96150.00/cwt150.00–150.001441

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.