Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-01-16

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 16
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
89 vs last sale 244 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
260 head
43 vs last sale 303 260 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week 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
BullsAverage1,30669.089024thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78662.761,1215thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43955.8380411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69854.099195thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,13939.2144717

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19994.02/cwt23
BullsNumber 29953.11/cwt13
BullsNumber 38916.59/cwt3
BullsUtility918.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 19192.50/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8210.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls1,07964.42/cwt58.50–70.006952
BullsNumber 18430.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
BullsNumber 212465.00/cwt60.00–70.00812
BullsNumber 29340.07/cwt20.00–50.00373
BullsNumber 39417.39/cwt15.00–20.00162
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
CowsLean 85-90%1,18249.20/cwt48.00–50.005825
CowsLean 85-90%1,01427.45/cwt22.00–39.502787
HeifersNumber 19615.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8210.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44153.43/cwt49.50–55.007707
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64052.15/cwt50.00–53.508553
CowsLean 85-90%1,27145.70/cwt41.50–48.505815
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78662.76/cwt60.00–65.501,1215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43660.04/cwt57.50–62.008624
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78657.00/cwt57.00–57.001,0182
BullsNumber 112490.00/cwt90.00–90.001121
BullsNumber 1112100.09/cwt95.00–105.001122
BullsNumber 110392.39/cwt85.00–105.00956
BullsNumber 19472.23/cwt50.00–85.00688
BullsUtility9610.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsUtility11210.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
Bulls1,53373.74/cwt73.00–74.501,1302
BullsNumber 27425.00/cwt25.00–25.00191
BullsNumber 211480.00/cwt80.00–80.00911
BullsNumber 28425.00/cwt25.00–25.00212
BullsNumber 210271.32/cwt55.00–85.00734
BullsNumber 37815.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross126135.00/cwt135.00–135.001701
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85137.53/cwt135.00–140.001172
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93150.00/cwt150.00–150.001402
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86170.00/cwt170.00–170.001461

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.