Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-02

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
528 vs last sale 603 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
160 head
142 vs last sale 302 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

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
BullsAverage1,37060.008221thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,70053.079024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25751.5164810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56849.957836thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15339.5945616
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,32761.738192thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,31663.508361thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19687.38/cwt26
BullsNumber 29753.48/cwt12
BullsNumber 38722.48/cwt6
BullsUtility825.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 190110.08/cwt5
HeifersNumber 28820.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88135.00/cwt125.00–145.001192
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94125.21/cwt120.00–130.001182
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94139.84/cwt120.00–155.001314
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84145.00/cwt145.00–145.001221
BullsNumber 210360.29/cwt50.00–70.00622
BullsNumber 39620.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
BullsNumber 29354.03/cwt40.00–75.00504
BullsNumber 211075.00/cwt65.00–85.00832
BullsNumber 28035.00/cwt30.00–40.00282
BullsNumber 212650.00/cwt50.00–50.00631
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56849.95/cwt47.00–53.507836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20149.52/cwt46.00–54.005957
BullsUtility825.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsNumber 38719.94/cwt15.00–25.00172
BullsNumber 37022.50/cwt15.00–30.00162
BullsNumber 311030.00/cwt30.00–30.00331
HeifersNumber 28820.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
CowsLean 85-90%1,21448.09/cwt46.00–50.505845
CowsLean 85-90%1,10030.71/cwt23.50–36.003385
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38956.16/cwt55.00–57.507803
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,70053.07/cwt51.50–54.509024
CowsLean 85-90%1,14539.90/cwt38.50–43.504576
Dairy SteersChoice1,31663.50/cwt63.50–63.508361
Dairy HeifersChoice1,32761.73/cwt60.00–63.508192
HeifersNumber 18830.00/cwt30.00–30.00261
BullsNumber 27835.00/cwt35.00–35.00271
BullsNumber 110487.83/cwt85.00–90.00919
BullsNumber 18658.15/cwt35.00–65.00507
BullsNumber 19565.04/cwt60.00–70.00623
BullsNumber 111087.50/cwt85.00–90.00962
Bulls1,37060.00/cwt60.00–60.008221

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.