Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-09

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
50 vs last sale 75 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
205 head
45 vs last sale 160 205 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 5.00-7.00 higher. Supply included

0 steers and heifers, 122 slaughter cows, 3 bulls and 0 feeder cattle. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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
BullsAverage1,74367.241,1722thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,65864.711,0735thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24957.727219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46157.278378thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16145.9253313

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19973.64/cwt22
BullsNumber 29554.06/cwt10
BullsNumber 39232.50/cwt2
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 186155.72/cwt7
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing626.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

29 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 210261.02/cwt50.00–70.00625
BullsNumber 19270.05/cwt65.00–75.00648
BullsNumber 27430.27/cwt25.00–35.00222
BullsNumber 211470.00/cwt70.00–70.00801
BullsNumber 29660.00/cwt60.00–60.00581
BullsNumber 28645.00/cwt45.00–45.00391
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,65864.71/cwt62.50–68.001,0735
CowsLean 85-90%1,10746.33/cwt42.50–51.505139
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23656.31/cwt51.00–61.006967
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
BullsNumber 39835.00/cwt35.00–35.00341
BullsNumber 38630.00/cwt30.00–30.00261
HeifersNumber 18625.00/cwt25.00–25.00221
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing626.00/cwt6.00–6.0041
CowsLean 85-90%1,42555.50/cwt55.50–55.507912
CowsLean 85-90%1,14334.49/cwt32.00–36.503942
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46157.27/cwt56.00–58.508378
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29462.66/cwt61.00–64.508112
HeifersNumber 110435.00/cwt35.00–35.00361
BullsNumber 111170.68/cwt65.00–80.00787
BullsNumber 18662.50/cwt60.00–65.00542
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross98130.00/cwt130.00–130.001271
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84150.00/cwt150.00–150.001261
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76207.57/cwt205.00–210.001582
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87204.96/cwt200.00–215.001783
BullsNumber 112450.00/cwt50.00–50.00621
BullsNumber 110670.00/cwt70.00–70.00741
BullsNumber 17640.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
Bulls1,74367.24/cwt65.00–71.001,1722

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.