Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-23

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
23 vs last sale 165 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
122 head
10 vs last sale 132 122 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 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,59670.921,1322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38552.2472412
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,66951.818655thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59651.638248thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16337.3143414

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195122.98/cwt14
BullsNumber 29379.97/cwt10
BullsNumber 310257.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 183199.90/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1111115.05/cwt110.00–120.001282
BullsNumber 1101112.48/cwt110.00–115.001142
Bulls1,59670.92/cwt60.50–78.001,1322
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76189.47/cwt170.00–210.001442
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80190.00/cwt190.00–190.001521
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross91215.27/cwt190.00–240.001962
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92242.77/cwt230.00–255.002232
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59651.63/cwt48.00–54.508248
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42250.87/cwt48.00–54.007239
BullsNumber 310257.50/cwt50.00–65.00592
BullsNumber 29283.72/cwt75.00–90.00774
BullsNumber 210496.60/cwt90.00–100.001003
BullsNumber 28855.00/cwt50.00–60.00482
CowsLean 85-90%1,07033.24/cwt21.00–38.503568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27456.35/cwt54.50–58.007183
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,66951.81/cwt50.00–54.508655
CowsLean 85-90%1,28742.73/cwt40.50–45.505506
BullsNumber 27865.00/cwt65.00–65.00511
BullsNumber 194103.96/cwt95.00–115.00984
BullsNumber 18591.32/cwt85.00–95.00784

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.