Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-04-30

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 30
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
8 vs last sale 142 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
125 head
3 vs last sale 122 125 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 steady-1.00 higher.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
BullsAverage1,75867.971,1952thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,80559.521,0744thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67255.709314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31753.5070515
CowsLean 85-90%High1,19943.1051716
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,52273.001,1111thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110098.23/cwt19
BullsNumber 29473.48/cwt9
BullsNumber 38626.49/cwt3
HeifersNumber 193107.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 28160.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

23 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 19485.30/cwt70.00–115.00806
BullsNumber 1112103.98/cwt100.00–110.001165
BullsNumber 39432.23/cwt20.00–45.00302
BullsNumber 27850.00/cwt50.00–50.00391
BullsNumber 210384.05/cwt80.00–100.00875
BullsNumber 37015.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84190.00/cwt190.00–190.001601
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross98150.00/cwt150.00–150.001471
CowsLean 85-90%1,07151.93/cwt49.50–54.005564
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67255.70/cwt54.00–57.009314
BullsNumber 28563.70/cwt50.00–70.00543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32951.93/cwt48.50–55.5069011
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,80559.52/cwt55.00–62.001,0744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28457.81/cwt56.00–59.507424
HeifersNumber 27860.00/cwt60.00–60.00471
CowsLean 85-90%1,15945.38/cwt41.00–48.005267
CowsLean 85-90%1,35832.84/cwt26.50–35.504465
Dairy SteersChoice1,52273.00/cwt73.00–73.001,1111
HeifersNumber 18865.00/cwt65.00–65.00571
HeifersNumber 28460.00/cwt60.00–60.00501
BullsNumber 1104100.94/cwt95.00–110.001055
BullsNumber 18670.00/cwt60.00–80.00602
Bulls1,75867.97/cwt57.00–76.001,1952

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.