Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-07

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
6 vs last sale 150 11 vs year ago 155 · 7.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
132 head
7 vs last sale 125 107 vs year ago 239 · 44.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,60263.001,0091thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61859.6096410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35458.8679716
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17844.2052118
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,27861.007801thin
SteersSelectAverage1,17076.008891thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19997.20/cwt30
BullsNumber 210373.64/cwt11
BullsNumber 38647.09/cwt7
HeifersNumber 28070.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 16457.58/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

27 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 112280.00/cwt80.00–80.00982
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95174.95/cwt170.00–180.001662
BullsNumber 39230.00/cwt30.00–30.00281
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80170.00/cwt170.00–170.001361
BullsNumber 210473.00/cwt70.00–80.00765
BullsNumber 110393.77/cwt90.00–100.00978
BullsNumber 211177.57/cwt70.00–85.00862
BullsNumber 19586.96/cwt80.00–95.00838
BullsNumber 29272.45/cwt70.00–75.00672
BullsNumber 310350.00/cwt50.00–50.00522
BullsNumber 18681.04/cwt70.00–85.00705
BullsNumber 212070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 38244.76/cwt35.00–55.00372
BullsNumber 111496.23/cwt95.00–100.001104
BullsNumber 28675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
BullsNumber 37155.07/cwt50.00–60.00392
CowsLean 85-90%1,27653.33/cwt52.50–55.006804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38156.62/cwt54.50–60.007829
CowsLean 85-90%1,14533.99/cwt25.50–40.003896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61859.60/cwt57.50–62.0096410
CowsLean 85-90%1,15447.30/cwt41.50–51.505468
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,60263.00/cwt63.00–63.001,0091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32061.74/cwt60.00–64.008157
HeifersNumber 1Jersey6457.58/cwt55.00–60.00372
HeifersNumber 28070.00/cwt70.00–70.00561
Dairy HeifersChoice1,27861.00/cwt61.00–61.007801
SteersSelect1,17076.00/cwt76.00–76.008891

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.