Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-14

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
17 vs last sale 144 16 vs year ago 111 · +14.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
193 head
61 vs last sale 132 8 vs year ago 185 · +4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady. 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%Average1,71474.551,2784thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,71167.751,1596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32466.8388513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14452.2259714

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198109.04/cwt16
BullsNumber 29965.03/cwt7
HeifersNumber 19494.14/cwt6

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,16248.82/cwt46.50–51.505676
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,71474.55/cwt73.00–77.001,2784
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80071.72/cwt71.50–72.001,2912
CowsLean 85-90%96539.66/cwt38.00–41.003832
CowsLean 85-90%1,18659.80/cwt57.00–64.007096
HeifersNumber 18572.41/cwt70.00–75.00622
BullsNumber 212070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 29267.34/cwt60.00–75.00622
BullsNumber 210366.84/cwt50.00–80.00693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16273.12/cwt71.00–75.508503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37364.94/cwt60.50–68.0089210
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66665.76/cwt62.00–69.501,0964
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92215.00/cwt215.00–215.001981
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104210.00/cwt210.00–210.002181
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88205.00/cwt205.00–205.001801
HeifersNumber 111075.00/cwt75.00–75.00831
HeifersNumber 19770.00/cwt70.00–70.00682
BullsNumber 28250.00/cwt50.00–50.00411
BullsNumber 110393.88/cwt80.00–100.00975
BullsNumber 196103.77/cwt100.00–105.001004
BullsNumber 1112100.00/cwt100.00–100.001122
BullsNumber 18577.59/cwt70.00–85.00662
BullsNumber 17880.00/cwt80.00–80.00621

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.