Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-21

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 21
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
2 vs last sale 127 27 vs year ago 152 · 17.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
142 head
51 vs last sale 193 62 vs year ago 204 · 30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,63069.051,1265thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55264.389995thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34564.2486411
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14747.4254412

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199101.44/cwt18
BullsNumber 29975.04/cwt6
BullsNumber 39552.98/cwt5
BullsUtility925.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 184167.56/cwt4
HeifersNumber 293130.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

26 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 19392.67/cwt85.00–105.00866
BullsNumber 28760.11/cwt50.00–70.00522
CowsLean 85-90%1,11360.64/cwt57.00–65.506754
CowsLean 85-90%1,15330.63/cwt25.50–42.003534
HeifersNumber 29450.00/cwt50.00–50.00471
BullsNumber 210285.00/cwt85.00–85.00871
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55264.38/cwt60.00–66.509995
CowsLean 85-90%1,17550.98/cwt46.00–56.005994
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,63069.05/cwt68.00–70.001,1265
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30759.36/cwt56.00–62.507765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37768.31/cwt66.00–70.509416
BullsNumber 211087.50/cwt85.00–90.00962
BullsNumber 38455.00/cwt55.00–55.00461
BullsNumber 18885.00/cwt80.00–90.00754
BullsNumber 111398.31/cwt90.00–105.001113
BullsNumber 110395.00/cwt95.00–95.00982
BullsNumber 112280.00/cwt80.00–80.00981
BullsNumber 39354.95/cwt50.00–60.00512
BullsNumber 310250.00/cwt50.00–50.00512
BullsUtility925.00/cwt5.00–5.0051
BullsNumber 29870.00/cwt70.00–70.00691
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96205.00/cwt205.00–205.001971
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102160.00/cwt160.00–160.001631
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross92210.00/cwt210.00–210.001931
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76140.00/cwt140.00–140.001062
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92195.11/cwt190.00–200.001802

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.