Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-05-28

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
12 vs last sale 125 5 vs year ago 132 · +3.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
156 head
14 vs last sale 142 33 vs year ago 189 · 17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. 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
BullsHigh1,69088.361,4933thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,84771.231,3162thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61067.401,0858thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27166.558469thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13651.9159013
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,41179.481,1212thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199113.30/cwt21
BullsNumber 210075.12/cwt7
BullsNumber 39031.75/cwt6
HeifersNumber 19898.33/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,69088.36/cwt83.50–92.001,4933
BullsNumber 1120105.00/cwt105.00–105.001261
BullsNumber 18393.20/cwt90.00–100.00773
BullsNumber 1114104.94/cwt100.00–110.001203
BullsNumber 1104107.63/cwt95.00–115.001124
BullsNumber 19597.77/cwt80.00–110.00937
Dairy HeifersChoice1,41179.48/cwt75.00–84.001,1212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68970.53/cwt69.00–72.001,1912
CowsLean 85-90%1,16832.95/cwt29.00–39.503853
CowsLean 85-90%1,09862.93/cwt57.50–67.506915
CowsLean 85-90%1,15452.27/cwt47.00–54.506035
HeifersNumber 19065.00/cwt65.00–65.00591
HeifersNumber 110065.00/cwt65.00–65.00651
BullsNumber 38220.24/cwt10.00–30.00172
BullsNumber 39430.00/cwt20.00–40.00282
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20671.02/cwt68.50–73.508574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32362.98/cwt60.00–67.008335
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58466.35/cwt64.50–68.001,0516
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,84771.23/cwt69.50–73.001,3162
BullsNumber 28675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
BullsNumber 210690.00/cwt90.00–90.00951
BullsNumber 211282.54/cwt80.00–85.00922
BullsNumber 29565.25/cwt55.00–80.00623
BullsNumber 37830.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsNumber 311060.00/cwt60.00–60.00661
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120175.00/cwt175.00–175.002101
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84195.00/cwt195.00–195.001641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92195.00/cwt195.00–195.001791
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104165.00/cwt165.00–165.001721

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.