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
Bulls—High1,69088.361,4933thin
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
Bulls——1,69088.36/cwt83.50–92.001,4933
BullsNumber 1—120105.00/cwt105.00–105.001261
BullsNumber 1—8393.20/cwt90.00–100.00773
BullsNumber 1—114104.94/cwt100.00–110.001203
BullsNumber 1—104107.63/cwt95.00–115.001124
BullsNumber 1—9597.77/cwt80.00–110.00937
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,41179.48/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 1—9065.00/cwt65.00–65.00591
HeifersNumber 1—10065.00/cwt65.00–65.00651
BullsNumber 3—8220.24/cwt10.00–30.00172
BullsNumber 3—9430.00/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 2—8675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
BullsNumber 2—10690.00/cwt90.00–90.00951
BullsNumber 2—11282.54/cwt80.00–85.00922
BullsNumber 2—9565.25/cwt55.00–80.00623
BullsNumber 3—7830.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsNumber 3—11060.00/cwt60.00–60.00661
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—120175.00/cwt175.00–175.002101
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84195.00/cwt195.00–195.001641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—92195.00/cwt195.00–195.001791
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—104165.00/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.