Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-06-04

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 4
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
19 vs last sale 137 11 vs year ago 167 · 6.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
163 head
7 vs last sale 156 29 vs year ago 192 · 15.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold 10.00-15.00 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
BullsAverage1,56579.191,2393thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75470.811,2425thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76265.881,1616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39465.5191313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16349.6357710
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,43775.891,0912thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46878.021,1453thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,29272.009301thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198124.32/cwt28
BullsNumber 29879.11/cwt6
BullsNumber 39642.50/cwt4
HeifersNumber 182148.00/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,56579.19/cwt73.50–81.501,2393
BullsNumber 1112131.64/cwt130.00–135.001473
BullsNumber 18699.07/cwt95.00–110.00856
BullsNumber 194109.73/cwt95.00–130.001038
BullsNumber 1104133.63/cwt120.00–150.001398
BullsNumber 210398.21/cwt80.00–115.001013
CowsLean 85-90%1,26651.40/cwt44.00–54.506515
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,75470.81/cwt68.00–74.001,2425
HeifersNumber 110065.00/cwt65.00–65.00651
Dairy HeifersChoice1,43775.89/cwt75.00–77.001,0912
Dairy SteersChoice1,46878.02/cwt76.50–80.001,1453
Dairy SteersSelect1,29272.00/cwt72.00–72.009301
BullsNumber 212270.00/cwt70.00–70.00851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40570.04/cwt65.50–73.509846
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38561.62/cwt59.50–64.008537
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76265.88/cwt64.00–68.001,1616
CowsLean 85-90%95729.24/cwt28.50–30.002802
CowsLean 85-90%1,13060.28/cwt57.50–63.506813
BullsNumber 37635.00/cwt35.00–35.00271
BullsNumber 38645.00/cwt45.00–45.00391
BullsNumber 39840.00/cwt40.00–40.00391
BullsNumber 312450.00/cwt50.00–50.00621
BullsNumber 27860.00/cwt60.00–60.00471
BullsNumber 28050.00/cwt50.00–50.00401
HeifersNumber 1Jersey64150.00/cwt150.00–150.00961
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred8285.00/cwt85.00–85.00701
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross116160.00/cwt160.00–160.001861
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102192.35/cwt185.00–200.001962
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86225.00/cwt225.00–225.001941
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78215.00/cwt215.00–215.001681

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.