Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-06-25

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
10 vs last sale 145 24 vs year ago 131 · +18.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
235 head
7 vs last sale 242 10 vs year ago 225 · +4.4%
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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 5.00-10.00 lower. 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%Average1,73774.911,3013thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63068.771,1216thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33168.5991312
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14748.6355818
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,38677.701,0773thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,17772.488532thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199113.66/cwt23
BullsNumber 29890.61/cwt7
BullsNumber 39247.50/cwt2
BullsUtility10120.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 1103130.73/cwt7
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing665.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1120140.00/cwt140.00–140.001681
BullsNumber 1114135.00/cwt130.00–140.001542
BullsNumber 18793.32/cwt90.00–95.00813
BullsNumber 1104117.95/cwt100.00–125.001237
BullsNumber 193100.96/cwt80.00–125.00949
BullsNumber 28067.50/cwt65.00–70.00542
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
HeifersNumber 111840.00/cwt40.00–40.00471
HeifersNumber 110362.57/cwt60.00–65.00642
Dairy HeifersChoice1,38677.70/cwt76.00–79.501,0773
Dairy SteersSelect1,17772.48/cwt72.00–73.008532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40071.61/cwt68.00–74.001,0037
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63068.77/cwt66.00–70.501,1216
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,73774.91/cwt73.00–77.001,3013
CowsLean 85-90%1,18460.01/cwt58.50–63.007114
CowsLean 85-90%1,06935.89/cwt29.50–43.503846
CowsLean 85-90%1,18752.50/cwt49.50–55.506238
BullsNumber 210599.85/cwt80.00–110.001055
BullsNumber 38035.00/cwt35.00–35.00281
BullsNumber 310460.00/cwt60.00–60.00621
BullsUtility8810.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsUtility11430.00/cwt30.00–30.00341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23464.36/cwt61.00–68.007945
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100190.00/cwt190.00–190.001901
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86175.00/cwt175.00–175.001511
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92205.00/cwt205.00–205.001891
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100190.00/cwt190.00–190.001901
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross116180.00/cwt180.00–180.002091

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.