Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-07-02

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
8 vs last sale 155 47 vs year ago 100 · +47.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
234 head
1 vs last sale 235 84 vs year ago 150 · +56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61661.319919thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32458.5177510
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14341.2947212
HeifersChoiceAverage1,482101.001,4971thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,53694.081,4452thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103113.95/cwt19
BullsNumber 210169.59/cwt11
BullsNumber 38634.08/cwt5
HeifersNumber 186127.58/cwt6

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
HeifersNumber 18495.24/cwt90.00–100.00802
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78150.00/cwt150.00–150.001171
HeifersChoice1,482101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4971
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84200.00/cwt200.00–200.001681
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92155.00/cwt155.00–155.001431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33661.99/cwt60.50–64.508283
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31957.02/cwt53.50–60.007527
CowsLean 85-90%1,08137.20/cwt26.00–43.004027
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61661.31/cwt56.00–64.009919
CowsLean 85-90%1,23047.01/cwt45.50–50.005785
SteersChoice1,53694.08/cwt93.00–95.001,4452
HeifersNumber 19670.00/cwt70.00–70.00671
BullsNumber 18880.00/cwt80.00–80.00701
BullsNumber 28250.00/cwt50.00–50.00411
BullsNumber 38030.00/cwt30.00–30.00241
BullsNumber 310350.19/cwt30.00–70.00522
BullsNumber 211065.00/cwt60.00–70.00722
BullsNumber 1102120.00/cwt120.00–120.001221
BullsNumber 29573.89/cwt70.00–80.00704
BullsNumber 1120115.00/cwt115.00–115.001381
BullsNumber 210672.49/cwt65.00–80.00774
BullsNumber 19590.07/cwt80.00–100.00867
BullsNumber 36825.00/cwt25.00–25.00171
BullsNumber 1112125.56/cwt100.00–145.001418
BullsNumber 37415.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94215.00/cwt215.00–215.002021

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.