Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-07-16

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
4 vs last sale 149 13 vs year ago 158 · 8.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
247 head
7 vs last sale 254 45 vs year ago 202 · +22.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 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
BullsAverage1,64078.001,2791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40163.6189111
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,71363.501,0882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65260.149948thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20448.1258010
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37669.009491thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,50472.471,0902thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,34068.439172thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,23892.001,1391thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195128.46/cwt15
BullsNumber 29166.87/cwt8
BullsNumber 39848.02/cwt5
BullsUtility9015.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 193135.59/cwt8

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,64078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2791
BullsNumber 1110100.00/cwt100.00–100.001101
BullsNumber 18575.53/cwt60.00–90.00642
BullsNumber 110598.41/cwt95.00–100.001033
BullsNumber 19385.00/cwt80.00–90.00795
BullsNumber 28151.69/cwt50.00–55.00423
HeifersNumber 110060.00/cwt60.00–60.00601
Dairy HeifersChoice1,37669.00/cwt69.00–69.009491
Dairy SteersChoice1,50472.47/cwt71.00–74.001,0902
Dairy SteersSelect1,34068.43/cwt66.00–71.009172
CowsLean 85-90%1,18534.62/cwt32.00–36.504102
CowsLean 85-90%1,21249.31/cwt46.00–51.505986
HeifersChoice1,23892.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1391
HeifersNumber 111060.00/cwt60.00–60.00661
HeifersNumber 18665.00/cwt65.00–65.00561
HeifersNumber 19265.00/cwt65.00–65.00601
BullsNumber 210482.40/cwt80.00–85.00862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44660.37/cwt58.50–61.508735
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36366.31/cwt65.50–67.509046
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65260.14/cwt57.50–62.509948
CowsLean 85-90%1,20158.07/cwt57.00–59.006972
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,71363.50/cwt63.50–63.501,0882
BullsNumber 29171.69/cwt65.00–75.00653
BullsNumber 310045.00/cwt45.00–45.00451
BullsNumber 38632.56/cwt30.00–35.00282
BullsNumber 311065.00/cwt65.00–65.00722
BullsUtility8215.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsUtility9815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84255.00/cwt255.00–255.002141
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106230.00/cwt230.00–230.002441
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross91235.33/cwt205.00–265.002142
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76160.00/cwt160.00–160.001221
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88240.00/cwt240.00–240.002111
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94217.34/cwt210.00–225.002042

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.