Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-07-23

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
4 vs last sale 145 24 vs year ago 165 · 14.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
248 head
1 vs last sale 247 3 vs year ago 245 · +1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 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
BullsAverage1,54281.431,2554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,72163.641,0967thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38263.1587313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20046.585599thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,61771.291,1532thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,51677.501,1751thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100114.38/cwt18
BullsNumber 29366.03/cwt5
BullsNumber 38522.24/cwt2
HeifersNumber 184245.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1114100.00/cwt100.00–100.001142
BullsNumber 19494.92/cwt90.00–100.00894
Dairy SteersChoice1,51677.50/cwt77.50–77.501,1751
CowsLean 85-90%1,22248.59/cwt45.00–51.005944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43366.16/cwt62.00–72.509487
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76965.71/cwt64.00–69.001,1624
CowsLean 85-90%1,16029.32/cwt28.00–30.503402
CowsLean 85-90%1,19755.41/cwt52.50–57.006633
Dairy HeifersChoice1,61771.29/cwt65.00–78.001,1532
BullsNumber 38522.24/cwt15.00–30.00192
BullsNumber 110592.93/cwt80.00–105.00985
Bulls1,35270.26/cwt69.00–71.509502
Bulls1,73192.60/cwt91.00–94.501,6032
BullsNumber 112095.00/cwt95.00–95.001141
BullsNumber 18570.06/cwt65.00–75.00602
BullsNumber 27452.57/cwt50.00–55.00392
BullsNumber 210575.00/cwt70.00–80.00793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32359.64/cwt55.00–62.007896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65860.88/cwt59.00–63.501,0093
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70140.00/cwt140.00–140.00981
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90230.00/cwt230.00–230.002071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106204.72/cwt190.00–220.002172
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84245.00/cwt245.00–245.002061

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.