Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-07-30

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
8 vs last sale 141 32 vs year ago 165 · 19.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
247 head
1 vs last sale 248 14 vs year ago 233 · +6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,23880.259932thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,84869.831,2902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31567.1488313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72965.931,1404thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21450.6461516
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,53779.451,2212thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199113.16/cwt21
BullsNumber 29361.91/cwt8
BullsNumber 38931.22/cwt4
BullsUtility717.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 186117.50/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,00470.50/cwt70.50–70.507081
Bulls1,47290.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3251
BullsNumber 17650.00/cwt50.00–50.00381
BullsNumber 1112110.00/cwt110.00–110.001231
BullsNumber 112095.00/cwt95.00–95.001141
BullsNumber 18567.76/cwt60.00–75.00582
Dairy HeifersChoice1,53779.45/cwt76.50–82.001,2212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29064.59/cwt61.00–69.008338
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72965.93/cwt62.00–68.501,1404
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,84869.83/cwt66.50–73.001,2902
CowsLean 85-90%1,11662.82/cwt59.50–68.507014
CowsLean 85-90%1,10733.56/cwt21.00–42.003724
CowsLean 85-90%1,31653.10/cwt50.50–54.506998
BullsNumber 19598.74/cwt85.00–115.00947
BullsNumber 210175.03/cwt70.00–80.00763
BullsNumber 39435.00/cwt35.00–35.00331
BullsNumber 38729.96/cwt15.00–40.00263
BullsUtility585.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35671.23/cwt67.50–73.009665
BullsNumber 27542.60/cwt40.00–45.00322
BullsUtility8410.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 28850.00/cwt50.00–50.00441
BullsNumber 29270.00/cwt70.00–70.00641
BullsNumber 211065.00/cwt65.00–65.00721
BullsNumber 1106102.01/cwt95.00–110.001085
HeifersNumber 1Jersey9275.00/cwt75.00–75.00691
HeifersNumber 1Jersey7275.00/cwt75.00–75.00541
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96200.00/cwt180.00–220.001922
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104192.26/cwt180.00–205.002002
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86150.00/cwt150.00–150.001291
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92170.00/cwt170.00–170.001561

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.