Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-08-06

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
1 vs last sale 133 2 vs year ago 130 · +1.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
227 head
20 vs last sale 247 31 vs year ago 258 · 12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 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
BullsAverage1,49286.091,2844thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,68570.821,1933thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72063.911,0995thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32663.7684510
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18947.0055916
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,34466.008871thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,21869.508471thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199112.55/cwt21
BullsNumber 210177.66/cwt15
BullsNumber 38526.67/cwt3
BullsUtility585.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 193186.94/cwt5
HeifersNumber 29630.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,49286.09/cwt76.50–90.001,2844
BullsNumber 1115140.00/cwt140.00–140.001612
BullsNumber 18263.46/cwt55.00–70.00523
BullsNumber 194109.75/cwt80.00–130.001038
BullsNumber 1106126.90/cwt105.00–150.001358
BullsNumber 211475.00/cwt75.00–75.00861
CowsLean 85-90%1,20639.41/cwt29.00–45.004758
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,68570.82/cwt69.00–75.001,1933
HeifersNumber 29630.00/cwt30.00–30.00291
Dairy HeifersChoice1,34466.00/cwt66.00–66.008871
Dairy SteersSelect1,21869.50/cwt69.50–69.508471
BullsNumber 37430.00/cwt30.00–30.00222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28469.34/cwt68.00–70.508902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33662.36/cwt55.50–65.508338
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72063.91/cwt62.50–66.501,0995
CowsLean 85-90%1,08850.19/cwt46.00–54.505464
CowsLean 85-90%1,25558.98/cwt57.00–62.507404
BullsUtility585.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 212272.38/cwt65.00–80.00882
BullsNumber 28766.92/cwt50.00–80.00583
BullsNumber 210483.60/cwt75.00–105.00874
BullsNumber 29682.01/cwt70.00–100.00795
BullsNumber 310620.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76185.00/cwt185.00–185.001411
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84205.00/cwt205.00–205.001721
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96160.00/cwt160.00–160.001541
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104192.36/cwt185.00–200.002002

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.