Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-08-13

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
13 vs last sale 132 18 vs year ago 163 · 11.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
234 head
7 vs last sale 227 18 vs year ago 216 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. 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
BullsAverage1,48184.601,2532thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67964.031,0753thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70960.291,0308thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38558.9681714
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20243.7752612
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,23265.008011thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199133.69/cwt18
BullsNumber 29696.89/cwt6
BullsNumber 38334.94/cwt4
BullsUtility685.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 187208.73/cwt4

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
Bulls1,48184.60/cwt81.00–89.001,2532
BullsNumber 1120140.00/cwt140.00–140.001681
BullsNumber 193109.93/cwt100.00–115.001023
BullsNumber 1113143.65/cwt130.00–160.001623
BullsNumber 1106137.61/cwt130.00–145.001464
BullsNumber 186107.08/cwt100.00–115.00925
Dairy HeifersChoice1,23265.00/cwt65.00–65.008011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70960.29/cwt58.50–63.001,0308
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,67964.03/cwt63.00–65.001,0753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37361.68/cwt60.00–62.508474
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39057.87/cwt53.00–61.0080410
CowsLean 85-90%1,14135.80/cwt33.00–41.504085
CowsLean 85-90%1,24549.46/cwt43.00–53.506167
BullsUtility685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 28490.00/cwt90.00–90.00761
BullsNumber 2110115.00/cwt115.00–115.001271
BullsNumber 29594.08/cwt80.00–115.00894
BullsNumber 37430.00/cwt30.00–30.00221
BullsNumber 38636.59/cwt25.00–50.00313
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95209.89/cwt200.00–220.001992
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross66160.00/cwt160.00–160.001061
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88210.00/cwt210.00–210.001851
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96232.45/cwt230.00–235.002232

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.