Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-08-20

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 20
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
7 vs last sale 145 2 vs year ago 136 · +1.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
242 head
8 vs last sale 234 19 vs year ago 223 · +8.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. 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
BullsHigh1,39385.391,1905thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,69969.211,1763thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69963.111,0723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34360.4581212
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,25144.1555210

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198117.28/cwt22
BullsNumber 29677.96/cwt5
BullsNumber 37635.00/cwt1
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 185207.73/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls1,72096.06/cwt95.00–97.001,6522
Bulls1,17578.28/cwt70.00–82.009203
BullsNumber 187100.04/cwt90.00–105.00873
BullsNumber 1111105.03/cwt100.00–110.001173
BullsNumber 193105.62/cwt95.00–115.00988
BullsNumber 28562.41/cwt55.00–70.00532
CowsLean 85-90%1,18235.65/cwt32.00–42.004215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69963.11/cwt62.00–64.001,0723
CowsLean 85-90%1,36462.50/cwt62.50–62.508531
CowsLean 85-90%1,30950.19/cwt47.50–53.506574
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,69969.21/cwt67.50–71.501,1763
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40764.67/cwt62.00–66.009105
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29857.43/cwt54.50–60.507457
BullsNumber 37635.00/cwt35.00–35.00271
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 1105103.00/cwt100.00–110.001085
BullsNumber 29885.00/cwt85.00–85.00831
BullsNumber 210085.00/cwt85.00–85.00851
BullsNumber 211295.00/cwt95.00–95.001061
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88200.00/cwt200.00–200.001761
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94200.00/cwt200.00–200.001881
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross108205.00/cwt205.00–205.002211
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78230.00/cwt230.00–230.001791
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100195.00/cwt195.00–195.001951
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross82204.55/cwt170.00–225.001683

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.