Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-08-27

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 27
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
3 vs last sale 138 78 vs year ago 213 · 36.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
231 head
11 vs last sale 242 19 vs year ago 250 · 7.6%
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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 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
BullsAverage1,43087.541,2525thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,53471.231,0933thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69465.481,1094thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31764.6185111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14349.2856313
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,47280.001,1781thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,19075.508981thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100125.80/cwt22
BullsNumber 29388.52/cwt9
BullsNumber 38235.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 181160.00/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,32478.53/cwt71.00–85.001,0402
Bulls1,50193.55/cwt90.00–97.001,4043
BullsNumber 195109.97/cwt105.00–115.001043
BullsNumber 187108.71/cwt100.00–115.00954
BullsNumber 1104113.21/cwt100.00–125.001186
BullsNumber 1111117.52/cwt110.00–120.001306
Dairy HeifersChoice1,47280.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1781
Dairy HeifersSelect1,19075.50/cwt75.50–75.508981
CowsLean 85-90%1,12453.98/cwt49.50–57.006076
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26667.51/cwt67.00–68.008555
CowsLean 85-90%1,16959.37/cwt58.00–62.006943
CowsLean 85-90%1,15334.66/cwt28.50–41.004004
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,53471.23/cwt69.00–73.501,0933
HeifersNumber 18850.00/cwt50.00–50.00441
BullsNumber 28573.67/cwt55.00–85.00633
BullsNumber 29185.07/cwt65.00–95.00773
BullsNumber 2102106.83/cwt100.00–115.001093
BullsNumber 38235.00/cwt35.00–35.00291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35962.20/cwt58.00–65.008456
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69465.48/cwt63.00–67.001,1094
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86205.00/cwt205.00–205.001761
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93206.77/cwt185.00–230.001922
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross82220.00/cwt220.00–220.001801
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross72210.00/cwt210.00–210.001511

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.