Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-09-10

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
8 vs last sale 140 33 vs year ago 165 · 20.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
233 head
8 vs last sale 241 54 vs year ago 287 · 18.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Supply

included 0 steers and heifers, 131 slaughter cows, 1 bull and 0 feeder

cattle. All prices per cwt.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady. 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
BullsHigh1,484110.001,6321thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,99268.501,3651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66364.041,06511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33663.3284614
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16150.5558716

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197134.06/cwt22
BullsNumber 29275.81/cwt12
BullsNumber 37935.00/cwt2
BullsUtility807.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 195123.36/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls1,484110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6321
BullsNumber 18599.50/cwt60.00–115.00854
BullsNumber 196126.57/cwt110.00–140.001227
BullsNumber 1105130.61/cwt120.00–150.001378
BullsNumber 38435.00/cwt35.00–35.00291
BullsUtility605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
CowsLean 85-90%1,13257.79/cwt56.50–60.006544
HeifersNumber 1118135.00/cwt135.00–135.001591
HeifersNumber 19557.58/cwt55.00–60.00552
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20468.06/cwt66.50–72.008195
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66364.04/cwt61.50–67.501,06511
CowsLean 85-90%1,20551.89/cwt46.50–55.006259
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,99268.50/cwt68.50–68.501,3651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40960.69/cwt56.00–64.508559
CowsLean 85-90%1,06936.90/cwt35.00–38.503943
BullsNumber 27055.00/cwt55.00–55.00391
BullsUtility10010.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsNumber 29265.33/cwt50.00–80.00602
BullsNumber 28355.54/cwt40.00–80.00464
BullsNumber 2104100.39/cwt80.00–120.001045
BullsNumber 37435.00/cwt35.00–35.00261
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross108175.00/cwt175.00–175.001891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82222.68/cwt215.00–230.001832
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78160.00/cwt160.00–160.001251
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84210.00/cwt210.00–210.001761
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102120.00/cwt120.00–120.001221

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.