Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-09-17

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 17
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
0 vs last sale 132 26 vs year ago 158 · 16.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
269 head
36 vs last sale 233 54 vs year ago 323 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,51680.001,2131thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,92875.801,4612thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69469.861,18410
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41267.6295513
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17651.3260418
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,31571.399394thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197130.06/cwt23
BullsNumber 29775.76/cwt14
BullsNumber 39240.00/cwt3
HeifersNumber 185171.72/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,51680.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2131
BullsNumber 188110.00/cwt110.00–110.00971
BullsNumber 1110125.00/cwt125.00–125.001381
BullsNumber 195111.80/cwt100.00–130.001069
BullsNumber 1105135.57/cwt120.00–155.001429
BullsNumber 27450.00/cwt50.00–50.00371
CowsLean 85-90%1,16239.86/cwt34.50–45.504634
CowsLean 85-90%1,11758.75/cwt57.50–62.006564
CowsLean 85-90%1,20652.94/cwt47.50–57.5063810
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,92875.80/cwt75.00–76.501,4612
HeifersNumber 19045.00/cwt45.00–45.00411
Dairy HeifersChoice1,31571.39/cwt70.00–72.509394
BullsNumber 39035.00/cwt35.00–35.00321
BullsNumber 310850.00/cwt50.00–50.00541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49763.27/cwt61.00–65.509476
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61068.19/cwt65.50–70.001,0986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34071.35/cwt68.00–77.009567
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82172.36/cwt71.50–73.501,3184
BullsNumber 211280.00/cwt80.00–80.00901
BullsNumber 212070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 29586.96/cwt70.00–95.00833
BullsNumber 28462.63/cwt50.00–70.00534
BullsNumber 210687.31/cwt75.00–100.00934
BullsNumber 37835.00/cwt35.00–35.00271
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross62150.00/cwt150.00–150.00931
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross76205.00/cwt205.00–205.001561
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94175.00/cwt175.00–175.001651
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross81207.87/cwt180.00–225.001683
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92190.00/cwt190.00–190.001751

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.