Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-09-24

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
11 vs last sale 132 9 vs year ago 134 · +6.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
271 head
2 vs last sale 269 21 vs year ago 250 · +8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves over 96 lbs sold steady, under 96 lbs 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
BullsAverage1,44775.641,0952thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,75966.481,16911
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41459.618439thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17146.5254512
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,14470.008011thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198116.70/cwt21
BullsNumber 29476.03/cwt10
BullsNumber 38243.72/cwt4
HeifersNumber 189151.86/cwt8

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,44775.64/cwt74.00–77.001,0952
BullsNumber 1114135.00/cwt135.00–135.001541
BullsNumber 18568.85/cwt60.00–80.00594
BullsNumber 194104.26/cwt85.00–120.00985
BullsNumber 1103131.91/cwt120.00–150.0013610
BullsNumber 29785.14/cwt65.00–110.00833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67470.86/cwt69.50–72.501,1863
CowsLean 85-90%1,05537.80/cwt22.00–44.503996
HeifersNumber 18850.00/cwt50.00–50.00441
HeifersNumber 110030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
Dairy HeifersSelect1,14470.00/cwt70.00–70.008011
BullsNumber 28152.53/cwt50.00–55.00432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55666.00/cwt65.00–67.001,0272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37457.79/cwt55.50–59.507947
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79164.84/cwt63.50–66.001,1618
CowsLean 85-90%1,28362.01/cwt61.50–62.507962
CowsLean 85-90%1,29051.85/cwt48.50–55.006694
BullsNumber 310080.00/cwt80.00–80.00801
BullsNumber 2104110.00/cwt110.00–110.001141
BullsNumber 37631.62/cwt20.00–40.00243
BullsNumber 2112115.00/cwt115.00–115.001291
BullsNumber 212070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 27452.43/cwt50.00–55.00392
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102200.00/cwt200.00–200.002041
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross68135.00/cwt135.00–135.00921
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85192.24/cwt170.00–215.001632
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94205.14/cwt200.00–210.001933

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.