Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-01

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 1
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
12 vs last sale 143 5 vs year ago 160 · 3.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
302 head
31 vs last sale 271 44 vs year ago 258 · +17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold mostly 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
BullsAverage1,32670.419343thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71459.621,0229thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45552.7276711
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20843.4952512

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197115.21/cwt23
BullsNumber 29581.56/cwt3
BullsNumber 39731.67/cwt3
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 193173.49/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

20 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
BullsNumber 39225.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
BullsNumber 311035.00/cwt35.00–35.00391
BullsNumber 1103134.83/cwt110.00–160.001397
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90175.00/cwt175.00–175.001581
BullsNumber 1113135.24/cwt120.00–155.001533
BullsNumber 2100110.00/cwt110.00–110.001101
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross110170.00/cwt170.00–170.001871
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84175.24/cwt170.00–180.001472
BullsNumber 18687.95/cwt80.00–90.00765
Bulls1,43977.62/cwt77.00–78.001,1172
BullsNumber 19297.95/cwt85.00–105.00907
BullsNumber 29267.34/cwt60.00–75.00622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68556.31/cwt53.00–60.009495
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75163.75/cwt60.50–66.001,1164
CowsLean 85-90%1,26547.82/cwt44.50–52.506058
CowsLean 85-90%1,09434.83/cwt30.00–39.003814
BullsNumber 38835.00/cwt35.00–35.00311
BullsUtilityJersey8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
Bulls1,10056.00/cwt56.00–56.006161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45552.72/cwt50.00–56.0076711

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.