Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-08

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 8
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
8 vs last sale 155 7 vs year ago 154 · 4.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
155 head
147 vs last sale 302 115 vs year ago 270 · 42.6%
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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 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
BullsAverage1,31868.008961thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38353.7674415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68852.4988611
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13938.9344314
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,56873.001,1451thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197129.15/cwt23
BullsNumber 29685.93/cwt14
BullsNumber 39448.27/cwt3
BullsUtility805.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 198155.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 28515.00/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing725.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersNumber 28515.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
BullsNumber 38055.00/cwt55.00–55.00441
BullsNumber 310144.90/cwt35.00–55.00452
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing725.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsNumber 1104130.68/cwt120.00–140.001367
BullsNumber 27552.80/cwt45.00–60.00402
CowsLean 85-90%1,21345.33/cwt41.00–49.505507
Bulls1,31868.00/cwt68.00–68.008961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42860.29/cwt59.50–61.508613
CowsLean 85-90%1,06432.52/cwt22.50–38.503467
BullsNumber 18692.08/cwt80.00–100.00795
BullsUtilityJersey805.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsNumber 194105.00/cwt105.00–105.00992
Dairy HeifersChoice1,56873.00/cwt73.00–73.001,1451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37252.13/cwt46.50–56.0071512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68852.49/cwt47.50–57.0088611
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110160.00/cwt160.00–160.001761
BullsNumber 28764.83/cwt50.00–80.00562
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94180.00/cwt180.00–180.001691
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross76175.00/cwt175.00–175.001331
BullsNumber 2105110.00/cwt110.00–110.001163
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82162.80/cwt150.00–175.001332
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94160.00/cwt160.00–160.001501
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102150.00/cwt150.00–150.001531
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106140.00/cwt140.00–140.001481
BullsNumber 1113134.91/cwt130.00–140.001523
BullsNumber 211590.00/cwt90.00–90.001042
BullsNumber 29491.55/cwt75.00–115.00865

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.