Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-15

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
5 vs last sale 147 49 vs year ago 201 · 24.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
268 head
113 vs last sale 155 2 vs year ago 270 · 0.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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
BullsAverage1,70873.001,2471thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70455.9595311
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36254.3073910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16443.5350716
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,50274.471,1192thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,26463.428022thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196125.50/cwt24
BullsNumber 210199.48/cwt9
BullsNumber 311050.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 185171.13/cwt5
HeifersNumber 28115.00/cwt2

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
HeifersNumber 27815.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
HeifersNumber 28415.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
BullsNumber 311050.00/cwt50.00–50.00551
BullsNumber 1105135.06/cwt125.00–145.001425
BullsNumber 19295.87/cwt80.00–125.00887
BullsNumber 28485.00/cwt85.00–85.00711
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85171.13/cwt150.00–185.001455
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96200.00/cwt200.00–200.001921
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102190.00/cwt190.00–190.001941
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70170.00/cwt170.00–170.001191
BullsNumber 29582.53/cwt80.00–85.00782
Bulls1,70873.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2471
BullsNumber 2112112.50/cwt105.00–120.001262
BullsNumber 2102105.07/cwt80.00–125.001074
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82225.00/cwt225.00–225.001851
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69354.82/cwt52.00–57.509289
CowsLean 85-90%1,15844.18/cwt40.50–49.005129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25956.47/cwt55.50–59.007115
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross116130.00/cwt130.00–130.001511
BullsNumber 18487.68/cwt80.00–95.00744
BullsNumber 1114133.33/cwt130.00–140.001523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75461.04/cwt59.50–62.501,0712
CowsLean 85-90%1,23653.91/cwt51.00–55.006663
CowsLean 85-90%1,12334.30/cwt25.00–38.503854
Dairy SteersChoice1,50274.47/cwt72.50–76.501,1192
Dairy SteersSelect1,26463.42/cwt59.50–67.508022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46552.12/cwt48.50–55.507645

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.