Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-10-29

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 29
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
11 vs last sale 152 34 vs year ago 197 · 17.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
248 head
20 vs last sale 268 81 vs year ago 329 · 24.6%
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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 sold 15.00-20.00 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
BullsHigh1,55297.501,5131thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,93559.951,1602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32055.5773313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77952.229297thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17342.8650315
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,49170.241,0473thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110282.57/cwt14
BullsNumber 210251.64/cwt6
BullsNumber 39215.00/cwt4
HeifersNumber 19660.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

26 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 37210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 311430.00/cwt30.00–30.00341
HeifersNumber 19620.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
BullsNumber 28820.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
BullsNumber 29452.45/cwt50.00–55.00492
BullsNumber 211161.65/cwt60.00–65.00683
CowsLean 85-90%1,25026.14/cwt21.00–31.003272
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,93559.95/cwt58.50–61.501,1602
BullsNumber 19574.05/cwt60.00–90.00704
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96100.00/cwt100.00–100.00961
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78750.52/cwt47.50–55.009035
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75856.47/cwt56.00–57.009932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34854.10/cwt50.00–58.007299
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25658.89/cwt58.50–59.507404
BullsNumber 18857.50/cwt55.00–60.00512
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross118100.00/cwt100.00–100.001181
CowsLean 85-90%1,08843.16/cwt39.00–46.504709
CowsLean 85-90%1,32650.56/cwt48.50–52.506704
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96100.00/cwt100.00–100.00961
BullsNumber 111588.47/cwt80.00–100.001023
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102100.00/cwt100.00–100.001021
BullsNumber 110589.71/cwt80.00–100.00942
Bulls1,55297.50/cwt97.50–97.501,5131
Dairy HeifersChoice1,49170.24/cwt62.00–81.001,0473
BullsNumber 38210.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 39810.00/cwt10.00–10.00101

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.