Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-11-12

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Nov 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
3 vs last sale 151 44 vs year ago 192 · 22.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
243 head
20 vs last sale 263 5 vs year ago 238 · +2.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

calves sold steady-5.00 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73368.441,1863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62462.781,02011
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35762.7485115
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26452.9466919
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,48869.171,0293thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,40977.331,0902thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,19469.008241thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19997.02/cwt22
BullsNumber 210068.68/cwt10
BullsNumber 39315.00/cwt2
BullsUtility7810.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 196148.09/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

24 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 210576.75/cwt50.00–100.00813
BullsNumber 211175.23/cwt50.00–100.00842
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94120.85/cwt80.00–160.001142
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94158.86/cwt145.00–170.001494
BullsNumber 310220.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
BullsNumber 38410.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35966.62/cwt64.50–69.009056
Dairy SteersSelect1,19469.00/cwt69.00–69.008241
Dairy SteersChoice1,40977.33/cwt76.00–78.501,0902
Dairy HeifersChoice1,48869.17/cwt68.00–70.001,0293
BullsNumber 28840.00/cwt40.00–40.00351
BullsNumber 29366.53/cwt55.00–80.00624
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,73368.44/cwt67.00–71.001,1863
CowsLean 85-90%1,41143.82/cwt43.00–44.506183
CowsLean 85-90%1,24260.12/cwt56.00–63.007474
CowsLean 85-90%1,23552.83/cwt47.50–58.5065212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62462.78/cwt60.00–66.001,02011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35560.15/cwt57.00–63.008159
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102105.00/cwt105.00–105.001071
BullsNumber 19596.12/cwt75.00–110.009111
BullsNumber 1115107.40/cwt100.00–115.001244
BullsNumber 18758.62/cwt40.00–70.00513
BullsNumber 1107115.00/cwt115.00–115.001232
BullsUtility7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081

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.