Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-12-03

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
9 vs last sale 163 44 vs year ago 216 · 20.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
230 head
230 vs last sale 0 32 vs year ago 262 · 12.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,64675.981,2517thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75664.001,1241thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76856.711,00310
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38155.0476015
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26547.2259818
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,33567.989083thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,48081.001,1991thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309103.281,3523thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,24485.001,0571thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110088.46/cwt19
BullsNumber 29966.34/cwt12
BullsNumber 39538.97/cwt5
BullsUtility747.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 19893.37/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7210.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

33 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 110485.17/cwt75.00–90.00894
BullsNumber 111486.01/cwt80.00–90.00985
BullsNumber 17645.00/cwt45.00–45.00341
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross8481.73/cwt50.00–115.00692
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106185.00/cwt185.00–185.001961
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90160.00/cwt160.00–160.001441
BullsNumber 210771.66/cwt55.00–90.00773
BullsNumber 29562.70/cwt50.00–75.00606
BullsNumber 28772.47/cwt70.00–75.00632
BullsNumber 18364.88/cwt50.00–75.00543
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102100.00/cwt100.00–100.001021
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross120110.00/cwt110.00–110.001321
BullsNumber 311050.00/cwt50.00–50.00551
BullsNumber 310342.43/cwt35.00–50.00442
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsUtility705.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsUtilityJersey7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 19781.32/cwt75.00–85.00794
BullsNumber 212060.00/cwt60.00–60.00721
BullsNumber 37830.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsNumber 38230.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
Bulls1,64675.98/cwt63.00–83.501,2517
Dairy HeifersChoice1,33567.98/cwt65.00–70.509083
Dairy SteersChoice1,48081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1991
HeifersSelect1,24485.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0571
HeifersChoice1,309103.28/cwt101.00–105.001,3523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38559.86/cwt58.50–61.008292
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38054.30/cwt52.00–58.5074913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76856.71/cwt54.00–58.501,00310
CowsLean 85-90%1,31339.38/cwt32.00–43.005174
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,75664.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1241
CowsLean 85-90%1,26948.06/cwt46.50–51.0061011
CowsLean 85-90%1,18954.62/cwt53.00–57.006493

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.