Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-12-10

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
28 vs last sale 172 94 vs year ago 238 · 39.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
217 head
13 vs last sale 230 43 vs year ago 260 · 16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,51165.709932thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,82159.451,0833thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,76255.339759thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37451.0470113
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28841.5153415
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,20265.007811thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,18497.391,1532thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,189102.611,2203thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100108.01/cwt15
BullsNumber 29863.32/cwt6
BullsNumber 39726.67/cwt3
BullsUtility727.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 19580.02/cwt5
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

30 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
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 310427.50/cwt25.00–30.00292
BullsNumber 38225.00/cwt25.00–25.00211
BullsNumber 210465.00/cwt50.00–80.00682
BullsNumber 29672.45/cwt70.00–75.00702
BullsNumber 211265.00/cwt65.00–65.00731
BullsNumber 27440.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102185.00/cwt170.00–200.001892
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96195.00/cwt195.00–195.001871
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86157.56/cwt155.00–160.001362
HeifersNumber 110432.50/cwt30.00–35.00342
HeifersNumber 19620.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46455.88/cwt55.00–57.008182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35850.16/cwt47.00–53.0068111
Dairy SteersSelect1,20265.00/cwt65.00–65.007811
SteersChoice1,189102.61/cwt101.00–104.001,2203
HeifersChoice1,18497.39/cwt94.00–101.001,1532
Bulls1,51165.70/cwt65.50–66.009932
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,82159.45/cwt57.00–62.501,0833
CowsLean 85-90%1,23031.78/cwt24.00–37.003913
CowsLean 85-90%1,26247.97/cwt47.50–48.506052
CowsLean 85-90%1,31043.13/cwt39.00–46.5056510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78358.50/cwt58.00–59.001,0433
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75253.75/cwt50.00–58.009426
BullsNumber 18882.50/cwt80.00–85.00732
BullsNumber 110490.02/cwt85.00–95.00944
BullsNumber 19487.50/cwt85.00–95.00824
BullsNumber 111690.00/cwt90.00–90.001042
BullsUtility8210.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtility625.00/cwt5.00–5.0031

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.