Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2019-06-10

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Jun 10
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Slaughter Cattle receipts
429 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 429▲ 429 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
252 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 305▲ 252 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Due to program error, slaughter cows was not reported.

Feeder dairy calves sold 25.00-30.00 lower.

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
Bulls—Low1,43777.891,12013
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,56480.771,2635thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,29873.399538thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,616110.671,7884thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,446106.041,5337thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,26899.561,2623thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,622115.011,8669thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,521110.791,68514
SteersSelectAverage1,276108.721,3878thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110686.36/cwt22
BullsNumber 210172.40/cwt15
BullsNumber 38731.06/cwt10
BullsUtility8314.55/cwt11
HeifersNumber 186156.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 29235.00/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7529.15/cwt5

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,276108.72/cwt104.00–112.001,3878
Steers—Choice1,521110.79/cwt107.50–115.001,68514
Steers—Choice and Prime1,561116.87/cwt115.00–119.501,8247
Steers—Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,836108.49/cwt108.00–109.001,9922
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,26899.56/cwt98.00–102.001,2623
Heifers—Choice1,446106.04/cwt103.00–109.001,5337
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,476114.23/cwt113.50–115.001,6862
Heifers—Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,756107.11/cwt102.00–112.501,8812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,12962.39/cwt61.00–64.007043
Bulls——1,50177.56/cwt70.00–80.001,1644
Bulls——1,54985.87/cwt83.00–95.001,3306
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,29873.39/cwt71.00–79.009538
Dairy Steers—Choice1,56480.77/cwt78.00–85.001,2635
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-TubingBrown Swiss7050.00/cwt50.00–50.00351
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7316.91/cwt5.00–25.00123
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross82205.00/cwt190.00–220.001682
Heifers—Utility/Non-TubingCrossbred8445.00/cwt45.00–45.00381
Heifers—Number 28430.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
Heifers—Number 19460.00/cwt60.00–60.00561
Heifers—Number 210040.00/cwt40.00–40.00401
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—UtilityJersey625.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
Bulls—UtilityCrossbred6410.00/cwt10.00–10.0061
Bulls—Utility7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
Bulls—UtilityJersey7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
Bulls—Number 37640.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
Bulls—UtilityCrossbred8325.00/cwt25.00–25.00212
Bulls—Number 38431.11/cwt25.00–40.00265
Bulls—Number 28555.06/cwt50.00–60.00472
Bulls—Utility8510.00/cwt10.00–10.0092
Bulls—Number 18870.00/cwt70.00–70.00621
Bulls—Number 39030.00/cwt25.00–35.00273
Bulls—UtilityCrossbred9225.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
Bulls—Number 29465.94/cwt55.00–80.00626
Bulls—Utility9410.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
Bulls—Number 19685.00/cwt80.00–90.00824
Bulls—Number 310025.00/cwt25.00–25.00251
Bulls—Number 210368.39/cwt65.00–70.00703
Bulls—Number 110685.59/cwt80.00–90.00918
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred108100.00/cwt100.00–100.001081
Bulls—Number 2Crossbred110145.00/cwt145.00–145.001601
Bulls—Number 111387.88/cwt80.00–95.00997
Bulls—Utility11420.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
Bulls—Number 211780.00/cwt80.00–80.00942
Bulls—Number 112090.00/cwt90.00–90.001081
Bulls—Number 212270.00/cwt70.00–70.00851

This sale against other markets

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.