Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-06-08

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Jun 8
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Receipts
459 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 427▲ 30 vs year ago 429 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Report limited due to reporter illness.

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
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,46082.811,2094thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,66687.501,4581thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,56085.501,3341thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,261116.641,4713thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,322111.861,4792thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,50099.001,4851thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,449113.951,65114
SteersChoiceAverage1,514109.451,65711
SteersSelectAverage1,552107.491,6683thin

Every lot

9 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,449113.95/cwt111.00–119.001,65114
Steers—Choice1,514109.45/cwt108.00–111.001,65711
Steers—Select1,552107.49/cwt107.00–108.001,6683
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,261116.64/cwt116.00–117.001,4713
Heifers—Choice1,322111.86/cwt111.00–112.501,4792
Heifers—Select1,50099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4851
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,56085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,3341
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,66687.50/cwt87.50–87.501,4581
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,46082.81/cwt77.00–89.001,2094

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.