Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-06-15

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Jun 15
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Receipts
450 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 459▲ 67 vs year ago 383 · +17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter heifers not trended due to light test.

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—Average1,71498.561,69010
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,43389.661,2853thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42984.481,2078thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,27075.9496410
HeifersChoiceAverage1,298107.001,3891thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,160105.501,2241thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,348115.731,5608thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,499111.001,66432
SteersSelectAverage1,403105.991,48721

Every lot

10 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 Prime1,348115.73/cwt115.00–117.001,5608
Steers—Select1,403105.99/cwt101.00–110.001,48721
Steers—Choice1,499111.00/cwt108.00–114.501,66432
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,160105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,2241
Heifers—Choice1,298107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,3891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47292.39/cwt89.00–97.001,3606
Bulls——2,078107.82/cwt106.00–109.002,2404
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,27075.94/cwt71.00–79.0096410
Dairy Steers—Choice1,42984.48/cwt80.00–88.001,2078
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,43389.66/cwt88.50–90.501,2853

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.