Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2020-09-10

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 140▼ 33 vs year ago 165 · −20.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
233 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 241▼ 54 vs year ago 287 · −18.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Supply

included 0 steers and heifers, 131 slaughter cows, 1 bull and 0 feeder

cattle. All prices per cwt.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull

calves sold steady. 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
Bulls—High1,484110.001,6321thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,99268.501,3651thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66364.041,06511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33663.3284614
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16150.5558716

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197134.06/cwt22
BullsNumber 29275.81/cwt12
BullsNumber 37935.00/cwt2
BullsUtility807.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 195123.36/cwt6

Every lot

26 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,484110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06936.90/cwt35.00–38.503943
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13257.79/cwt56.50–60.006544
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20468.06/cwt66.50–72.008195
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20551.89/cwt46.50–55.006259
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40960.69/cwt56.00–64.508559
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66364.04/cwt61.50–67.501,06511
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,99268.50/cwt68.50–68.501,3651
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross78160.00/cwt160.00–160.001251
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross84210.00/cwt210.00–210.001761
Heifers—Number 19557.58/cwt55.00–60.00552
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross102120.00/cwt120.00–120.001221
Heifers—Number 1118135.00/cwt135.00–135.001591
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
Bulls—Number 27055.00/cwt55.00–55.00391
Bulls—Number 37435.00/cwt35.00–35.00261
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross82222.68/cwt215.00–230.001832
Bulls—Number 28355.54/cwt40.00–80.00464
Bulls—Number 38435.00/cwt35.00–35.00291
Bulls—Number 18599.50/cwt60.00–115.00854
Bulls—Number 29265.33/cwt50.00–80.00602
Bulls—Number 196126.57/cwt110.00–140.001227
Bulls—Utility10010.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
Bulls—Number 2104100.39/cwt80.00–120.001045
Bulls—Number 1105130.61/cwt120.00–150.001378
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross108175.00/cwt175.00–175.001891

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.