Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-12-12

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
424 vs last sale 499 581 vs year ago 656 · 88.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
326 head
3 vs last sale 323 42 vs year ago 368 · 11.4%
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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
BullsAverage1,76874.231,31212
CowsLean 85-90%Average88827.502441thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195192.24/cwt33
BullsNumber 2102126.34/cwt4
BullsUtility667.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 187205.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

14 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 298140.00/cwt140.00–140.001371
BullsNumber 194159.30/cwt145.00–180.0015011
BullsNumber 1105183.69/cwt120.00–305.001938
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85329.14/cwt280.00–360.002803
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross106270.00/cwt270.00–270.002861
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross68140.00/cwt140.00–140.00951
BullsNumber 2103121.79/cwt100.00–145.001253
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95324.95/cwt320.00–330.003092
BullsNumber 184162.12/cwt150.00–175.001367
BullsNumber 1113175.04/cwt170.00–180.001982
BullsUtility7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtility565.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
CowsLean 85-90%88827.50/cwt27.50–27.502441
Bulls1,76874.23/cwt61.00–86.001,31212

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.