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Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Oct 22
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 152▼ 30 vs year ago 182 · −16.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
268 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 268▼ 2 vs year ago 270 · −0.7%
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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
Bulls—Average1,71080.051,3695thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61753.098588thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42451.7273614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22244.3554210

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198116.89/cwt22
BullsNumber 210790.00/cwt2
BullsNumber 38210.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 186150.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

14 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 2—104100.00/cwt100.00–100.001041
BullsNumber 2—11080.00/cwt80.00–80.00881
BullsNumber 3—7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 3—8610.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
Bulls——1,71080.05/cwt71.50–89.501,3695
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42451.72/cwt45.50–58.0073614
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61753.09/cwt42.00–58.508588
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22244.35/cwt34.00–51.5054210
BullsNumber 1—8481.73/cwt50.00–95.00694
BullsNumber 1—115116.29/cwt100.00–125.001344
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—83204.82/cwt200.00–210.001702
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—86150.00/cwt150.00–150.001291
BullsNumber 1—104124.72/cwt103.00–135.001305
BullsNumber 1—95106.62/cwt95.00–115.001017

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.