Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-01-07

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
204 head
140 vs last sale 64 40 vs year ago 244 · 16.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
196 head
29 vs last sale 167 107 vs year ago 303 · 35.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,87372.911,3666thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,81059.861,0835thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32455.5673624
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69255.179338thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20641.8950522
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46375.751,1082thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110099.45/cwt26
BullsNumber 210372.82/cwt11
BullsNumber 38518.33/cwt3
BullsUtility7110.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 195132.86/cwt7
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7810.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

34 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 19380.05/cwt75.00–90.00747
BullsNumber 18672.53/cwt65.00–80.00624
BullsNumber 110792.06/cwt85.00–100.00995
HeifersNumber 19815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88190.00/cwt180.00–200.001672
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76185.00/cwt185.00–185.001411
CowsLean 85-90%1,18644.36/cwt40.00–47.5052610
CowsLean 85-90%1,28950.62/cwt48.00–53.506524
CowsLean 85-90%1,18934.45/cwt29.50–38.504108
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,81059.86/cwt57.50–61.501,0835
Dairy SteersChoice1,44476.50/cwt76.50–76.501,1051
Dairy SteersChoice1,48275.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1121
BullsUtility7110.00/cwt10.00–10.0072
BullsNumber 111290.82/cwt85.00–100.001026
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67454.27/cwt52.50–56.009087
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81461.50/cwt61.50–61.501,1161
Bulls1,95780.16/cwt75.00–84.001,5693
Bulls1,78965.65/cwt64.50–66.501,1743
HeifersNumber 110820.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross108172.50/cwt120.00–225.001862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38352.75/cwt46.00–56.5073014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24159.50/cwt56.50–64.5073810
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96180.00/cwt180.00–180.001731
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross108150.00/cwt150.00–150.001621
BullsNumber 37610.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 38010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 211270.00/cwt60.00–80.00782
BullsNumber 29463.98/cwt55.00–80.00604
BullsNumber 39835.00/cwt35.00–35.00341
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80205.00/cwt205.00–205.001641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92180.00/cwt180.00–180.001661
BullsNumber 210478.77/cwt65.00–85.00824
BullsNumber 212090.00/cwt90.00–90.001081

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.