Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-01-21

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
4 vs last sale 178 18 vs year ago 164 · +11.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
144 head
32 vs last sale 176 73 vs year ago 217 · 33.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

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

calves sold 10.00-15.00 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
BullsAverage1,86886.001,6061thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,79064.041,1464thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64658.2295810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35854.5074018
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16840.9747923
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,23276.009361thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33079.001,0511thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199105.50/cwt19
BullsNumber 29577.47/cwt13
BullsNumber 37325.21/cwt2
BullsUtility908.75/cwt4
HeifersNumber 19936.67/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

28 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
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 19591.98/cwt90.00–95.00875
BullsNumber 111395.94/cwt90.00–100.001085
BullsNumber 18795.04/cwt90.00–100.00833
HeifersNumber 19235.00/cwt35.00–35.00322
CowsLean 85-90%1,23530.84/cwt21.00–37.003819
CowsLean 85-90%1,13552.87/cwt52.00–53.506002
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,79064.04/cwt63.00–64.501,1464
CowsLean 85-90%1,12446.58/cwt40.50–49.5052412
Dairy HeifersChoice1,23276.00/cwt76.00–76.009361
Dairy SteersChoice1,33079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0511
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92220.00/cwt220.00–220.002021
BullsNumber 29567.67/cwt55.00–80.00644
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58856.47/cwt53.50–58.008976
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73260.85/cwt59.00–63.001,0544
BullsNumber 28488.29/cwt45.00–225.00745
Bulls1,86886.00/cwt86.00–86.001,6061
BullsUtility10010.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsUtility11610.00/cwt10.00–10.00121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36653.89/cwt51.50–56.5073616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29359.36/cwt56.50–62.007682
BullsNumber 210872.50/cwt65.00–80.00782
BullsNumber 211275.00/cwt70.00–80.00842
BullsNumber 37325.21/cwt20.00–30.00182
BullsNumber 1102102.46/cwt95.00–110.001054
HeifersNumber 111240.00/cwt40.00–40.00451
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78150.00/cwt150.00–150.001171

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.