Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-01-28

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 28
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
20 vs last sale 182 66 vs year ago 136 · +48.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
153 head
9 vs last sale 144 79 vs year ago 232 · 34.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,68879.521,3424thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,74368.721,1983thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76862.521,1059thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33962.2083311
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25651.0264127
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,33881.321,0884thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,24079.229822thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198114.23/cwt28
BullsNumber 210076.54/cwt13
BullsNumber 39144.95/cwt2
BullsUtility665.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 1102127.21/cwt6
HeifersNumber 29320.00/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7215.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

31 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 111398.60/cwt90.00–105.001114
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross107180.09/cwt170.00–190.001932
BullsUtilityJersey665.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 28250.00/cwt50.00–50.00411
BullsNumber 18585.16/cwt80.00–95.00725
BullsNumber 1106102.43/cwt95.00–110.001096
Dairy SteersChoice1,24079.22/cwt79.00–79.509822
HeifersNumber 110245.00/cwt45.00–45.00461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37760.37/cwt58.00–63.508318
BullsNumber 39144.95/cwt40.00–50.00412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76862.52/cwt59.00–65.501,1059
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95171.09/cwt135.00–200.001633
CowsLean 85-90%1,22358.53/cwt55.50–66.507168
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93174.95/cwt170.00–180.001632
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,74368.72/cwt67.00–71.001,1983
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7215.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23967.09/cwt65.50–68.508313
BullsNumber 211480.00/cwt80.00–80.00912
CowsLean 85-90%1,29448.66/cwt44.50–53.0063017
BullsNumber 29278.15/cwt65.00–90.00725
CowsLean 85-90%1,07141.05/cwt38.00–43.504402
BullsNumber 210481.06/cwt70.00–90.00844
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross114180.00/cwt180.00–180.002051
HeifersNumber 210410.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
Bulls1,68879.52/cwt77.00–81.001,3424
HeifersNumber 111025.00/cwt25.00–25.00281
Dairy HeifersChoice1,33881.32/cwt73.50–86.001,0884
HeifersNumber 28230.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
BullsNumber 212070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85166.24/cwt130.00–200.001412
BullsNumber 195103.02/cwt90.00–115.00987

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.