Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-02-11

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
104 vs last sale 261 2 vs year ago 159 · 1.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
203 head
132 vs last sale 335 7 vs year ago 210 · 3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower. 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
BullsHigh1,98190.991,8023thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,96975.341,4836thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69367.731,1479thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38164.6189218
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16953.3362322
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,41281.001,1441thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53288.001,3481thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,218108.741,3242thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,552115.001,7851thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199107.42/cwt27
BullsNumber 29874.57/cwt9
BullsNumber 38215.12/cwt2
BullsUtility869.00/cwt5
HeifersNumber 191108.75/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

32 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 18679.23/cwt65.00–95.00685
BullsNumber 1102105.02/cwt95.00–110.001076
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114180.00/cwt180.00–180.002051
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross83174.28/cwt155.00–195.001452
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility8210.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
CowsLean 85-90%1,16252.47/cwt47.00–56.5061015
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,96975.34/cwt74.50–77.501,4836
Bulls1,52497.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4781
Dairy HeifersChoice1,41281.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36060.57/cwt55.00–62.508248
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69367.73/cwt65.50–70.001,1479
SteersChoice1,552115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39867.85/cwt65.00–72.0094910
BullsNumber 29577.74/cwt70.00–100.00744
BullsNumber 28855.00/cwt55.00–55.00481
CowsLean 85-90%1,21058.86/cwt57.50–62.007126
CowsLean 85-90%1,02633.00/cwt33.00–33.003391
BullsNumber 1118107.45/cwt100.00–120.001274
Bulls2,20987.98/cwt87.00–89.001,9432
BullsNumber 211450.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsNumber 38215.12/cwt10.00–20.00122
Dairy SteersChoice1,53288.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3481
HeifersChoice1,218108.74/cwt108.00–109.501,3242
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100140.00/cwt140.00–140.001401
BullsUtility9510.00/cwt10.00–10.00103
BullsNumber 210185.07/cwt75.00–100.00863
HeifersNumber 19220.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
BullsNumber 19396.52/cwt85.00–105.00907
BullsNumber 1122100.00/cwt100.00–100.001221
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross98105.00/cwt105.00–105.001031
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86155.00/cwt140.00–170.001332

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.