Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-02-18

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 157▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
60 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 203▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,77573.181,2992thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56768.441,07311
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35261.8183610
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13241.4046810

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19690.69/cwt17
BullsNumber 210262.91/cwt7
BullsNumber 39930.00/cwt2
BullsUtility768.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 110171.56/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsUtility—605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility—7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtility—9010.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 1—9491.51/cwt70.00–110.00868
BullsNumber 1—11095.00/cwt95.00–95.001051
BullsNumber 1—10699.91/cwt90.00–110.001064
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48861.35/cwt58.50–63.509132
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58570.02/cwt65.00–72.501,1109
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04428.81/cwt21.00–35.003014
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22945.06/cwt44.00–46.005543
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15154.53/cwt53.50–55.006283
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,77573.18/cwt72.50–74.001,2992
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—116150.00/cwt150.00–150.001741
BullsNumber 2—12270.00/cwt70.00–70.00851
BullsNumber 2—10372.72/cwt65.00–80.00752
BullsNumber 2—8440.00/cwt40.00–40.00341
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45669.76/cwt67.50–73.501,0164
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28356.51/cwt54.00–60.007256
BullsNumber 2—11472.46/cwt70.00–75.00832
BullsNumber 2—7640.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsNumber 3—8610.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 3—11250.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
HeifersNumber 1—9432.34/cwt25.00–40.00302
BullsNumber 1—8678.77/cwt75.00–80.00684

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.