Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-03-04

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 90▲ 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
289 head
▲ 217 vs last sale 72▲ 289 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 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
Bulls—Low1,88370.461,3268thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,92363.491,2212thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,80257.541,0377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44254.2378213
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25638.8648831
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37569.589575thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199119.25/cwt34
BullsNumber 210078.73/cwt12
BullsNumber 38626.25/cwt4
BullsUtility9815.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 193113.75/cwt4

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
BullsUtility—12015.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsNumber 1—124120.00/cwt120.00–120.001491
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—70175.00/cwt175.00–175.001231
BullsUtilityJersey—7615.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 1—114122.10/cwt110.00–140.001395
BullsNumber 1—85102.37/cwt85.00–115.00877
Bulls——2,16357.66/cwt48.00–64.001,2473
BullsNumber 3—10045.00/cwt45.00–45.00451
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39153.21/cwt51.00–57.0074010
HeifersNumber 1—10450.00/cwt50.00–50.00521
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,80257.54/cwt55.50–62.501,0377
Bulls——1,71473.67/cwt68.50–79.001,2634
CowsLean 85-90%—1,44252.81/cwt52.00–53.507622
BullsNumber 3—7315.00/cwt15.00–15.00112
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,92363.49/cwt63.00–64.001,2212
BullsNumber 2—9874.97/cwt50.00–105.00734
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,61357.62/cwt57.00–58.509293
BullsNumber 1—95111.66/cwt90.00–130.001067
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27744.57/cwt38.00–49.0056916
BullsNumber 2—11055.00/cwt55.00–55.00611
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20229.69/cwt20.00–38.0035713
BullsNumber 2—8542.59/cwt35.00–50.00362
HeifersNumber 1—9840.00/cwt40.00–40.00391
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—100217.50/cwt200.00–235.002182
Bulls——1,71696.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6471
BullsNumber 1—104120.97/cwt110.00–140.0012611
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,37569.58/cwt66.00–75.509575
BullsNumber 3—9830.00/cwt30.00–30.00291
BullsNumber 2—105100.94/cwt90.00–110.001065
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—100190.00/cwt190.00–190.001901
BullsNumber 1—7860.00/cwt60.00–60.00471

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.