Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-03-18

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
156 vs last sale 319 16 vs year ago 147 · +10.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
192 head
87 vs last sale 279 10 vs year ago 202 · 5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,85768.771,2775thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,72662.041,07110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31560.4079424
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20149.3859328
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,38662.008591thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198152.34/cwt25
BullsNumber 2100109.25/cwt10
BullsNumber 39138.24/cwt6
HeifersNumber 19637.50/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1103159.85/cwt145.00–175.001656
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82230.00/cwt230.00–230.001891
BullsNumber 1120152.50/cwt150.00–155.001832
BullsNumber 185124.49/cwt100.00–135.001066
BullsNumber 38327.29/cwt10.00–45.00232
BullsNumber 195155.45/cwt125.00–210.001487
Dairy HeifersSelect1,38662.00/cwt62.00–62.008591
BullsNumber 1113142.17/cwt130.00–155.001612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30565.34/cwt63.00–68.008536
HeifersNumber 19235.00/cwt35.00–35.00321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62465.50/cwt65.50–65.501,0641
BullsNumber 310348.29/cwt30.00–75.00503
CowsLean 85-90%1,20957.74/cwt55.00–64.506988
HeifersNumber 110040.00/cwt40.00–40.00401
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,85768.77/cwt65.50–69.501,2775
BullsNumber 297100.00/cwt100.00–100.00972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73761.66/cwt60.00–64.501,0719
BullsNumber 2113123.67/cwt120.00–130.001404
CowsLean 85-90%1,19949.62/cwt44.50–54.5059514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31858.75/cwt53.50–62.5077418
CowsLean 85-90%1,19437.68/cwt33.00–42.504506
BullsNumber 28590.94/cwt60.00–115.00773
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112195.00/cwt195.00–195.002181
BullsNumber 37030.00/cwt30.00–30.00211
BullsNumber 2102125.00/cwt125.00–125.001281

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.