Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-04-01

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
8 vs last sale 214 147 vs year ago 75 · +196.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
202 head
20 vs last sale 182 42 vs year ago 160 · +26.3%
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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 10.00-20.00 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
BullsAverage1,86278.181,4564thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,81174.491,3492thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76665.961,16510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43362.8190018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21051.7262619
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,51080.001,2081thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100167.10/cwt25
BullsNumber 2100129.06/cwt5
BullsNumber 38533.28/cwt3
BullsUtility867.56/cwt2
HeifersNumber 196148.00/cwt5
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8512.50/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

27 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
BullsUtility867.56/cwt5.00–10.0072
HeifersNumber 19144.95/cwt40.00–50.00412
BullsNumber 195155.17/cwt130.00–180.001477
BullsNumber 1122160.00/cwt160.00–160.001951
BullsNumber 17890.00/cwt90.00–90.00701
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross105210.05/cwt205.00–215.002212
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106245.00/cwt245.00–245.002601
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86230.00/cwt230.00–230.001981
BullsNumber 2103130.00/cwt110.00–150.001343
BullsNumber 1106181.86/cwt160.00–205.001936
BullsNumber 38533.28/cwt15.00–50.00283
Bulls1,86278.18/cwt67.00–87.001,4564
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7415.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9610.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94230.00/cwt230.00–230.002161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76164.24/cwt60.00–66.501,1317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77869.99/cwt69.50–70.501,2443
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,81174.49/cwt74.00–75.001,3492
BullsNumber 296127.66/cwt120.00–135.001232
BullsNumber 187141.27/cwt130.00–145.001234
BullsNumber 1115177.52/cwt160.00–200.002044
CowsLean 85-90%1,17150.18/cwt44.00–55.005889
CowsLean 85-90%1,22157.36/cwt55.00–59.507008
CowsLean 85-90%1,34536.06/cwt31.00–40.004852
Dairy HeifersChoice1,51080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42759.50/cwt56.50–62.508497
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43664.92/cwt63.00–68.0093211

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.