Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-04-08

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
70 vs last sale 222 27 vs year ago 125 · +21.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
183 head
19 vs last sale 202 22 vs year ago 205 · 10.7%
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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 over 96 lbs sold mostly steady while calves under 96 lbs sold

10.00-15.00 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
BullsAverage1,35376.661,0374thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,88071.471,3442thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75765.371,1498thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40163.7289313
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17850.8759924
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,49482.851,2384thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196172.84/cwt25
BullsNumber 297138.84/cwt8
BullsNumber 38643.30/cwt3
BullsUtility8610.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 190226.02/cwt4

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
BullsUtility8610.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 186158.29/cwt140.00–170.001369
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102245.00/cwt245.00–245.002501
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85220.06/cwt215.00–225.001872
BullsNumber 294140.00/cwt140.00–140.001321
BullsNumber 2104149.15/cwt130.00–170.001555
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90205.00/cwt205.00–205.001851
BullsNumber 278130.00/cwt130.00–130.001011
BullsNumber 1106180.14/cwt170.00–195.001914
BullsNumber 37435.00/cwt35.00–35.00261
Bulls1,64288.53/cwt88.00–89.001,4542
Bulls1,06464.79/cwt63.00–66.506892
BullsNumber 39247.45/cwt45.00–50.00442
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94231.97/cwt220.00–245.002182
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78180.00/cwt180.00–180.001401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71363.73/cwt60.00–66.001,0924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80167.01/cwt66.00–68.001,2074
CowsLean 85-90%1,15936.70/cwt33.00–40.004256
BullsNumber 1116183.74/cwt180.00–190.002134
BullsNumber 193162.16/cwt150.00–180.001515
BullsNumber 28095.00/cwt95.00–95.00761
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,88071.47/cwt70.50–72.501,3442
CowsLean 85-90%1,17153.16/cwt49.50–56.0062310
CowsLean 85-90%1,20258.62/cwt57.50–61.007058
Dairy HeifersChoice1,49482.85/cwt79.00–88.001,2384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43557.81/cwt54.50–62.008306
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37268.78/cwt64.00–74.509447

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.