Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-05-06

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
32 vs last sale 155 43 vs year ago 144 · +29.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
179 head
11 vs last sale 168 47 vs year ago 132 · +35.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 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
BullsAverage1,36871.759822thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,86868.211,2745thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44266.5195913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,90564.851,2354thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18450.7660124
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,34983.181,1223thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,37074.501,0211thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198207.85/cwt24
BullsNumber 290133.27/cwt9
BullsNumber 3103114.97/cwt3
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

23 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
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 185156.42/cwt105.00–175.001337
BullsNumber 1113229.25/cwt210.00–240.002597
BullsNumber 1103211.85/cwt200.00–220.002183
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94275.00/cwt250.00–300.002592
BullsNumber 287136.60/cwt130.00–145.001193
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,86868.21/cwt66.00–70.001,2745
Bulls1,45285.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2341
Dairy HeifersChoice1,34983.18/cwt79.00–85.501,1223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43064.57/cwt61.50–67.509239
BullsNumber 2102168.20/cwt155.00–185.001723
BullsNumber 27572.53/cwt70.00–75.00542
CowsLean 85-90%1,11962.26/cwt59.00–64.506974
BullsNumber 294140.00/cwt140.00–140.001321
CowsLean 85-90%1,24154.16/cwt49.50–57.5067214
BullsNumber 3116110.00/cwt110.00–110.001281
CowsLean 85-90%1,09535.18/cwt20.00–48.003856
BullsNumber 396117.45/cwt115.00–120.001132
BullsNumber 196220.63/cwt185.00–245.002125
Bulls1,28458.50/cwt58.50–58.507511
Dairy SteersChoice1,37074.50/cwt74.50–74.501,0211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46870.86/cwt70.00–72.501,0404
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,90564.85/cwt61.00–66.001,2354

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.