Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-05-13

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
5 vs last sale 187 65 vs year ago 127 · +51.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
187 head
8 vs last sale 179 6 vs year ago 193 · 3.1%
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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 40.00-60.00 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
BullsAverage1,66773.091,2182thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,81270.291,2742thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73267.561,1706thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45166.9997214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17950.6159623
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,36079.011,0752thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199162.73/cwt26
BullsNumber 299118.23/cwt6
BullsNumber 37410.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 184216.22/cwt4
HeifersNumber 29020.00/cwt1

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
HeifersNumber 19020.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
BullsNumber 1120145.00/cwt145.00–145.001741
BullsNumber 17265.00/cwt65.00–65.00471
BullsNumber 195150.31/cwt125.00–170.001437
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100270.00/cwt270.00–270.002701
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96284.90/cwt280.00–290.002742
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86302.44/cwt300.00–305.002602
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross72240.00/cwt240.00–240.001731
BullsNumber 28895.00/cwt95.00–95.00841
BullsNumber 1104149.01/cwt120.00–165.001556
BullsNumber 2102128.60/cwt100.00–155.001314
Bulls1,66773.09/cwt72.00–75.001,2182
HeifersNumber 29020.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
BullsNumber 37410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114250.00/cwt250.00–250.002851
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70166.34/cwt63.50–69.001,1284
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79469.99/cwt69.50–70.501,2562
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,81270.29/cwt69.00–71.501,2742
BullsNumber 296100.00/cwt100.00–100.00961
BullsNumber 1114154.94/cwt150.00–160.001773
BullsNumber 184130.00/cwt120.00–140.001094
CowsLean 85-90%1,15353.54/cwt49.00–57.006179
CowsLean 85-90%1,23864.00/cwt60.50–68.007926
CowsLean 85-90%1,16337.26/cwt5.00–45.504338
Dairy HeifersChoice1,36079.01/cwt78.00–80.001,0752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44263.61/cwt59.00–66.509177
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45970.38/cwt67.50–74.001,0277

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.