Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-06-03

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
25 vs last sale 163 32 vs year ago 156 · +20.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
217 head
15 vs last sale 202 54 vs year ago 163 · +33.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

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
BullsAverage1,35272.009731thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63873.801,2096thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33972.4697010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16158.6568118
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,42986.241,2322thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,23777.539593thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,164120.001,3971thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,038118.001,2251thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195152.42/cwt20
BullsNumber 295123.54/cwt19
BullsNumber 39165.00/cwt2
BullsUtility7010.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 199137.50/cwt4
HeifersNumber 28420.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

32 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 310050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
BullsNumber 38280.00/cwt80.00–80.00661
HeifersNumber 28420.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
BullsNumber 28690.06/cwt80.00–110.00774
BullsNumber 27470.00/cwt70.00–70.00522
BullsNumber 2110150.00/cwt150.00–150.001651
BullsNumber 2103155.55/cwt150.00–165.001608
BullsNumber 294113.14/cwt90.00–160.001064
HeifersSelect1,038118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2251
Dairy SteersSelect1,23777.53/cwt76.50–79.509593
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94135.00/cwt135.00–135.001271
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86235.00/cwt235.00–235.002021
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92196.09/cwt145.00–245.001802
BullsNumber 1Crossbred80110.00/cwt110.00–110.00881
CowsLean 85-90%1,24258.65/cwt52.00–64.5072810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59668.52/cwt67.00–70.001,0943
BullsNumber 184117.11/cwt105.00–125.00985
BullsNumber 1103168.64/cwt160.00–175.001744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34765.31/cwt62.50–68.008805
HeifersChoice1,164120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68079.08/cwt77.50–80.001,3293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33079.61/cwt75.50–82.501,0595
Dairy HeifersChoice1,42986.24/cwt79.50–93.001,2322
Bulls1,35272.00/cwt72.00–72.009731
CowsLean 85-90%1,09870.51/cwt65.00–73.507745
CowsLean 85-90%99738.88/cwt32.00–45.003883
BullsNumber 193140.27/cwt125.00–160.001304
BullsUtilityJersey7010.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78200.00/cwt200.00–200.001561
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross108145.00/cwt145.00–145.001571
HeifersNumber 110635.00/cwt35.00–35.00371
BullsNumber 1117175.03/cwt170.00–180.002053

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.