Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-06-17

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
33 vs last sale 157 45 vs year ago 145 · +31.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
219 head
18 vs last sale 201 23 vs year ago 242 · 9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

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
BullsAverage1,71396.461,6525thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,01675.261,5172thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63870.881,16110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41062.7288414
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22643.9153824
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,31973.149652thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,31269.009051thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199159.39/cwt27
BullsNumber 2102126.60/cwt15
BullsUtility647.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 193181.67/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsUtility505.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
HeifersNumber 19675.00/cwt75.00–75.00721
BullsNumber 1104160.85/cwt150.00–180.001676
BullsNumber 1113163.53/cwt150.00–175.001856
BullsNumber 196151.27/cwt135.00–165.001455
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35867.44/cwt63.00–74.009166
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58768.99/cwt66.00–72.001,0957
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75775.30/cwt74.00–76.501,3233
CowsLean 85-90%1,11137.88/cwt16.00–46.5042113
CowsLean 85-90%1,36151.04/cwt47.50–56.5069511
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,01675.26/cwt75.00–75.501,5172
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88195.00/cwt170.00–235.001723
Bulls1,84494.28/cwt90.00–99.001,7393
Bulls1,51799.72/cwt90.00–109.001,5132
Dairy HeifersChoice1,31973.14/cwt69.00–77.009652
Dairy HeifersSelect1,31269.00/cwt69.00–69.009051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44959.18/cwt56.50–62.008588
BullsNumber 2105132.20/cwt120.00–150.001394
BullsNumber 183127.63/cwt120.00–135.001066
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102235.00/cwt235.00–235.002401
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114220.00/cwt220.00–220.002511
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92200.00/cwt200.00–200.001841
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross106230.00/cwt230.00–230.002441
BullsNumber 294123.52/cwt110.00–150.001166
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross74150.00/cwt150.00–150.001111
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94230.00/cwt230.00–230.002161
BullsNumber 280105.00/cwt105.00–105.00841
BullsNumber 2112139.82/cwt130.00–150.001572
BullsNumber 2123122.20/cwt110.00–135.001502

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.