Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-06-24

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jun 24
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
32 vs last sale 190 3 vs year ago 155 · +1.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
189 head
30 vs last sale 219 46 vs year ago 235 · 19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 higher. 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
BullsHigh1,52290.881,3836thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,71079.811,3654thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64675.811,24810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30974.8097917
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20854.6366017
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,41587.101,2324thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,26689.001,1271thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199141.29/cwt18
BullsNumber 29388.96/cwt9
BullsNumber 38928.33/cwt3
BullsUtility665.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 195147.00/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1102136.67/cwt135.00–140.001393
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110220.00/cwt220.00–220.002421
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 194135.13/cwt125.00–140.001274
BullsNumber 1115140.09/cwt130.00–150.001614
BullsNumber 17875.00/cwt75.00–75.00591
HeifersChoice1,26689.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1271
HeifersNumber 110440.00/cwt40.00–40.00421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26279.87/cwt76.00–84.001,0088
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84190.00/cwt190.00–190.001601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60174.92/cwt71.50–77.001,1997
Bulls1,70299.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6851
CowsLean 85-90%1,29055.26/cwt50.00–60.007137
BullsNumber 292100.00/cwt100.00–100.00921
CowsLean 85-90%99342.42/cwt31.00–49.504215
BullsNumber 28160.06/cwt55.00–65.00492
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75277.89/cwt77.00–79.001,3653
BullsNumber 39835.00/cwt25.00–45.00342
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,71079.81/cwt78.00–82.001,3654
BullsNumber 27565.07/cwt60.00–70.00492
CowsLean 85-90%1,30865.95/cwt63.00–69.508635
BullsNumber 2107115.28/cwt85.00–145.001232
Bulls1,48689.25/cwt86.00–95.001,3265
BullsNumber 37015.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
Dairy HeifersChoice1,41587.10/cwt81.00–93.001,2324
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105229.95/cwt225.00–235.002412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35170.29/cwt67.00–76.009509
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94232.50/cwt230.00–235.002192
BullsNumber 18392.50/cwt65.00–130.00773
BullsNumber 2111109.91/cwt100.00–120.001222
HeifersNumber 19840.00/cwt40.00–40.00391

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.