Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-07-15

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
185 vs last sale 0 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
205 head
205 vs last sale 0 205 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull calves sold 10.00-15.00 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
BullsAverage1,07685.009151thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,87374.851,4023thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70069.921,1899thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39665.6591611
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23850.6362717
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,33487.001,1611thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197103.36/cwt18
BullsNumber 29165.86/cwt6
BullsNumber 38839.23/cwt6
BullsUtility7512.50/cwt4
HeifersNumber 194158.61/cwt7

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
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility8410.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtilityJersey585.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtilityCrossbred9430.00/cwt30.00–30.00281
HeifersNumber 19615.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
BullsNumber 1104104.10/cwt100.00–110.001086
Dairy HeifersChoice1,33487.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40063.11/cwt56.00–69.508848
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38472.41/cwt70.00–75.501,0023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70069.92/cwt62.00–73.501,1899
CowsLean 85-90%1,23850.63/cwt30.00–65.5062717
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,87374.85/cwt74.00–75.501,4023
BullsNumber 17660.00/cwt60.00–60.00462
BullsNumber 194100.00/cwt95.00–105.00942
BullsNumber 18566.93/cwt50.00–75.00573
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95214.84/cwt210.00–220.002042
BullsNumber 1121100.08/cwt90.00–110.001212
Bulls1,07685.00/cwt85.00–85.009151
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94210.00/cwt210.00–210.001971
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76145.00/cwt145.00–145.001101
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross120140.00/cwt140.00–140.001681
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87190.29/cwt165.00–215.001662
BullsNumber 28252.44/cwt50.00–55.00432
BullsNumber 111295.00/cwt95.00–95.001061
BullsNumber 29572.57/cwt60.00–80.00694
BullsNumber 37235.00/cwt35.00–35.00251
BullsNumber 310230.00/cwt30.00–30.00311
BullsNumber 38132.65/cwt20.00–45.00262
BullsNumber 39752.53/cwt50.00–55.00512
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86210.00/cwt210.00–210.001811

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.