Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-07-29

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jul 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
23 vs last sale 178 68 vs year ago 133 · +51.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
233 head
8 vs last sale 241 14 vs year ago 247 · 5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold sharply higher, mostly

5.00-7.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold steady-5.00 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
BullsAverage1,55993.931,4643thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75778.971,3882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69074.131,2538thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37068.5893920
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12154.9461618
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,24373.779172thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198121.02/cwt22
BullsNumber 29865.64/cwt9
BullsNumber 39440.00/cwt2
BullsUtility688.75/cwt4
HeifersNumber 1107116.67/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt1

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
BullsUtility7010.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsUtilityJersey7215.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsUtilityJersey645.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
BullsNumber 19493.16/cwt80.00–105.008810
BullsNumber 18895.00/cwt95.00–95.00841
BullsNumber 1113105.13/cwt100.00–110.001192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74273.01/cwt70.00–75.501,2726
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53377.48/cwt76.50–78.501,1882
CowsLean 85-90%92039.92/cwt31.50–47.503674
CowsLean 85-90%1,18756.71/cwt50.00–59.5067310
CowsLean 85-90%1,15865.54/cwt62.50–69.007594
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,75778.97/cwt78.00–80.001,3882
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross124135.00/cwt135.00–135.001671
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96205.00/cwt205.00–205.001971
Bulls1,55993.93/cwt72.50–101.001,4643
Dairy SteersSelect1,24373.77/cwt70.00–78.009172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34866.15/cwt60.00–71.0089214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42174.25/cwt72.00–77.001,0556
BullsNumber 210375.06/cwt70.00–80.00773
BullsNumber 37630.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsNumber 1104103.10/cwt95.00–120.001075
HeifersNumber 18815.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84240.00/cwt225.00–255.002022
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross108200.00/cwt200.00–200.002161
BullsNumber 311250.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross108225.00/cwt225.00–225.002431
BullsNumber 27240.00/cwt40.00–40.00291
BullsNumber 211164.86/cwt50.00–80.00722
BullsNumber 29365.29/cwt55.00–85.00613

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.