Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-08-12

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
15 vs last sale 193 33 vs year ago 145 · +22.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
205 head
10 vs last sale 215 29 vs year ago 234 · 12.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold steady. 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
BullsAverage1,11877.508661thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,79365.171,1686thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39162.5687014
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29746.2860016
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,28476.009761thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196116.19/cwt22
BullsNumber 28761.24/cwt13
BullsNumber 38523.77/cwt4
BullsUtility655.51/cwt2
HeifersNumber 290130.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 193128.83/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsUtilityJersey655.51/cwt5.00–6.0042
BullsNumber 18576.88/cwt50.00–90.00656
BullsNumber 1113110.00/cwt100.00–115.001245
HeifersNumber 19215.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
BullsNumber 1101104.93/cwt100.00–110.001063
BullsNumber 195103.84/cwt80.00–115.00994
Dairy HeifersChoice1,28476.00/cwt76.00–76.009761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37560.38/cwt57.00–64.0083010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43268.02/cwt66.50–70.509744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79365.17/cwt61.00–70.001,1686
CowsLean 85-90%1,28654.06/cwt50.00–56.0069510
CowsLean 85-90%1,31533.30/cwt24.00–43.004386
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94238.26/cwt235.00–245.002243
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross68100.00/cwt100.00–100.00681
BullsNumber 28457.57/cwt45.00–80.00484
BullsNumber 29467.77/cwt50.00–80.00644
BullsNumber 210090.00/cwt80.00–100.00902
Bulls1,11877.50/cwt77.50–77.508661
BullsNumber 27538.27/cwt35.00–40.00293
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90130.00/cwt130.00–130.001171
BullsNumber 38620.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
BullsNumber 310040.00/cwt40.00–40.00401
BullsNumber 37717.53/cwt15.00–20.00132
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94185.74/cwt150.00–220.001752

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.