Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-08-19

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 19
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
0 vs last sale 178 40 vs year ago 138 · +29.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
205 head
0 vs last sale 205 37 vs year ago 242 · 15.3%
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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
BullsAverage1,74181.841,4255thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,68970.761,1952thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53765.911,0135thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37663.9288017
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11649.8855723
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,43599.421,4272thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46689.001,3051thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198108.12/cwt21
BullsNumber 210082.55/cwt6
BullsNumber 39147.86/cwt2
HeifersNumber 197223.96/cwt5
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7712.53/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Bulls1,88981.73/cwt72.00–89.001,5443
Bulls2,02695.00/cwt95.00–95.001,9251
Bulls1,01269.00/cwt69.00–69.006981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40762.16/cwt57.50–65.5087513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27669.65/cwt68.50–71.008894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53765.91/cwt61.50–68.501,0135
CowsLean 85-90%1,07041.11/cwt33.00–47.004409
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,68970.76/cwt70.50–71.001,1952
Dairy HeifersChoice1,43599.42/cwt95.00–104.001,4272
Dairy SteersChoice1,46689.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3051
CowsLean 85-90%1,16052.86/cwt48.00–56.006139
CowsLean 85-90%1,12060.28/cwt58.50–61.506755
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross74180.00/cwt180.00–180.001331
BullsNumber 17880.00/cwt80.00–80.00621
BullsNumber 1126110.00/cwt110.00–110.001391
BullsNumber 39147.86/cwt15.00–80.00442
BullsNumber 18794.94/cwt90.00–100.00832
BullsNumber 1113110.09/cwt100.00–120.001242
BullsNumber 195106.32/cwt100.00–110.001018
BullsNumber 210287.65/cwt80.00–95.00892
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross110220.00/cwt220.00–220.002421
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7712.53/cwt10.00–15.00102
BullsNumber 1103106.66/cwt100.00–110.001106
BullsNumber 211480.00/cwt80.00–80.00912
BullsNumber 27470.00/cwt70.00–70.00521
BullsNumber 29690.00/cwt90.00–90.00861
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95223.27/cwt215.00–235.002123
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88230.00/cwt230.00–230.002021

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.