Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-08-26

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 26
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
16 vs last sale 178 59 vs year ago 135 · +43.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
185 head
20 vs last sale 205 46 vs year ago 231 · 19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week’s sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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
BullsAverage1,14882.509471thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,76173.671,2974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,42966.6795216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61466.651,0764thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20249.6059614
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,487107.591,6002thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,35286.531,1702thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19389.52/cwt21
BullsNumber 29475.15/cwt4
BullsNumber 39733.75/cwt4
BullsUtility685.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 195148.33/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,14882.50/cwt82.50–82.509471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36270.91/cwt69.00–74.509665
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45964.74/cwt61.00–68.0094511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61466.65/cwt64.00–69.001,0764
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,76173.67/cwt71.00–76.001,2974
Dairy HeifersChoice1,35286.53/cwt79.00–94.001,1702
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,487107.59/cwt106.00–109.001,6002
CowsLean 85-90%1,13160.91/cwt60.50–61.506892
CowsLean 85-90%1,17439.22/cwt32.00–46.004604
BullsNumber 1105103.47/cwt95.00–115.001093
CowsLean 85-90%1,23351.96/cwt48.00–57.006418
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88165.00/cwt165.00–165.001451
BullsUtility685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 112680.00/cwt80.00–80.001011
BullsNumber 18475.53/cwt50.00–95.00638
BullsNumber 17250.00/cwt50.00–50.00362
BullsNumber 1115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001152
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102210.00/cwt210.00–210.002141
BullsNumber 28362.65/cwt50.00–75.00522
BullsNumber 210487.64/cwt80.00–95.00912
BullsNumber 311035.00/cwt35.00–35.00391
HeifersNumber 18610.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 196105.05/cwt100.00–110.001014
BullsNumber 38030.00/cwt30.00–30.00241
BullsNumber 39650.00/cwt50.00–50.00481
BullsNumber 310220.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96225.00/cwt225.00–225.002161

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.