Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-09-16

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Sep 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
1 vs last sale 212 81 vs year ago 132 · +61.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
214 head
6 vs last sale 220 55 vs year ago 269 · 20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 472 lb breaker cow deleted

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 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
BullsHigh1,35981.771,1113thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,90375.011,4272thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70268.191,16014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40363.2188612
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16149.8657915

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196133.08/cwt27
BullsNumber 29585.78/cwt15
BullsNumber 310039.99/cwt4
BullsUtility796.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 188221.63/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,532103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5781
Bulls1,27371.15/cwt68.00–74.009062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39164.13/cwt59.00–69.008926
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59062.63/cwt60.00–64.509967
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,90375.01/cwt74.50–75.501,4272
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81373.75/cwt72.00–75.501,3377
CowsLean 85-90%1,18362.61/cwt60.50–64.507412
CowsLean 85-90%93836.63/cwt21.00–47.503444
CowsLean 85-90%1,25652.91/cwt48.50–59.006659
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40770.78/cwt69.50–71.509963
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42153.78/cwt52.00–56.007643
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross124165.00/cwt165.00–165.002051
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross96140.00/cwt140.00–140.001341
BullsUtility705.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsUtilityJersey685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 29784.85/cwt70.00–100.00822
BullsNumber 2113100.00/cwt100.00–100.001132
BullsNumber 17650.00/cwt50.00–50.00381
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross91218.14/cwt205.00–245.001993
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114215.00/cwt215.00–215.002451
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90205.00/cwt205.00–205.001851
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87229.94/cwt225.00–235.002002
BullsNumber 310137.48/cwt35.00–40.00382
BullsNumber 27045.00/cwt45.00–45.00321
BullsNumber 18689.68/cwt55.00–105.00777
BullsNumber 195123.86/cwt100.00–140.001188
BullsNumber 28458.40/cwt40.00–80.00495
BullsUtility9810.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsNumber 2105110.00/cwt95.00–125.001164
BullsNumber 38230.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
BullsNumber 1117130.09/cwt120.00–140.001522
BullsNumber 1104133.27/cwt130.00–140.001393
BullsNumber 311655.00/cwt55.00–55.00641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102230.00/cwt230.00–230.002351

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.