Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2021-12-23

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
47 vs last sale 185 138 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
177 head
56 vs last sale 233 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. 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
BullsAverage1,58394.001,4882thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64265.271,0724thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28662.5380411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15152.1960014
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,27283.561,0632thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198146.78/cwt23
BullsNumber 2102112.86/cwt7
BullsNumber 38618.03/cwt5
BullsUtility798.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 190134.00/cwt8
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7010.00/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
Bulls1,58394.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31759.48/cwt55.50–65.507839
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14976.26/cwt74.50–78.008762
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64265.27/cwt63.00–67.001,0724
CowsLean 85-90%1,16751.35/cwt46.00–56.0059910
CowsLean 85-90%1,06225.00/cwt25.00–25.002661
CowsLean 85-90%1,12564.07/cwt61.00–68.007213
Dairy HeifersSelect1,27283.56/cwt82.00–85.001,0632
BullsNumber 1112145.00/cwt140.00–150.001622
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross76140.00/cwt140.00–140.001061
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92335.00/cwt325.00–345.003082
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100280.00/cwt280.00–280.002801
BullsUtility666.00/cwt6.00–6.0041
BullsNumber 2108120.00/cwt120.00–120.001301
HeifersNumber 111215.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
HeifersNumber 19615.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersNumber 110430.00/cwt30.00–30.00311
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7010.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 39119.95/cwt15.00–25.00182
BullsNumber 18762.47/cwt50.00–80.00544
BullsNumber 195126.92/cwt100.00–145.001216
BullsNumber 1104139.94/cwt130.00–150.001466
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85245.50/cwt190.00–270.002094
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross6430.00/cwt30.00–30.00191
BullsNumber 2112115.00/cwt100.00–130.001292
BullsNumber 296110.00/cwt90.00–135.001064
BullsNumber 37815.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsNumber 38417.62/cwt15.00–20.00152
BullsUtility9210.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 1120145.00/cwt145.00–145.001741

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.