Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-01-06

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
13 vs last sale 157 34 vs year ago 204 · 16.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
223 head
20 vs last sale 203 27 vs year ago 196 · +13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks 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 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
BullsAverage1,48391.041,3506thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,97170.911,3985thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65767.231,1146thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40264.5590515
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09750.4555415
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,516103.001,5611thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,576111.481,7572thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100140.98/cwt21
BullsNumber 29591.52/cwt7
BullsNumber 38233.50/cwt7
BullsUtility777.75/cwt4
HeifersNumber 192136.94/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls1,44793.18/cwt86.00–98.501,3484
Bulls2,198104.50/cwt104.50–104.502,2971
Bulls91469.00/cwt69.00–69.006311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42060.64/cwt56.00–64.008619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37570.41/cwt66.50–75.009686
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65767.23/cwt62.50–68.501,1146
CowsLean 85-90%1,05962.15/cwt56.50–66.506583
CowsLean 85-90%1,07736.11/cwt35.00–37.503892
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,97170.91/cwt69.00–72.501,3985
CowsLean 85-90%1,11349.81/cwt44.00–55.0055410
Dairy HeifersChoice1,516103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5611
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,576111.48/cwt111.00–112.001,7572
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86270.00/cwt270.00–270.002321
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross116240.00/cwt240.00–240.002781
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross108250.00/cwt250.00–250.002701
BullsNumber 38045.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
BullsNumber 39429.36/cwt15.00–45.00282
BullsNumber 37438.60/cwt30.00–45.00293
BullsNumber 1114127.55/cwt110.00–135.001456
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86230.35/cwt215.00–245.001982
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94184.10/cwt145.00–220.001732
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101151.83/cwt85.00–220.001532
HeifersNumber 18830.00/cwt30.00–30.00261
HeifersNumber 19134.95/cwt30.00–40.00322
BullsUtility9610.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsUtilityJersey686.00/cwt6.00–6.0041
BullsNumber 3Crossbred8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross72115.00/cwt115.00–115.00831
BullsNumber 187112.41/cwt105.00–120.00982
BullsNumber 1104124.81/cwt120.00–130.001302
BullsNumber 194120.82/cwt110.00–135.001147
BullsNumber 2114100.00/cwt100.00–100.001141
BullsNumber 28775.06/cwt70.00–80.00652
BullsNumber 29497.63/cwt80.00–115.00924
BullsUtility625.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081

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.