Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-01-20

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
192 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 182 · +5.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
245 head
245 vs last sale 0 101 vs year ago 144 · +70.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows sold 6.00-8.00

higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last weeks sale Holstein bull

calves sold 5.00-10.00 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
BullsAverage1,34895.931,2937thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,85783.671,5542thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72079.471,3674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,42778.311,11815
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12562.5770416
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,540103.291,5915thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196142.64/cwt24
BullsNumber 299111.04/cwt9
BullsNumber 38739.96/cwt4
BullsUtility708.00/cwt4
HeifersNumber 1100158.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 28815.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9210.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,25492.30/cwt82.00–100.001,1575
Bulls1,582105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29084.21/cwt81.00–88.501,0864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47776.16/cwt72.00–81.001,12511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72079.47/cwt76.50–82.501,3674
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,85783.67/cwt82.00–85.501,5542
Dairy HeifersChoice1,540103.29/cwt95.00–109.001,5915
CowsLean 85-90%1,15260.38/cwt55.00–65.506968
CowsLean 85-90%99941.78/cwt36.00–46.504172
CowsLean 85-90%1,13272.43/cwt67.50–78.508206
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86200.00/cwt200.00–200.001721
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95196.16/cwt155.00–240.001862
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100230.00/cwt230.00–230.002301
BullsUtility7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 310055.00/cwt55.00–55.00551
BullsNumber 1120135.00/cwt135.00–135.001621
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross74125.00/cwt125.00–125.00931
BullsNumber 195129.18/cwt115.00–140.0012310
BullsNumber 37840.00/cwt40.00–40.00311
HeifersNumber 19815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9210.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 297113.31/cwt105.00–120.001103
BullsNumber 1102134.92/cwt125.00–145.001386
BullsNumber 38532.41/cwt30.00–35.00282
BullsNumber 2101109.85/cwt95.00–125.001114
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101230.00/cwt230.00–230.002322
HeifersNumber 28815.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
BullsNumber 187119.83/cwt105.00–135.001042
BullsUtility8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtilityJersey646.00/cwt6.00–6.0041
BullsUtilityJersey586.00/cwt6.00–6.0031
BullsNumber 288115.00/cwt115.00–115.001011
BullsNumber 2112105.00/cwt105.00–105.001181

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.