Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-02-17

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
222 vs last sale 0 172 vs year ago 50 · +344.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
243 head
27 vs last sale 216 183 vs year ago 60 · +305.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows steady.

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
BullsAverage1,78088.361,5733thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,85179.051,4633thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71876.461,3144thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,43775.511,08510
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17956.3266415
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,652100.851,6662thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,276100.001,2761thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199192.13/cwt20
BullsNumber 2101145.73/cwt12
BullsNumber 39655.00/cwt2
BullsUtility8712.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 1104166.33/cwt6
HeifersNumber 27865.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls1,78088.36/cwt74.00–94.001,5733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37881.47/cwt75.00–86.501,1235
CowsLean 85-90%1,24260.23/cwt52.00–68.5074810
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,85179.05/cwt77.00–83.001,4633
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49669.54/cwt66.50–72.001,0405
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71876.46/cwt73.50–80.001,3144
CowsLean 85-90%1,24872.19/cwt70.00–74.509012
CowsLean 85-90%92132.69/cwt25.00–43.003013
Dairy HeifersChoice1,652100.85/cwt98.00–104.001,6662
Dairy SteersSelect1,276100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2761
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90315.00/cwt315.00–315.002841
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85219.29/cwt100.00–350.001863
BullsUtility745.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsUtility10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
BullsNumber 187176.68/cwt175.00–180.001543
BullsNumber 2106158.18/cwt150.00–175.001683
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104206.49/cwt155.00–260.002152
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92260.00/cwt260.00–260.002391
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross126165.00/cwt165.00–165.002081
HeifersNumber 19670.00/cwt70.00–70.00671
BullsNumber 296152.46/cwt130.00–170.001464
BullsNumber 1112186.64/cwt185.00–190.002093
BullsNumber 193169.97/cwt160.00–175.001584
BullsNumber 1122164.75/cwt150.00–180.002012
HeifersNumber 110490.00/cwt90.00–90.00941
HeifersNumber 27865.00/cwt65.00–65.00511
BullsNumber 2116154.80/cwt125.00–180.001803
BullsNumber 27670.00/cwt70.00–70.00531
BullsNumber 38460.00/cwt60.00–60.00501
BullsNumber 310850.00/cwt50.00–50.00541
BullsNumber 1104192.60/cwt190.00–200.002004
BullsNumber 282130.00/cwt130.00–130.001071

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.