Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-03-10

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
144 vs last sale 50 125 vs year ago 319 · 39.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
212 head
162 vs last sale 50 67 vs year ago 279 · 24.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows steady-1.00 lower. 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
BullsAverage1,63598.001,6022thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,93485.881,6615thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75781.771,4377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34478.321,0539thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,23859.4073513
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,478106.601,5763thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,65497.001,6041thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197175.00/cwt22
BullsNumber 298109.73/cwt15
BullsNumber 38848.84/cwt4
BullsUtility7212.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 195170.10/cwt8
HeifersNumber 28830.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt1

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
Bulls1,63598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,6022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34874.45/cwt71.00–80.001,0046
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33786.07/cwt85.00–88.001,1513
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75781.77/cwt75.00–86.001,4377
CowsLean 85-90%1,17676.94/cwt72.00–84.009054
CowsLean 85-90%1,36059.78/cwt52.00–66.008136
CowsLean 85-90%1,07535.26/cwt30.00–44.003793
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,93485.88/cwt84.50–87.501,6615
Dairy HeifersChoice1,478106.60/cwt99.00–111.001,5763
Dairy SteersChoice1,65497.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6041
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78200.00/cwt200.00–200.001561
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88280.00/cwt280.00–280.002461
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95252.29/cwt225.00–270.002403
BullsUtility605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility8420.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
BullsNumber 38545.18/cwt40.00–50.00382
HeifersNumber 28830.00/cwt30.00–30.00261
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104195.00/cwt195.00–195.002031
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross82250.00/cwt240.00–260.002052
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross91207.91/cwt170.00–245.001892
HeifersNumber 19665.00/cwt65.00–65.00621
HeifersNumber 110290.00/cwt90.00–90.00921
HeifersNumber 111095.00/cwt95.00–95.001051
BullsNumber 186120.00/cwt120.00–120.001031
BullsNumber 1112157.54/cwt155.00–160.001762
BullsNumber 1104159.75/cwt140.00–175.001665
BullsNumber 195153.26/cwt125.00–170.001469
BullsNumber 2102135.06/cwt120.00–150.001387
BullsNumber 27860.00/cwt60.00–60.00471
BullsNumber 298100.00/cwt100.00–100.00981
BullsNumber 2112100.00/cwt100.00–100.001121
BullsNumber 2124100.00/cwt100.00–100.001241
BullsNumber 28685.15/cwt75.00–100.00734
BullsNumber 37455.00/cwt55.00–55.00411
BullsNumber 310850.00/cwt50.00–50.00541

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.