Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-04-28

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 28
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
27 vs last sale 155 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
179 head
39 vs last sale 218 179 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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
BullsAverage1,58985.261,3553thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56477.921,2196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28677.4599614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19355.5866313

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198204.35/cwt23
BullsNumber 299149.15/cwt13
BullsNumber 39634.98/cwt3
BullsUtility9115.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 189180.07/cwt9
HeifersNumber 27440.00/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
Bulls1,58985.26/cwt79.00–91.001,3553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36073.43/cwt64.00–79.009999
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15284.69/cwt81.00–91.009765
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56477.92/cwt71.00–82.001,2196
CowsLean 85-90%1,17960.00/cwt55.00–67.007076
CowsLean 85-90%1,45477.27/cwt73.00–82.001,1242
CowsLean 85-90%1,10541.59/cwt35.00–48.004605
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88290.00/cwt290.00–290.002551
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110225.00/cwt225.00–225.002481
BullsUtility9115.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
BullsNumber 178100.00/cwt100.00–100.00781
BullsNumber 186192.50/cwt185.00–200.001662
BullsNumber 295176.27/cwt150.00–195.001674
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96260.31/cwt245.00–275.002502
HeifersNumber 1102105.00/cwt105.00–105.001071
HeifersNumber 18480.00/cwt80.00–80.00671
HeifersNumber 194100.00/cwt100.00–100.00941
HeifersNumber 27440.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsNumber 27260.00/cwt60.00–60.00431
BullsNumber 284110.00/cwt100.00–120.00922
BullsNumber 2106177.64/cwt170.00–185.001882
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross70140.00/cwt140.00–140.00981
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102150.00/cwt150.00–150.001531
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80262.50/cwt250.00–275.002102
BullsNumber 2114149.65/cwt110.00–190.001714
BullsNumber 311440.00/cwt40.00–40.00461
BullsNumber 38732.47/cwt30.00–35.00282
BullsNumber 1115214.88/cwt210.00–220.002473
BullsNumber 1102216.37/cwt205.00–225.002217
BullsNumber 194192.60/cwt180.00–210.001818

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.