Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-05-12

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 188▼ 4 vs year ago 192 · −2.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
210 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 202▲ 23 vs year ago 187 · +12.3%
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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
Bulls—Average2,02887.001,7641thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,75990.521,5922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45582.111,19512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77880.821,4374thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18272.0485115
HeifersChoiceAverage1,540110.001,6941thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197141.43/cwt22
BullsNumber 29596.99/cwt11
BullsNumber 39057.50/cwt2
BullsUtility707.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 190173.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 28015.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8215.00/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
Bulls——2,02887.00/cwt87.00–87.001,7641
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49774.54/cwt68.00–81.001,1165
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42587.52/cwt84.00–92.001,2477
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,77880.82/cwt78.00–84.001,4374
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21365.26/cwt56.00–73.007928
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14679.79/cwt76.00–84.009147
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,75990.52/cwt89.00–92.001,5922
HeifersChoice—1,540110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6941
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—76150.00/cwt150.00–150.001141
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—90235.00/cwt235.00–235.002121
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—108255.00/cwt255.00–255.002751
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84284.76/cwt280.00–290.002392
BullsUtility—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 2—7865.00/cwt65.00–65.00511
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—96265.00/cwt265.00–265.002541
HeifersNumber 1—102120.00/cwt120.00–120.001221
HeifersNumber 2—8015.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8215.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsNumber 1—8590.06/cwt85.00–95.00772
BullsNumber 1—112120.00/cwt120.00–120.001343
BullsNumber 1—104119.02/cwt110.00–130.001245
BullsNumber 1—95109.53/cwt95.00–125.001047
BullsNumber 2—104101.89/cwt75.00–120.001063
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—72135.00/cwt135.00–135.00971
BullsNumber 2—112100.00/cwt100.00–100.001121
BullsNumber 2—8695.19/cwt80.00–105.00823
BullsNumber 2—94103.55/cwt90.00–120.00973
BullsNumber 3—7440.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsNumber 3—10675.00/cwt75.00–75.00801
BullsUtility—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071

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.