Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-08-04

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 143▼ 4 vs year ago 193 · −2.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
207 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 243▼ 8 vs year ago 215 · −3.7%
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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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,08284.021,7492thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60078.071,2493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34374.3499811
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16149.4957517
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,467116.411,7083thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,31099.001,2971thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100134.46/cwt23
BullsNumber 29173.98/cwt9
BullsNumber 38440.03/cwt5
BullsUtility818.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 194134.38/cwt8
HeifersNumber 29820.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8410.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34374.34/cwt68.00–81.0099811
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60078.07/cwt77.00–80.001,2493
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10237.71/cwt26.00–47.004169
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22862.75/cwt59.00–66.007718
CowsPremium White 65-75%—2,08284.02/cwt83.00–85.001,7492
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,467116.41/cwt115.00–119.001,7083
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,31099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,2971
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—92230.00/cwt230.00–230.002121
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—120210.00/cwt210.00–210.002521
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—100250.00/cwt250.00–250.002501
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—112245.00/cwt245.00–245.002741
BullsNumber 1—107125.00/cwt120.00–130.001343
BullsNumber 1—8486.90/cwt60.00–115.00734
HeifersNumber 1—10470.00/cwt70.00–70.00731
HeifersNumber 1—8825.00/cwt25.00–25.00221
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8410.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—96230.00/cwt230.00–230.002211
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—84205.00/cwt205.00–205.001721
HeifersNumber 1—9862.50/cwt60.00–65.00612
HeifersNumber 2—9820.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—78200.00/cwt200.00–200.001561
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—104220.00/cwt220.00–220.002291
BullsUtilityJersey—645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84170.00/cwt170.00–170.001431
BullsNumber 2—9795.21/cwt75.00–115.00922
BullsUtility—10610.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsNumber 2—7860.00/cwt60.00–60.00471
BullsNumber 2—8458.86/cwt55.00–65.00494
BullsNumber 3—8445.00/cwt45.00–45.00381
BullsNumber 3—9045.00/cwt45.00–45.00411
BullsNumber 1—113122.48/cwt120.00–125.001382
BullsNumber 3—7340.07/cwt35.00–45.00292
BullsNumber 1—124104.19/cwt80.00–130.001292
BullsNumber 2—11280.00/cwt80.00–80.00901
BullsNumber 1—94115.96/cwt100.00–125.001097
BullsUtilityJersey—7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 3—10030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsNumber 2—102100.00/cwt100.00–100.001021

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.