Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2022-12-29

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 29
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
56 vs last sale 58 43 vs year ago 157 · 27.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
202 head
37 vs last sale 165 1 vs year ago 203 · 0.5%
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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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39571.921,00317
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,73471.041,2328thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13849.9156814
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,436113.001,6231thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,430116.001,6591thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,20999.991,2093thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196200.79/cwt25
BullsNumber 294128.82/cwt9
BullsNumber 39346.67/cwt3
BullsUtility7910.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 190208.88/cwt6
HeifersNumber 210810.00/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
HeifersNumber 110675.00/cwt75.00–75.00801
BullsUtility8610.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
BullsNumber 191152.49/cwt145.00–160.001394
BullsNumber 185170.09/cwt155.00–180.001455
BullsNumber 39830.00/cwt30.00–30.00291
HeifersNumber 210810.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101270.00/cwt270.00–270.002732
BullsNumber 2114110.00/cwt110.00–110.001251
BullsNumber 37015.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 311095.00/cwt95.00–95.001051
BullsNumber 2103149.42/cwt130.00–170.001542
BullsNumber 283135.06/cwt130.00–140.001122
BullsNumber 278100.00/cwt100.00–100.00781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37378.92/cwt77.00–81.001,0844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40870.74/cwt64.00–76.0099612
CowsLean 85-90%1,07536.81/cwt20.00–48.003966
CowsLean 85-90%1,18659.74/cwt50.00–64.007098
Dairy HeifersChoice1,436113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,6231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32058.00/cwt58.00–58.007661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76480.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69258.30/cwt56.00–61.009862
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74474.35/cwt71.00–76.001,2975
Dairy SteersSelect1,20999.99/cwt99.00–101.001,2093
Dairy SteersChoice1,430116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6591
BullsUtility7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102290.20/cwt280.00–300.002962
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95288.77/cwt260.00–305.002743
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88320.00/cwt320.00–320.002821
BullsNumber 1104179.27/cwt155.00–200.0018610
BullsNumber 294126.81/cwt120.00–140.001193
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80200.00/cwt200.00–200.001601
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76219.14/cwt155.00–280.001672

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.