Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-03-16

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
14 vs last sale 129 79 vs year ago 194 · 40.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
141 head
72 vs last sale 213 71 vs year ago 212 · 33.5%
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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
BullsAverage1,727119.522,0643thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,800103.131,8565thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,83496.831,7758thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38688.701,22917
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14672.1182715
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,477120.191,7752thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,314141.001,8531thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197250.30/cwt23
BullsNumber 2100175.25/cwt9
BullsUtility717.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 191348.74/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,727119.52/cwt111.00–129.002,0643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37985.87/cwt78.00–94.001,18414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82391.90/cwt83.00–96.001,6754
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,844101.75/cwt98.00–104.001,8764
CowsLean 85-90%1,13272.24/cwt60.00–81.008189
CowsLean 85-90%1,29583.21/cwt82.00–85.001,0784
CowsLean 85-90%91449.34/cwt40.00–55.004512
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,800103.13/cwt100.00–107.001,8565
HeifersChoice1,314141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,8531
Dairy HeifersChoice1,477120.19/cwt113.00–129.001,7752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,417101.91/cwt99.00–105.001,4443
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102415.00/cwt415.00–415.004231
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110375.00/cwt375.00–375.004131
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86395.00/cwt395.00–395.003401
BullsUtility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross72165.00/cwt165.00–165.001191
BullsNumber 2115175.13/cwt160.00–190.002012
BullsNumber 1110250.00/cwt250.00–250.002752
BullsNumber 178195.00/cwt195.00–195.001521
BullsNumber 276180.00/cwt180.00–180.001371
BullsNumber 194221.26/cwt200.00–240.002085
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross122285.00/cwt285.00–285.003481
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83364.67/cwt250.00–435.003034
BullsNumber 2124150.00/cwt150.00–150.001861
BullsNumber 294179.40/cwt145.00–230.001695
BullsUtility685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 186222.51/cwt205.00–235.001914
BullsNumber 1104245.91/cwt230.00–255.002566
BullsNumber 1120240.00/cwt240.00–240.002881

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.