Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-05-04

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
19 vs last sale 135 72 vs year ago 188 · 38.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
148 head
40 vs last sale 188 54 vs year ago 202 · 26.7%
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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
BullsAverage1,74397.741,7047thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,97890.301,7862thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78385.391,52312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39878.571,09816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13356.7764316
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,557106.581,6593thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,346109.001,4671thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196376.19/cwt27
BullsNumber 294269.18/cwt13
BullsNumber 383139.30/cwt7
HeifersNumber 190319.50/cwt13

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,74397.74/cwt70.00–108.001,7047
Dairy HeifersChoice1,557106.58/cwt105.00–109.001,6593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39878.57/cwt70.00–84.001,09816
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78385.39/cwt78.00–90.001,52312
CowsLean 85-90%1,13466.27/cwt61.00–75.0075210
CowsLean 85-90%1,13140.93/cwt10.00–56.004636
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,97890.30/cwt88.00–93.001,7862
Dairy SteersSelect1,346109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,4671
BullsNumber 1104353.17/cwt340.00–360.003678
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112420.00/cwt420.00–420.004701
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95477.58/cwt470.00–485.004542
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85496.29/cwt450.00–540.004224
BullsNumber 2101271.39/cwt225.00–330.002744
BullsNumber 372127.50/cwt105.00–150.00922
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93447.35/cwt435.00–455.004166
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86445.00/cwt445.00–445.003831
HeifersNumber 1100110.00/cwt110.00–110.001101
HeifersNumber 191129.67/cwt100.00–160.001182
HeifersNumber 181127.53/cwt125.00–130.001032
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78400.00/cwt400.00–400.003121
BullsNumber 1112360.00/cwt360.00–360.004031
BullsNumber 186306.14/cwt285.00–320.002635
BullsNumber 196346.77/cwt335.00–360.003336
BullsNumber 366120.00/cwt120.00–120.00791
BullsNumber 276195.00/cwt195.00–195.001481
BullsNumber 2114300.00/cwt300.00–300.003422
BullsNumber 3104100.00/cwt100.00–100.001041
BullsNumber 291262.31/cwt245.00–280.002392
BullsNumber 284273.54/cwt230.00–295.002304
BullsNumber 385175.06/cwt170.00–180.001492
BullsNumber 398150.00/cwt150.00–150.001471

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.