Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-05-25

Greencastle

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 25
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
6 vs last sale 122 12 vs year ago 128 · 9.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
145 head
3 vs last sale 148 2 vs year ago 147 · 1.4%
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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
BullsAverage1,455114.661,6682thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,693117.411,9883thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,716109.821,8859thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45896.921,41312
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16175.1687215
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,503135.372,0352thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198359.65/cwt26
BullsNumber 297265.13/cwt12
BullsNumber 387165.44/cwt8
BullsUtility6820.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 195276.88/cwt8
HeifersNumber 285117.76/cwt2
HeifersNumber 36690.00/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
Bulls1,455114.66/cwt108.00–120.001,6682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,725114.97/cwt114.00–116.001,9833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,712107.25/cwt96.00–114.001,8366
CowsBoner 80-85%1,500108.97/cwt108.00–110.001,6352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44994.51/cwt78.00–109.001,36910
CowsLean 85-90%80635.00/cwt35.00–35.002821
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,693117.41/cwt116.00–119.001,9883
CowsLean 85-90%1,13988.01/cwt87.00–89.001,0023
CowsLean 85-90%1,19975.30/cwt64.00–85.0090311
Dairy HeifersChoice1,503135.37/cwt134.00–137.002,0352
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110440.00/cwt440.00–440.004841
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80360.00/cwt360.00–360.002881
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94503.05/cwt460.00–560.004733
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120450.00/cwt450.00–450.005401
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103504.76/cwt480.00–530.005202
BullsNumber 185282.49/cwt280.00–285.002404
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross98450.00/cwt450.00–450.004411
HeifersNumber 1Jersey6890.00/cwt90.00–90.00611
HeifersNumber 190140.00/cwt140.00–140.001261
HeifersNumber 1108165.00/cwt165.00–165.001781
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76340.00/cwt340.00–340.002581
BullsNumber 2113303.37/cwt300.00–310.003433
BullsNumber 292237.13/cwt200.00–275.002184
HeifersNumber 1120165.00/cwt165.00–165.001981
HeifersNumber 36690.00/cwt90.00–90.00591
HeifersNumber 285117.76/cwt95.00–140.001002
BullsNumber 3100140.00/cwt140.00–140.001401
BullsNumber 375135.60/cwt90.00–180.001022
BullsNumber 384180.75/cwt140.00–255.001523
BullsNumber 1110330.00/cwt330.00–330.003631
BullsNumber 1122310.00/cwt310.00–310.003781
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100432.50/cwt400.00–465.004332
BullsNumber 193298.66/cwt280.00–320.002785
BullsUtilityJersey6820.00/cwt20.00–20.00141
BullsNumber 1103331.29/cwt300.00–360.003417
BullsNumber 397185.05/cwt180.00–190.001792
BullsNumber 283250.88/cwt230.00–280.002083
BullsNumber 2101285.15/cwt270.00–300.002882

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.