Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Holstein steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,800	101.60	1,829	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,890	93.00	1,758	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,402	86.85	1,218	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,768	85.69	1,515	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,118	73.37	820	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,467	117.34	1,721	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,553	123.45	1,917	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	95.36	1,399	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,279	88.23	1,128	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,488	145.43	2,164	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,472	132.62	1,952	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,602	117.29	1,879	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,683	145.61	2,451	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,544	136.45	2,107	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,526	134.71	2,056	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,871	90.64/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,696	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	79.75/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,112	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	93.95/cwt	87.00–101.00	1,325	8
Bulls	—	—	1,895	111.69/cwt	108.00–118.00	2,117	3
Bulls	—	—	1,768	98.24/cwt	86.00–105.50	1,737	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	82.72/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,411	5
Steers	Select	—	1,526	134.71/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,056	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,683	145.61/cwt	140.00–150.50	2,451	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	83.59/cwt	77.00–93.00	960	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	69.40/cwt	64.00–76.00	755	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,467	95.36/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,399	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,279	88.23/cwt	86.50–90.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,472	132.62/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,952	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,544	136.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	2,107	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,488	145.43/cwt	139.00–150.00	2,164	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,602	117.29/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,879	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,467	117.34/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,721	4
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,553	123.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,917	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,890	93.00/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,758	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	44.43/cwt	36.00–55.00	482	2

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Receipts 741Last week 638Year ago 514

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Holstein steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,871	87.00–94.00	90.64
5	—	1,706	77.00–87.00	82.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,394	72.00–84.00	79.75
8	—	1,410	87.00–101.00	93.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,148	77.00–93.00	83.59
6	—	1,088	64.00–76.00	69.40
2	—	1,084	36.00–55.00	44.43
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,890	92.00–94.00	93.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,895	108.00–118.00	111.69
9	—	1,768	86.00–105.50	98.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,526	133.00–137.00	134.71
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,683	140.00–150.50	145.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,544	135.00–138.00	136.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,467	93.00–98.00	95.36
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,279	86.50–90.00	88.23
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,553	120.00–130.00	123.45
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,472	126.00–135.00	132.62
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,488	139.00–150.00	145.43
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,602	113.00–122.00	117.29
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,467	112.00–123.00	117.34

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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