Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-25

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	—	Average	1,680	97.76	1,643	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,641	82.09	1,347	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,306	75.01	980	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	49.82	558	17
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,495	108.09	1,616	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,481	129.43	1,917	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,577	118.23	1,864	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,411	147.81	2,086	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,315	122.08	1,605	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,636	154.57	2,529	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	143.55	2,028	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,405	101.98	1,433	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	143.99/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	92	66.41/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	85	30.09/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	79	10.80/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	96	149.41/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	117	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	78.35/cwt	65.00–100.00	90	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	276.65/cwt	270.00–285.00	241	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	118	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	289	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	211	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	55.36/cwt	49.00–63.00	636	9
Steers	Select	—	1,405	101.98/cwt	85.00–128.00	1,433	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,315	122.08/cwt	105.00–144.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,411	147.81/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,086	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	35.76/cwt	29.00–41.00	378	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	67.03/cwt	66.00–68.00	791	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,577	118.23/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,864	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,481	129.43/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,917	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,495	108.09/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,616	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,636	154.57/cwt	151.00–157.00	2,529	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	143.55/cwt	131.00–150.00	2,028	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	93.63/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,377	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,679	79.53/cwt	71.00–89.00	1,335	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,185	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	73.81/cwt	65.00–81.00	954	15
Bulls	—	—	1,711	94.11/cwt	81.00–107.00	1,610	8
Bulls	—	—	1,557	112.35/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,749	2
Bulls	Utility	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	62.20/cwt	40.00–85.00	52	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	30.12/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	95.09/cwt	90.00–105.00	91	8
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	302.18/cwt	295.00–310.00	284	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	41.64/cwt	30.00–50.00	31	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	68	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	34	1
Bulls	Utility	—	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	7.40/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	185	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	71.20/cwt	65.00–85.00	67	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	83.04/cwt	55.00–110.00	85	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	102.08/cwt	95.00–110.00	106	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	78.45/cwt	65.00–90.00	67	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	235	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	103	43.42/cwt	30.00–50.00	45	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	51	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	231	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	248	1

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

Mon Jul 25, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 433Last week 437Year ago 495

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 308Last week 349Year ago 410

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	111	100.00–110.00	105.00
8	—	96	90.00–105.00	95.09
5	—	104	95.00–110.00	102.08
3	—	86	65.00–90.00	78.45
1	—	78	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	115	65.00–100.00	78.35
5	—	83	40.00–85.00	62.20
3	—	75	30.00–50.00	41.64
1	—	68	50.00	50.00
4	—	94	65.00–85.00	71.20
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
2	—	102	55.00–110.00	83.04
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	270.00–285.00	276.65
1	—	118	245.00	245.00
1	—	78	270.00	270.00
1	—	108	235.00	235.00
2	—	94	295.00–310.00	302.18
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
2	—	73	5.00–10.00	7.40
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	30.00	30.00
3	—	82	25.00–35.00	30.12
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	250.00	250.00
1	—	102	230.00	230.00
1	—	84	275.00	275.00
1	—	92	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	30.00–50.00	43.42
1	—	110	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,149	49.00–63.00	55.36
6	—	1,056	29.00–41.00	35.76
2	—	1,180	66.00–68.00	67.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,471	92.00–95.00	93.63
9	—	1,679	71.00–89.00	79.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,411	84.00	84.00
15	—	1,292	65.00–81.00	73.81
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	85.00–128.00	101.98
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,636	151.00–157.00	154.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,413	131.00–150.00	143.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	105.00–144.00	122.08
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,411	145.00–152.00	147.81
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	115.00–122.00	118.23
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,481	128.00–131.00	129.43
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,495	100.00–113.00	108.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,711	81.00–107.00	94.11
2	—	1,557	111.00–114.00	112.35

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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