Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-08

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	1,687	99.10	1,672	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,741	88.67	1,544	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,343	78.26	1,051	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,159	58.56	679	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,591	116.94	1,861	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,228	107.00	1,314	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,472	131.05	1,929	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	118.07	1,729	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,445	150.79	2,179	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	138.09	1,803	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,223	123.57	1,511	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,572	158.29	2,488	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,358	145.66	1,978	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,267	129.40	1,639	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	155.77/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	96	86.20/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	84	34.04/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	79	10.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	95	187.75/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	86	25.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	10.00/cwt	1

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 3	—	80	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	36	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	264.16/cwt	200.00–320.00	251	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	208	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	94	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	274	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,572	158.29/cwt	153.00–162.00	2,488	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,358	145.66/cwt	138.00–151.00	1,978	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,223	123.57/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,445	150.79/cwt	142.00–158.00	2,179	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	91.25/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,076	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,306	138.09/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,803	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,464	118.07/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,729	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,472	131.05/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,929	3
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,228	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,314	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,591	116.94/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,861	3
Steers	Select	—	1,267	129.40/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,639	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	73.21/cwt	71.00–76.00	888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	42.97/cwt	37.00–51.00	464	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	63.29/cwt	55.00–70.00	753	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,741	88.67/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,544	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	76.09/cwt	64.00–84.00	1,042	12
Bulls	—	—	1,687	99.10/cwt	71.00–110.00	1,672	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	167	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	138.67/cwt	130.00–145.00	143	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	38.40/cwt	35.00–45.00	36	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	60	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	85.21/cwt	60.00–100.00	72	5
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	99.86/cwt	85.00–110.00	105	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	224	1
Bulls	Utility	—	120	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	92.23/cwt	50.00–120.00	89	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	185.00/cwt	170.00–200.00	207	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	200.00/cwt	150.00–250.00	184	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	52	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	123	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	125.34/cwt	100.00–140.00	119	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	136.05/cwt	130.00–145.00	155	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	248	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	227.38/cwt	225.00–230.00	191	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	160	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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Aug 8, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 456Last week 430Year ago 441

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 346Last week 361Year ago 368

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	45.00	45.00
3	—	94	35.00–45.00	38.40
1	—	60	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	95	200.00–320.00	264.16
1	—	104	200.00	200.00
1	—	72	130.00	130.00
1	—	114	240.00	240.00
1	—	88	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	52	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	50.00	50.00
1	—	88	50.00	50.00
4	—	105	85.00–110.00	99.86
5	—	96	50.00–120.00	92.23
1	—	112	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	135.00	135.00
7	—	103	130.00–145.00	138.67
5	—	84	60.00–100.00	85.21
5	—	95	100.00–140.00	125.34
5	—	114	130.00–145.00	136.05
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	170.00–200.00	185.00
2	—	92	150.00–250.00	200.00
1	—	108	230.00	230.00
2	—	84	225.00–230.00	227.38
1	—	78	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	25.00	25.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,572	153.00–162.00	158.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,358	138.00–151.00	145.66
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,267	120.00–139.00	129.40
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	121.00–126.00	123.57
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	142.00–158.00	150.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,306	135.00–140.00	138.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,179	88.00–95.00	91.25
12	—	1,370	64.00–84.00	76.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	71.00–76.00	73.21
4	—	1,079	37.00–51.00	42.97
7	—	1,189	55.00–70.00	63.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,741	85.00–94.00	88.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	113.00–123.00	118.07
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	127.00–133.00	131.05
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,228	107.00	107.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,591	110.00–124.00	116.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,687	71.00–110.00	99.10

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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