Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-17

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	1,563	94.85	1,482	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,726	82.41	1,422	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	71.00	907	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,128	45.72	516	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,508	115.15	1,736	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,642	120.00	1,970	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,246	107.80	1,343	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,334	136.30	1,818	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,126	110.00	1,239	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,644	158.74	2,610	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	149.28	2,197	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,008	115.00	1,159	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	163.28/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	95	98.14/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	89	60.04/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	96	210.59/cwt	9

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,566	93.43/cwt	71.00–107.00	1,463	10
Bulls	—	—	1,530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,668	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	71.00/cwt	63.00–78.00	907	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,726	82.41/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,422	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	35.70/cwt	20.00–46.00	426	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	53.24/cwt	50.00–59.00	574	4
Steers	Select	—	1,008	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,159	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,508	115.15/cwt	107.00–123.00	1,736	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,970	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	136.30/cwt	115.00–151.00	1,818	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,246	107.80/cwt	107.50–108.00	1,343	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,126	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,239	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	149.28/cwt	142.00–156.00	2,197	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,644	158.74/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,610	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	247.50/cwt	220.00–275.00	223	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	258	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	308	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	145.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	164	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	146	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	71	160.14/cwt	150.00–170.00	114	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	223	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	249	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	257	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	265	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	133.51/cwt	125.00–150.00	123	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	152.01/cwt	140.00–160.00	158	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	74	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	79.84/cwt	60.00–100.00	66	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	104	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	106.48/cwt	100.00–120.00	101	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	116.87/cwt	95.00–130.00	120	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	85	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	47.56/cwt	45.00–50.00	40	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	82	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	107	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	276	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

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 459Last week 383Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 350Last week 321Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,566	71.00–107.00	93.43
1	—	1,530	109.00	109.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,278	63.00–78.00	71.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,726	79.00–85.00	82.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	20.00–46.00	35.70
4	—	1,079	50.00–59.00	53.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,008	115.00	115.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,472	142.00–156.00	149.28
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,644	155.00–162.00	158.74
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	107.00–123.00	115.15
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,642	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,246	107.50–108.00	107.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,334	115.00–151.00	136.30
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,126	110.00	110.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	220.00–275.00	247.50
1	—	86	300.00	300.00
1	—	110	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
4	—	113	140.00–150.00	145.02
3	—	92	125.00–150.00	133.51
5	—	104	140.00–160.00	152.01
1	—	74	50.00	50.00
2	—	82	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	120.00	120.00
3	—	83	60.00–100.00	79.84
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
3	—	95	100.00–120.00	106.48
3	—	103	95.00–130.00	116.87
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	85.00	85.00
2	—	84	45.00–50.00	47.56
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	71	150.00–170.00	160.14
1	—	124	180.00	180.00
2	—	88	280.00–285.00	282.50
1	—	114	225.00	225.00
1	—	98	270.00	270.00
1	—	106	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	75.00	75.00

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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