Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

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	1,743	84.23	1,468	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,617	70.04	1,133	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	69.17	803	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	52.02	532	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,450	108.64	1,575	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,513	129.98	1,967	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,236	94.00	1,162	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,475	139.35	2,055	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,620	157.18	2,546	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	141.36	2,098	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,326	131.10	1,738	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	185.24/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	91	139.99/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	87	58.33/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	68	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	78	173.67/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,790	83.52/cwt	72.00–92.00	1,495	11
Bulls	—	—	1,228	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,130	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,228	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	66.39/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,475	139.35/cwt	135.00–143.00	2,055	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	76.03/cwt	75.00–77.00	902	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,513	129.98/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,967	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,236	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,162	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,484	141.36/cwt	127.00–152.00	2,098	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,620	157.18/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,546	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	67.30/cwt	61.00–72.00	777	11
Steers	Select	—	1,326	131.10/cwt	120.00–142.00	1,738	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,450	108.64/cwt	85.00–120.00	1,575	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	59.18/cwt	54.00–65.00	646	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	35.88/cwt	31.00–41.00	355	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	668	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	320.00/cwt	300.00–340.00	301	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	343	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	257	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	122	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	305	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	165.10/cwt	150.00–170.00	172	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	130.06/cwt	115.00–145.00	121	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	187	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	64	154.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	99	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	53	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	106	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	132.33/cwt	115.00–150.00	136	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	329.29/cwt	300.00–360.00	277	2
Bulls	Utility	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	290	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	99.91/cwt	90.00–110.00	77	3
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	68	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	27	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	156.44/cwt	140.00–180.00	147	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	147.43/cwt	125.00–155.00	125	9

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 499Last week 483Year ago 656

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 323Last week 539Year ago 368

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,790	72.00–92.00	83.52
1	—	1,228	92.00	92.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,516	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,651	65.00–68.00	66.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	75.00–77.00	76.03
11	—	1,154	61.00–72.00	67.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,091	54.00–65.00	59.18
2	—	990	31.00–41.00	35.88
1	—	954	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,475	135.00–143.00	139.35
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	129.00–131.00	129.98
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,236	94.00	94.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,484	127.00–152.00	141.36
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,620	154.00–160.00	157.18
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,326	120.00–142.00	131.10
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,450	85.00–120.00	108.64

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	300.00–340.00	320.00
1	—	78	330.00	330.00
1	—	122	250.00	250.00
2	—	84	300.00–360.00	329.29
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	104	150.00–170.00	165.10
1	—	110	170.00	170.00
8	—	94	140.00–180.00	156.44
9	—	85	125.00–155.00	147.43
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	93	115.00–145.00	130.06
1	—	88	120.00	120.00
2	—	103	115.00–150.00	132.33
3	—	77	90.00–110.00	99.91
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	100.00	100.00
1	—	68	40.00	40.00
1	—	90	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	64	150.00–160.00	154.84
1	—	88	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00

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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