Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-13

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	1,751	94.28	1,651	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	74.16	996	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,683	72.25	1,216	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,244	53.41	664	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,400	101.69	1,424	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,678	97.00	1,628	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,588	121.88	1,935	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,316	113.00	1,487	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	152.58/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	99	87.41/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	95	30.05/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	75	5.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	86	173.87/cwt	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	10.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - 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	—	—	1,751	94.28/cwt	92.50–97.50	1,651	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	68.41/cwt	63.00–72.00	964	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	69.90/cwt	64.50–74.00	1,188	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,342	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	68.89/cwt	64.00–73.50	726	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,389	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	458	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	54.50/cwt	49.50–58.00	683	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,678	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,628	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	78.27/cwt	73.50–85.00	1,015	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,588	121.88/cwt	119.00–125.50	1,935	3
Steers	Select	—	1,316	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,487	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	101.69/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	259	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	247.48/cwt	245.00–250.00	260	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	218.28/cwt	150.00–285.00	190	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	130	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	228	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	125.02/cwt	120.00–130.00	130	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	30.05/cwt	25.00–35.00	29	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	201	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	222.36/cwt	185.00–250.00	182	3
Bulls	Utility	—	88	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	123.10/cwt	115.00–135.00	140	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	98.26/cwt	50.00–115.00	104	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	184	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	95	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	116.88/cwt	110.00–125.00	110	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	70	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	124	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	102.50/cwt	95.00–110.00	90	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	70.95/cwt	50.00–90.00	60	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	83	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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Jan 13, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 0Last week 170Year ago 178

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 0Last week 223Year ago 176

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,751	92.50–97.50	94.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,409	63.00–72.00	68.41
7	—	1,297	73.50–85.00	78.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,700	64.50–74.00	69.90
1	—	1,598	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,054	64.00–73.50	68.89
2	—	1,389	33.00	33.00
9	—	1,254	49.50–58.00	54.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,678	97.00	97.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,588	119.00–125.50	121.88
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,316	113.00	113.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	98.00–105.00	101.69

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	270.00	270.00
2	—	105	245.00–250.00	247.48
2	—	87	150.00–285.00	218.28
1	—	130	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	104	120.00–130.00	125.02
3	—	114	115.00–135.00	123.10
3	—	94	110.00–125.00	116.88
2	—	88	95.00–110.00	102.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	25.00–35.00	30.05
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	5.00	5.00
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	106	50.00–115.00	98.26
1	—	70	40.00	40.00
1	—	124	100.00	100.00
2	—	84	50.00–90.00	70.95
1	—	92	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	190.00	190.00
3	—	82	185.00–250.00	222.36
1	—	92	200.00	200.00
1	—	70	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	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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