Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-24

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	1,672	89.00	1,488	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,810	84.69	1,533	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,657	79.11	1,311	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,348	76.79	1,035	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	58.50	676	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,388	117.50	1,631	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,460	110.50	1,613	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	210.42/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	95	150.94/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	90	87.50/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	69	27.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	87	216.51/cwt	7

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	Number 1	—	85	178.91/cwt	170.00–190.00	152	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	190.72/cwt	185.00–200.00	177	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	195.08/cwt	185.00–205.00	207	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	82	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	104	1
Bulls	—	—	1,672	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,488	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	72.19/cwt	61.50–77.00	956	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,391	85.08/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,183	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,657	79.11/cwt	75.50–83.50	1,311	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	57.84/cwt	51.50–65.00	703	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	71.72/cwt	69.00–74.00	841	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	40.63/cwt	34.50–45.00	385	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,460	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,613	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,388	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,631	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,810	84.69/cwt	82.50–86.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	316	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	284	3
Bulls	Utility	—	64	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	194.97/cwt	190.00–200.00	220	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	157.80/cwt	145.00–170.00	133	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	84	145.42/cwt	60.00–235.00	122	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	115	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	249	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	113	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	151	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	254	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	287.35/cwt	275.00–300.00	239	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	348	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	117	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	234	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	70	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	168.45/cwt	150.00–185.00	175	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	160	2

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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Feb 24, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 222Year ago 90

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 50Last week 243Year ago 72

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	170.00–190.00	178.91
7	—	93	185.00–200.00	190.72
5	—	106	185.00–205.00	195.08
3	—	113	190.00–200.00	194.97
1	—	78	150.00	150.00
1	—	120	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	100.00	100.00
1	—	104	100.00	100.00
1	—	96	120.00	120.00
1	—	76	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	310.00	310.00
3	—	93	300.00–310.00	305.00
1	—	120	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	145.00–170.00	157.80
1	—	112	135.00	135.00
1	—	70	45.00	45.00
4	—	104	150.00–185.00	168.45
2	—	94	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	60.00–235.00	145.42
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	235.00	235.00
1	—	78	145.00	145.00
1	—	94	270.00	270.00
2	—	83	275.00–300.00	287.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,672	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,324	61.50–77.00	72.19
5	—	1,391	81.00–88.00	85.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,657	75.50–83.50	79.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	51.50–65.00	57.84
3	—	1,173	69.00–74.00	71.72
2	—	947	34.50–45.00	40.63
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,810	82.50–86.00	84.69
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	110.50	110.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,388	117.50	117.50

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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