Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-23

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	—	High	1,714	120.00	2,057	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	87.43	1,253	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	78.44	1,006	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,109	59.35	658	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,429	117.47	1,679	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,222	111.50	1,363	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,735	125.59	2,179	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,280	120.00	1,536	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	93	212.34/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	94	152.88/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	87	69.00/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	81	10.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	96	190.00/cwt	11

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,714	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,057	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	73.88/cwt	67.50–77.00	854	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	87.43/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,253	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,660	92.13/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,529	2
Steers	Select	—	1,280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,536	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,429	117.47/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,679	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	72.43/cwt	72.00–73.00	834	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	45.91/cwt	30.00–51.00	489	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	63.94/cwt	55.00–68.00	719	6
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,222	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,363	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,735	125.59/cwt	122.00–128.00	2,179	3
Bulls	Utility	—	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	74	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	148	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	305.50/cwt	301.00–310.00	244	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	293.07/cwt	270.00–315.00	273	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	68	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	116	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	122	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	110.11/cwt	105.00–115.00	101	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	97	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	82	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	107	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	198	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	155.12/cwt	150.00–160.00	130	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	281.60/cwt	275.00–285.00	265	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	135	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	181.04/cwt	175.00–185.00	170	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	159.71/cwt	150.00–170.00	165	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	177.21/cwt	170.00–185.00	184	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	277.50/cwt	275.00–280.00	278	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	193	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	86	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	164.39/cwt	150.00–175.00	155	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	122	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	80.00/cwt	40.00–120.00	74	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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Jun 23, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 113Year ago 158

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 222Last week 177Year ago 189

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,714	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,156	67.50–77.00	73.88
2	—	1,660	90.00–94.00	92.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	86.00–88.00	87.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,151	72.00–73.00	72.43
4	—	1,065	30.00–51.00	45.91
6	—	1,124	55.00–68.00	63.94
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	112.00–124.00	117.47
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,222	111.00–112.00	111.50
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,735	122.00–128.00	125.59

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	200.00	200.00
2	—	80	301.00–310.00	305.50
5	—	93	270.00–315.00	293.07
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	20.00	20.00
1	—	82	45.00	45.00
1	—	102	120.00	120.00
2	—	92	40.00–120.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	165.00	165.00
4	—	84	150.00–160.00	155.12
5	—	94	175.00–185.00	181.04
2	—	104	170.00–185.00	177.21
2	—	110	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	150.00–170.00	159.71
1	—	78	100.00	100.00
1	—	86	100.00	100.00
8	—	94	150.00–175.00	164.39
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	105.00	105.00
2	—	92	105.00–115.00	110.11
1	—	88	110.00	110.00
1	—	108	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	275.00–285.00	281.60
2	—	100	275.00–280.00	277.50

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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