Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

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	1,467	78.85	1,157	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,654	82.42	1,363	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	69.69	916	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	51.24	540	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,428	102.90	1,469	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,305	112.65	1,470	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,154	99.00	1,142	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,634	123.00	2,010	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	201.56/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	91	115.21/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	93	69.68/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	74	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	85	161.80/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	88	15.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,467	78.85/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,157	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	69.69/cwt	60.00–79.00	916	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,654	82.42/cwt	77.00–91.00	1,363	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	57.05/cwt	50.00–64.00	633	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	37.68/cwt	33.00–42.00	348	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	102.90/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,469	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,305	112.65/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,470	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,154	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,142	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,634	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,010	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	232	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	293.35/cwt	290.00–300.00	308	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	266	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	156.78/cwt	140.00–165.00	149	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	237.89/cwt	225.00–250.00	226	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	62	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	71	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	221	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	165	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	147.75/cwt	130.00–155.00	124	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	194	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	137.69/cwt	120.00–150.00	143	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	69.68/cwt	40.00–100.00	65	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	146	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	127.26/cwt	110.00–145.00	106	3
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	86	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	65	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	68	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	98	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	157	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	317.24/cwt	295.00–340.00	276	2
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	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 Sep 22, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 145Year ago 232

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 253Last week 243Year ago 226

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,467	75.00–86.00	78.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,315	60.00–79.00	69.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,654	77.00–91.00	82.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,109	50.00–64.00	57.05
3	—	924	33.00–42.00	37.68
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	98.00–108.00	102.90
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	109.00–119.00	112.65
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,154	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,634	123.00	123.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	200.00	200.00
3	—	105	290.00–300.00	293.35
1	—	90	295.00	295.00
2	—	87	295.00–340.00	317.24
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	95	140.00–165.00	156.78
2	—	103	160.00	160.00
4	—	84	130.00–155.00	147.75
1	—	114	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	120.00–150.00	137.69
1	—	112	130.00	130.00
3	—	83	110.00–145.00	127.26
1	—	68	50.00	50.00
1	—	98	160.00	160.00
2	—	75	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	40.00–100.00	69.68
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	225.00–250.00	237.89
1	—	62	115.00	115.00
1	—	82	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	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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