Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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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	1,492	110.30	1,646	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,899	108.35	2,058	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	100.64	1,626	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,445	89.78	1,298	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	71.36	791	15
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	143.00	1,945	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	311.08/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 2	94	232.15/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	83	136.48/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	79	15.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	90	231.36/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	60	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,492	110.30/cwt	95.00–119.00	1,646	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	612	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	269	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,431	88.20/cwt	74.00–95.00	1,262	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,539	100.02/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,539	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	98.83/cwt	91.00–104.00	1,567	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	106.07/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,810	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	70.26/cwt	60.00–81.00	776	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,945	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,899	108.35/cwt	106.00–111.00	2,058	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,289	84.49/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,089	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	395	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	396	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	426.07/cwt	300.00–480.00	401	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	68	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	156	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	68	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	92	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	403.39/cwt	375.00–430.00	375	2
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	72	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	50	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	97	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	136	2
Bulls	Utility	—	90	20.00/cwt	10.00–30.00	18	2
Bulls	Utility	—	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	275.03/cwt	270.00–280.00	308	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	290.10/cwt	275.00–305.00	305	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	330	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	286.45/cwt	275.00–305.00	238	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	72	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	254.62/cwt	245.00–265.00	265	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	255.84/cwt	220.00–275.00	240	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	123	211.22/cwt	160.00–265.00	260	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	219.84/cwt	210.00–230.00	185	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	278.04/cwt	270.00–290.00	261	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	135.70/cwt	70.00–200.00	126	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	66	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	56	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	186.24/cwt	150.00–220.00	158	2

How this sale compares

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 123Year ago 208

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 184Last week 178Year ago 202

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	95.00–119.00	110.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	612	44.00	44.00
11	—	1,105	60.00–81.00	70.26
3	—	1,289	83.00–86.00	84.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,431	74.00–95.00	88.20
2	—	1,539	97.00–103.00	100.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,586	91.00–104.00	98.83
2	—	1,706	105.00–107.00	106.07
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,899	106.00–111.00	108.35
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	143.00	143.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	470.00	470.00
1	—	110	360.00	360.00
4	—	94	300.00–480.00	426.07
1	—	68	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	135.00	135.00
1	—	72	150.00	150.00
2	—	104	245.00–265.00	254.62
9	—	94	220.00–275.00	255.84
2	—	123	160.00–265.00	211.22
3	—	84	210.00–230.00	219.84
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	10.00–30.00	20.00
1	—	88	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	270.00–280.00	275.03
5	—	105	275.00–305.00	290.10
1	—	120	275.00	275.00
7	—	83	275.00–305.00	286.45
5	—	94	270.00–290.00	278.04
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	90.00	90.00
2	—	93	70.00–200.00	135.70
1	—	66	85.00	85.00
2	—	85	150.00–220.00	186.24
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	375.00–430.00	403.39
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	97	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	5.00	5.00

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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