Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-11

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	1,606	101.79	1,635	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,690	90.90	1,536	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,397	83.32	1,164	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,282	61.17	784	15
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,370	112.92	1,547	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,390	142.00	1,974	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	359.85/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 2	96	293.79/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	88	161.68/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	81	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	92	291.02/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	82	100.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	62	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

41 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 3	—	100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	165	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	457	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	117	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	82	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	82	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	62	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	436.74/cwt	405.00–455.00	411	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	130	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	403	1
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	76	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	1
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	68	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	383	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	154	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	383.63/cwt	365.00–400.00	395	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	77	300.13/cwt	290.00–310.00	231	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	351.65/cwt	340.00–365.00	397	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	316.37/cwt	305.00–330.00	266	4
Bulls	Utility	—	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	445	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	275.19/cwt	200.00–310.00	256	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	348	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	278.99/cwt	250.00–305.00	240	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	350.06/cwt	340.00–360.00	361	3
Bulls	Utility	—	106	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	357.71/cwt	330.00–395.00	333	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	87	159.77/cwt	140.00–180.00	139	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	201.40/cwt	150.00–250.00	187	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	66	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	148	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	427	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	431	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	90	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	216	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	447	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	434	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,370	112.92/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,547	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	80.62/cwt	72.00–94.00	1,125	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,974	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	41.91/cwt	17.50–56.00	507	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,308	68.18/cwt	59.00–77.00	892	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	90.90/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,536	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	99.49/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,404	2
Bulls	—	—	1,606	101.79/cwt	80.00–111.00	1,635	5

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 May 11, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 116Year ago 188

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 170Last week 148Year ago 210

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	165.00	165.00
1	—	78	150.00	150.00
2	—	87	140.00–180.00	159.77
4	—	93	150.00–250.00	201.40
1	—	66	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	415.00	415.00
1	—	98	440.00	440.00
1	—	104	430.00	430.00
1	—	124	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	103	365.00–400.00	383.63
2	—	77	290.00–310.00	300.13
3	—	113	340.00–365.00	351.65
4	—	84	305.00–330.00	316.37
9	—	93	330.00–395.00	357.71
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
1	—	106	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	93	200.00–310.00	275.19
1	—	116	300.00	300.00
3	—	86	250.00–305.00	278.99
3	—	103	340.00–360.00	350.06
1	—	74	200.00	200.00
1	—	122	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	405.00–455.00	436.74
1	—	130	310.00	310.00
1	—	86	445.00	445.00
1	—	100	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	50.00	50.00
1	—	68	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	160.00	160.00
1	—	86	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	105.00–121.00	112.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,395	72.00–94.00	80.62
2	—	1,411	99.00–100.00	99.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	17.50–56.00	41.91
11	—	1,308	59.00–77.00	68.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,690	84.00–95.00	90.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	142.00	142.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,606	80.00–111.00	101.79

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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