Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-06

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	1,485	114.19	1,696	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,794	115.55	2,073	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,700	100.96	1,716	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,435	87.99	1,262	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	59.07	647	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	119.00	1,516	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	330.42/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	91	220.40/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	92	160.87/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	73	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	91	415.86/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	84	140.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	65	10.50/cwt	2

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	—	—	1,485	114.19/cwt	104.00–122.00	1,696	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,427	85.28/cwt	75.00–93.00	1,217	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	101.52/cwt	101.00–102.00	1,495	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,727	111.77/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,930	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,693	98.26/cwt	91.00–106.00	1,664	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,794	115.55/cwt	115.00–116.00	2,073	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,516	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	45.59/cwt	25.00–53.00	439	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	70.31/cwt	60.00–75.00	848	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	488.68/cwt	480.00–500.00	474	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	518	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	291	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	283.37/cwt	270.00–300.00	326	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	160	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	72	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	497.14/cwt	490.00–505.00	418	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	173	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	130	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	286	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	160.05/cwt	50.00–250.00	152	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	118	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	58	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	228.05/cwt	205.00–250.00	187	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	179.97/cwt	165.00–190.00	139	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	230.75/cwt	200.00–245.00	215	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	122	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	257.62/cwt	245.00–270.00	265	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	462.50/cwt	450.00–475.00	416	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	266.66/cwt	250.00–305.00	251	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	260.00/cwt	250.00–270.00	226	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	305	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	504	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	460.47/cwt	430.00–500.00	391	3

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 Jul 6, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 114Year ago 143

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 233Last week 166Year ago 202

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	104.00–122.00	114.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,427	75.00–93.00	85.28
2	—	1,473	101.00–102.00	101.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,727	108.00–115.00	111.77
8	—	1,693	91.00–106.00	98.26
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,794	115.00–116.00	115.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	964	25.00–53.00	45.59
6	—	1,206	60.00–75.00	70.31
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,274	119.00	119.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	97	480.00–500.00	488.68
1	—	108	480.00	480.00
1	—	112	450.00	450.00
3	—	85	430.00–500.00	460.47
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	280.00	280.00
6	—	115	270.00–300.00	283.37
7	—	94	250.00–305.00	266.66
4	—	87	250.00–270.00	260.00
1	—	122	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	160.00	160.00
4	—	95	50.00–250.00	160.05
1	—	74	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	130	220.00	220.00
2	—	82	205.00–250.00	228.05
4	—	77	165.00–190.00	179.97
7	—	93	200.00–245.00	230.75
2	—	103	245.00–270.00	257.62
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	15.00	15.00
1	—	58	6.00	6.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	490.00–505.00	497.14
2	—	90	450.00–475.00	462.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	140.00	140.00

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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