Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-20

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	1,719	125.31	2,154	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,551	119.84	1,859	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,664	110.04	1,831	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,401	95.26	1,335	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	64.31	672	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,492	151.00	2,253	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,176	111.00	1,305	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	317.48/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	89	250.07/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	88	123.65/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	78	11.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	96	369.07/cwt	11
Heifers	Number 3	66	130.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	84	120.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,719	125.31/cwt	120.00–128.00	2,154	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	95.26/cwt	85.00–105.00	1,335	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,664	110.04/cwt	98.00–116.00	1,831	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	75.98/cwt	64.00–88.00	845	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	33.96/cwt	16.00–60.00	295	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,551	119.84/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,859	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,492	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,253	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,176	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,305	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	470	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	284	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	246	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	227.56/cwt	180.00–300.00	193	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	84	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	151	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	109	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	90	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	402.50/cwt	380.00–425.00	467	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	66	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	86	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	439.90/cwt	430.00–450.00	453	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	184	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	404	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	480	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	297.70/cwt	280.00–315.00	250	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	315.85/cwt	300.00–325.00	300	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	76	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	228	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	64	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	155.96/cwt	130.00–180.00	162	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	270.91/cwt	265.00–280.00	260	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	94	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	455.00/cwt	420.00–490.00	355	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	72	219.58/cwt	180.00–255.00	158	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	282.33/cwt	265.00–300.00	296	2
Bulls	Utility	—	94	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	307.57/cwt	280.00–320.00	317	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	308.56/cwt	280.00–325.00	349	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	101	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 Jul 20, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 253Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,719	120.00–128.00	125.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,401	85.00–105.00	95.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,664	98.00–116.00	110.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,112	64.00–88.00	75.98
5	—	868	16.00–60.00	33.96
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,551	118.00–122.00	119.84
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,492	151.00	151.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,176	111.00	111.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	500.00	500.00
1	—	72	395.00	395.00
1	—	82	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	15.00	15.00
1	—	94	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	180.00–300.00	227.56
6	—	96	265.00–280.00	270.91
4	—	72	180.00–255.00	219.58
2	—	105	265.00–300.00	282.33
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	84	280.00–315.00	297.70
7	—	95	300.00–325.00	315.85
1	—	76	300.00	300.00
4	—	103	280.00–320.00	307.57
4	—	113	280.00–325.00	308.56
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	110.00	110.00
2	—	104	130.00–180.00	155.96
1	—	78	100.00	100.00
1	—	94	100.00	100.00
1	—	84	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	180.00	180.00
1	—	108	170.00	170.00
1	—	90	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	140.00	140.00
1	—	90	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	116	380.00–425.00	402.50
2	—	103	430.00–450.00	439.90
1	—	86	470.00	470.00
1	—	98	490.00	490.00
2	—	78	420.00–490.00	455.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	130.00	130.00

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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