Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-10

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	1,435	119.59	1,716	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,587	116.07	1,842	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,555	103.73	1,613	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	90.03	1,196	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,230	69.88	859	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,552	140.00	2,173	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	338.22/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 2	88	248.87/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	87	160.09/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	63	8.80/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	89	401.08/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	86	70.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	78	30.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	63	10.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1	—	118	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	354	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	277.40/cwt	265.00–290.00	336	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	78	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	62	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	99	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	284.98/cwt	270.00–295.00	271	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	468.09/cwt	400.00–505.00	440	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	423.60/cwt	330.00–520.00	364	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	82	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	90	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	60	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	250.09/cwt	200.00–280.00	213	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	289	1
Bulls	Utility	—	63	8.80/cwt	5.00–15.00	6	3
Bulls	—	—	1,435	119.59/cwt	85.00–150.00	1,716	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,542	89.42/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,379	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,587	116.07/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,842	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	90.03/cwt	77.00–111.00	1,196	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	103.73/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,613	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	45.94/cwt	20.00–58.00	504	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	75.99/cwt	61.00–84.00	913	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,173	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	128	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	499	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	418.32/cwt	380.00–480.00	397	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	66	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	290	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	546.67/cwt	510.00–580.00	459	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	518.30/cwt	490.00–545.00	534	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	166.90/cwt	140.00–180.00	125	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	290.71/cwt	260.00–305.00	241	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	288.10/cwt	280.00–300.00	303	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	319	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	252.99/cwt	240.00–270.00	261	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	177.58/cwt	150.00–200.00	169	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	68	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	136	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	73	236.34/cwt	185.00–285.00	173	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	260.02/cwt	240.00–280.00	247	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	110.00/cwt	100.00–120.00	88	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	108	165.00/cwt	110.00–220.00	178	2

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 Aug 10, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 107Year ago 123

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 260Last week 183Year ago 199

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	300.00	300.00
2	—	121	265.00–290.00	277.40
6	—	95	270.00–295.00	284.98
7	—	83	260.00–305.00	290.71
8	—	105	280.00–300.00	288.10
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	160.00	160.00
3	—	75	140.00–180.00	166.90
4	—	95	150.00–200.00	177.58
2	—	80	100.00–120.00	110.00
2	—	108	110.00–220.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	85	200.00–280.00	250.09
1	—	118	270.00	270.00
3	—	103	240.00–270.00	252.99
1	—	68	200.00	200.00
4	—	73	185.00–285.00	236.34
5	—	95	240.00–280.00	260.02
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	380.00	380.00
1	—	128	390.00	390.00
3	—	95	380.00–480.00	418.32
1	—	66	440.00	440.00
2	—	84	510.00–580.00	546.67
2	—	103	490.00–545.00	518.30
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	63	5.00–15.00	8.80
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
1	—	56	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	400.00–505.00	468.09
4	—	86	330.00–520.00	423.60
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,435	85.00–150.00	119.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,542	87.00–91.00	89.42
5	—	1,097	20.00–58.00	45.94
10	—	1,202	61.00–84.00	75.99
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,587	114.00–120.00	116.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,328	77.00–111.00	90.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,555	101.00–107.00	103.73
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,552	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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