Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to weather conditions there was not a regular sale on Monday.

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
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,749	128.04	2,239	17
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,494	124.00	1,853	52
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,325	104.46	1,384	62

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	711.91/cwt	190
Bulls	Number 2	103	652.98/cwt	40
Bulls	Number 3	83	440.73/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	73	87.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	90	877.72/cwt	49
Heifers	Number 2	93	741.97/cwt	21

Every lot, as filed

52 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	70–80	77	441.93/cwt	400.00–500.00	340	5
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	82	410.00/cwt	400.00–440.00	336	4
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	74	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	370	1
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	93	479.71/cwt	440.00–500.00	446	3
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	94	528.08/cwt	500.00–580.00	496	10
Bulls	Number 2	120–130	124	543.33/cwt	500.00–580.00	674	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	86	926.54/cwt	860.00–980.00	797	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	120–130	122	713.33/cwt	700.00–740.00	870	3
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	95	657.09/cwt	600.00–710.00	624	52
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	113	633.08/cwt	610.00–660.00	715	19
Bulls	UtilityJersey	50–60	58	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	29	1
Bulls	Number 2	110–120	117	564.87/cwt	550.00–580.00	661	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	98	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	676	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	60–70	66	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	521	1
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	85	676.57/cwt	620.00–710.00	575	16
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	633.94/cwt	600.00–720.00	659	54
Bulls	UtilityJersey	70–80	72	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	65	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	60–70	68	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	75	1
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	84	750.32/cwt	710.00–790.00	630	3
Heifers	Number 1	90–100	90	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	648	1
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	105	566.37/cwt	550.00–590.00	595	3
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	84	509.76/cwt	500.00–520.00	428	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	896.58/cwt	820.00–950.00	843	19
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	84	955.46/cwt	900.00–1,060.00	803	10
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	87	806.06/cwt	750.00–860.00	701	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	102	852.06/cwt	820.00–890.00	869	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	84	803.73/cwt	770.00–820.00	675	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	90–100	94	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	94	1
Heifers	Number 2	70–80	78	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	499	1
Heifers	Number 1	70–80	76	750.26/cwt	740.00–760.00	570	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	74	888.17/cwt	870.00–900.00	657	5
Heifers	Number 1	100–110	102	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	704	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	103	753.50/cwt	690.00–800.00	776	6
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	113	790.09/cwt	780.00–800.00	893	2
Heifers	Number 2	90–100	98	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	588	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	76	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	608	1
Heifers	Number 2	80–90	86	643.33/cwt	600.00–670.00	553	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	107	798.45/cwt	780.00–820.00	854	7
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	113	799.91/cwt	770.00–820.00	904	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	920.62/cwt	850.00–980.00	865	23
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	104	858.62/cwt	830.00–890.00	893	19
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	75	943.20/cwt	900.00–990.00	707	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	96	760.00/cwt	700.00–820.00	730	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,541	121.50/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,872	37
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,347	91.48/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,232	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	117.09/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,457	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,326	105.43/cwt	95.00–115.00	1,398	54
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	137.45/cwt	136.00–139.00	2,155	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,772	126.98/cwt	125.00–133.00	2,250	14
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,220	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,652	109.35/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,806	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	144.02/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,725	9

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 248Last week 143Year ago 143

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 476Last week 286Year ago 286

Due to weather conditions there was not a regular sale on Monday.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	70–80	77	400.00–500.00	441.93
4	80–90	82	400.00–440.00	410.00
3	90–100	93	440.00–500.00	479.71
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	74	500.00	500.00
2	80–90	84	500.00–520.00	509.76
10	90–100	94	500.00–580.00	528.08
3	100–110	105	550.00–590.00	566.37
2	110–120	117	550.00–580.00	564.87
3	120–130	124	500.00–580.00	543.33
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	900.00–990.00	943.20
5	80–90	86	860.00–980.00	926.54
23	90–100	94	850.00–980.00	920.62
19	100–110	104	830.00–890.00	858.62
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	84	770.00–820.00	803.73
2	90–100	96	700.00–820.00	760.00
7	100–110	107	780.00–820.00	798.45
4	110–120	113	770.00–820.00	799.91
3	120–130	122	700.00–740.00	713.33
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	80–90	85	620.00–710.00	676.57
52	90–100	95	600.00–710.00	657.09
54	100–110	104	600.00–720.00	633.94
19	110–120	113	610.00–660.00	633.08
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–60	58	50.00	50.00
1	60–70	68	110.00	110.00
1	70–80	72	90.00	90.00
1	90–100	94	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	60–70	66	790.00	790.00
1	70–80	76	800.00	800.00
5	80–90	87	750.00–860.00	806.06
1	90–100	98	690.00	690.00
6	100–110	103	690.00–800.00	753.50
2	110–120	113	780.00–800.00	790.09
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	76	740.00–760.00	750.26
3	80–90	84	710.00–790.00	750.32
1	90–100	90	720.00	720.00
1	100–110	102	690.00	690.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	70–80	74	870.00–900.00	888.17
10	80–90	84	900.00–1,060.00	955.46
19	90–100	94	820.00–950.00	896.58
8	100–110	102	820.00–890.00	852.06
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	78	640.00	640.00
3	80–90	86	600.00–670.00	643.33
1	90–100	98	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,541	115.00–130.00	121.50
6	—	1,652	106.00–113.00	109.35
9	—	1,198	138.00–149.00	144.02
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,347	90.00–93.00	91.48
2	—	1,244	116.00–118.00	117.09
54	—	1,326	95.00–115.00	105.43
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	136.00–139.00	137.45
14	—	1,772	125.00–133.00	126.98
1	—	1,790	124.00	124.00

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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