Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.95/cwt on 220 head.

Average price

$130.95

220 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$349

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$7.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.90

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	362	137.77	498	8thin
Medium and Large 1	648	130.69	847	212

One grade step is worth $7.08/cwt here — about −$349 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale220 hd

130.95

—

PA average5 barns · 395 hd

124.05

+6.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

60 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	97.13/cwt	85.00–110.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	114.14/cwt	105.00–120.00	584	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	140.84/cwt	125.00–151.00	746	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	130.07/cwt	122.50–131.00	884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	997	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	465	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	298	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	121.54/cwt	115.00–135.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	136.06/cwt	132.50–142.50	645	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	157.02/cwt	155.00–160.00	452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	828	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,002	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	688	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	901	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	125.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	906	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	119.27/cwt	102.50–123.50	911	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	589	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	377	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	144.35/cwt	132.50–152.00	818	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	101.01/cwt	92.00–115.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	865	122.38/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,059	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	134.60/cwt	115.00–144.00	830	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	147.73/cwt	147.00–150.00	502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	444	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	373	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	136.99/cwt	122.50–152.50	569	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	105.25/cwt	92.00–112.00	911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	719	129.98/cwt	129.00–131.00	935	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	122.38/cwt	105.00–129.00	629	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	123.04/cwt	114.00–137.50	475	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	136.63/cwt	135.00–137.50	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	790	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	122.81/cwt	122.50–123.00	644	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	113.96/cwt	109.00–119.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	950	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	110.67/cwt	100.00–116.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	226	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	316	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	136.31/cwt	132.50–140.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	387	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	119.65/cwt	110.00–124.00	516	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	124.46/cwt	107.50–130.00	355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	118.57/cwt	90.00–124.00	557	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	98.66/cwt	90.00–112.50	364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	527	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	106.58/cwt	103.00–109.00	666	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Greencastle, PA

Sat Apr 4, 2020

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

Receipts 601Last week 881Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	85.00–110.00	97.13
2	—	575	92.50	92.50
5	—	369	90.00–112.50	98.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	512	105.00–120.00	114.14
5	—	944	78.00	78.00
2	—	562	109.00	109.00
1	—	235	117.50	117.50
5	—	670	105.00	105.00
16	—	431	110.00–124.00	119.65
4	—	285	107.50–130.00	124.46
2	—	330	125.00	125.00
22	—	470	90.00–124.00	118.57
16	—	625	103.00–109.00	106.58
5	—	785	108.00	108.00
2	—	350	130.00	130.00
2	—	700	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	387	122.50	122.50
9	—	527	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	530	125.00–151.00	140.84
9	—	680	122.50–131.00	130.07
4	—	932	107.00	107.00
10	—	474	132.50–142.50	136.06
5	—	288	155.00–160.00	157.02
10	—	719	120.00–130.00	125.99
5	—	764	102.50–123.50	119.27
12	—	567	132.50–152.00	144.35
5	—	832	92.00–115.00	101.01
2	—	980	89.00	89.00
16	—	617	115.00–144.00	134.60
8	—	340	147.00–150.00	147.73
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
15	—	415	122.50–152.50	136.99
6	—	866	92.00–112.00	105.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	115.00–135.00	121.54
2	—	362	147.50	147.50
3	—	290	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	828	120.00–122.00	120.99
10	—	688	131.00	131.00
11	—	865	115.00–124.00	122.38
20	—	719	129.00–131.00	129.98
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	64.00	64.00
5	—	589	64.00	64.00
1	—	760	65.00	65.00
12	—	444	84.00	84.00
2	—	390	72.00	72.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	95.00	95.00
8	—	386	114.00–137.50	123.04
8	—	524	122.50–123.00	122.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	100.00	100.00
15	—	514	105.00–129.00	122.38
2	—	712	110.00	110.00
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
3	—	420	135.00–137.50	136.63
1	—	790	84.00	84.00
4	—	577	109.00–119.00	113.96
1	—	950	75.00	75.00
3	—	680	100.00–116.00	110.67
1	—	875	78.00	78.00
6	—	226	140.00	140.00
2	—	305	132.50–140.00	136.31

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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