Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next feeder cattle sale will be Friday July 3, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.44/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$124.44

120 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$6.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.01

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	125.25	697	106
Medium and Large 2	432	118.35	512	14thin

One grade step is worth $6.90/cwt here — about $185 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 sale120 hd

124.44

—

PA average5 barns · 238 hd

107.44

+17.01

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

54 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	853	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	691	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,255	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	941	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	528	121.00/cwt	115.00–122.50	639	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	724	89.02/cwt	88.00–90.00	645	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	443	111.72/cwt	97.50–127.50	495	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	914	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	768	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	113.23/cwt	95.00–122.50	691	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	971	81.19/cwt	80.00–83.00	788	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	149.74/cwt	147.00–151.00	852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,183	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	144.37/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,288	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	138.46/cwt	121.00–147.00	997	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	161.65/cwt	150.00–170.00	786	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	120.10/cwt	112.50–127.50	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	168.25/cwt	165.00–175.00	569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	143.08/cwt	136.00–145.00	901	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	155.41/cwt	130.00–161.50	814	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	119.55/cwt	112.00–125.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	122.77/cwt	118.00–125.00	699	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	106.09/cwt	82.50–117.50	446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	133.87/cwt	120.00–140.00	557	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	121.52/cwt	115.00–127.00	757	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	121.36/cwt	120.00–124.00	932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	133.75/cwt	125.00–137.50	506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	125.33/cwt	115.00–128.00	603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	870	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	167.09/cwt	155.00–172.50	540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	135.07/cwt	130.00–150.00	704	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	166.39/cwt	145.00–185.00	614	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	132.13/cwt	126.00–135.00	842	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	362	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	455	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	387	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,035	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,201	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	380	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	390	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	330	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	289	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	292	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	141.59/cwt	139.00–160.00	791	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	444	163.01/cwt	152.50–165.00	724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	746	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	875	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.

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

Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Greencastle, PA

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Next feeder cattle sale will be Friday July 3, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	853	81.00	81.00
3	—	1,255	75.00	75.00
5	—	528	115.00–122.50	121.00
8	—	724	88.00–90.00	89.02
9	—	443	97.50–127.50	111.72
12	—	914	84.00	84.00
13	—	610	95.00–122.50	113.23
16	—	971	80.00–83.00	81.19
2	—	455	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,035	116.00	116.00
1	—	380	102.50	102.50
1	—	330	87.50	87.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	167.50	167.50
1	—	415	175.00	175.00
1	—	755	145.00	145.00
2	—	682	146.00	146.00
8	—	569	147.00–151.00	149.74
9	—	810	146.00	146.00
11	—	892	137.00–146.00	144.37
16	—	720	121.00–147.00	138.46
18	—	486	150.00–170.00	161.65
3	—	338	165.00–175.00	168.25
13	—	630	136.00–145.00	143.08
18	—	524	130.00–161.50	155.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
1	—	445	117.50	117.50
2	—	538	112.50–127.50	120.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	108.00	108.00
2	—	567	116.00	116.00
6	—	374	130.00	130.00
4	—	420	82.50–117.50	106.09
1	—	465	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	727	112.00–125.00	119.55
22	—	569	118.00–125.00	122.77
23	—	416	120.00–140.00	133.87
25	—	623	115.00–127.00	121.52
2	—	500	120.00	120.00
2	—	857	119.00	119.00
3	—	768	120.00–124.00	121.36
4	—	690	119.00	119.00
7	—	378	125.00–137.50	133.75
9	—	481	115.00–128.00	125.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	115.00	115.00
3	—	323	155.00–172.50	167.09
5	—	521	130.00–150.00	135.07
6	—	369	145.00–185.00	166.39
8	—	637	126.00–135.00	132.13
2	—	292	160.00	160.00
10	—	559	139.00–160.00	141.59
6	—	444	152.50–165.00	163.01
3	—	746	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,170	102.00	102.00
1	—	660	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	105.00	105.00

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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