Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.74/cwt on 204 head.

Average price

$113.74

204 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$8.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.98

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	114.43	615	187
Medium and Large 2	468	106.16	496	17thin

One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $118 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 sale204 hd

113.74

—

PA average8 barns · 534 hd

97.76

+15.98

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

72 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	—	315	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	276	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	565	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	396	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,095	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	767	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	415	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	291	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	823	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	593	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	126.98/cwt	108.00–150.00	653	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	161.81/cwt	140.00–165.00	618	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	116.18/cwt	105.00–119.00	998	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	136.82/cwt	105.00–152.50	649	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	144.52/cwt	117.00–150.00	970	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	115.61/cwt	105.00–120.00	483	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	118.21/cwt	99.00–129.50	681	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	132.35/cwt	128.00–135.00	416	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.98/cwt	117.50–156.00	762	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	119.83/cwt	110.00–137.50	449	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	111.57/cwt	106.00–114.00	751	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	147.57/cwt	116.00–164.00	913	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	118.43/cwt	105.00–121.00	793	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	112.22/cwt	96.00–119.00	571	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	107.90/cwt	102.00–111.00	678	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	114.24/cwt	86.00–123.00	543	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	743	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	873	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	655	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	540	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	383	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	480	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	324	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	619	68.37/cwt	50.00–80.00	423	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,006	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	865	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	659	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	514	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	490	162.16/cwt	160.50–162.50	795	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	401	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	915	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	383	86.52/cwt	85.00–95.00	331	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	641	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	105.04/cwt	92.50–110.00	392	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	707	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	103.44/cwt	101.00–105.00	531	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	758	76.64/cwt	66.00–87.50	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	129.05/cwt	117.00–135.00	670	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	116.61/cwt	109.00–128.00	659	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	737	101.84/cwt	100.00–105.00	751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	137.48/cwt	110.00–163.00	514	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	118.95/cwt	118.00–123.00	758	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	151.06/cwt	105.00–166.00	634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	783	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	129.96/cwt	105.00–135.00	638	6

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 Dec 5, 2020

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

Receipts 940Last week 908Year ago 1,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	87.50	87.50
1	—	565	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,095	70.00	70.00
2	—	415	70.00	70.00
3	—	823	72.00	72.00
4	—	285	100.00	100.00
4	—	873	75.00	75.00
4	—	540	71.00	71.00
4	—	480	67.50	67.50
18	—	619	50.00–80.00	68.37
6	—	1,006	86.00	86.00
6	—	659	78.00	78.00
6	—	383	85.00–95.00	86.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
1	—	760	111.00	111.00
1	—	940	92.50	92.50
1	—	1,005	107.00	107.00
3	—	318	146.00	146.00
24	—	514	108.00–150.00	126.98
4	—	840	100.00	100.00
16	—	382	140.00–165.00	161.81
10	—	859	105.00–119.00	116.18
11	—	474	105.00–152.50	136.82
16	—	671	117.00–150.00	144.52
1	—	1,240	103.00	103.00
3	—	270	151.00	151.00
18	—	573	117.50–156.00	132.98
26	—	619	116.00–164.00	147.57
2	—	990	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	490	160.50–162.50	162.16
8	—	401	176.00	176.00
6	—	590	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
5	—	358	122.50	122.50
3	—	416	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	418	105.00–120.00	115.61
50	—	576	99.00–129.50	118.21
7	—	314	128.00–135.00	132.35
2	—	285	132.00	132.00
10	—	375	110.00–137.50	119.83
12	—	673	106.00–114.00	111.57
5	—	745	101.00	101.00
17	—	509	96.00–119.00	112.22
22	—	628	102.00–111.00	107.90
23	—	475	86.00–123.00	114.24
1	—	885	90.00	90.00
4	—	760	103.00	103.00
2	—	910	87.00	87.00
2	—	815	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	588	109.00	109.00
7	—	373	92.50–110.00	105.04
1	—	420	97.50	97.50
1	—	215	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	670	105.00–121.00	118.43
2	—	280	123.00	123.00
2	—	750	99.00	99.00
1	—	845	100.00	100.00
1	—	345	127.50	127.50
1	—	855	92.50	92.50
26	—	519	117.00–135.00	129.05
13	—	565	109.00–128.00	116.61
7	—	737	100.00–105.00	101.84
12	—	374	110.00–163.00	137.48
10	—	637	118.00–123.00	118.95
1	—	1,015	85.00	85.00
13	—	420	105.00–166.00	151.06
6	—	491	105.00–135.00	129.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	707	71.00	71.00
5	—	513	101.00–105.00	103.44
2	—	758	66.00–87.50	76.64
1	—	385	97.50	97.50
2	—	405	97.50	97.50

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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