Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be Saturday May 01, 2021 at 10:00AM

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.74/cwt on 339 head.

Average price

$133.74

339 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$4.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.54

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	133.94	912	323
Medium and Large 2	445	129.59	576	16thin

One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about $336 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 sale339 hd

133.74

—

PA average7 barns · 722 hd

124.19

+9.54

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

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	115.86/cwt	104.00–117.50	1,014	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	150.34/cwt	140.00–153.00	792	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	124.27/cwt	124.00–125.00	732	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	118.81/cwt	111.00–127.00	624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	122.56/cwt	110.00–129.00	346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	132.36/cwt	118.00–137.00	762	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	117.43/cwt	110.00–120.00	902	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	165.55/cwt	152.50–170.00	642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	124.60/cwt	120.00–129.00	485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	920	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	117.18/cwt	113.00–121.00	730	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	157.49/cwt	135.00–172.50	682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	118.89/cwt	116.00–121.00	920	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	805	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	998	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	164.23/cwt	147.50–175.00	521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	107.60/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	122.11/cwt	110.00–125.00	762	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	453	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	743	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	884	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	117.44/cwt	116.00–118.00	949	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	623	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	810	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	922	124.75/cwt	123.00–126.50	1,150	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	707	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	926	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	557	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	838	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	956	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	765	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,115	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	925	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	435	79.65/cwt	79.00–82.50	346	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	632	84.57/cwt	83.00–87.00	534	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	932	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	746	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	685	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	980	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	470	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	409	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	774	81.71/cwt	81.00–82.00	632	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	290	84.06/cwt	83.00–97.50	244	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	363	95.61/cwt	92.50–96.00	347	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	800	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	676	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	621	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,087	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	908	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	139.25/cwt	130.00–145.00	713	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	696	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	437	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	302	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	446	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	572	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	129.71/cwt	124.00–138.00	632	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	112.01/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,156	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	134.61/cwt	132.50–136.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	131.33/cwt	128.00–133.00	548	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	717	108.98/cwt	107.00–111.00	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	662	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	138.63/cwt	121.00–150.00	581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	158.78/cwt	145.00–167.50	721	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	112.07/cwt	106.00–115.00	755	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	132.14/cwt	125.00–137.00	883	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	116.48/cwt	114.00–119.00	970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	114.05/cwt	102.00–118.00	815	14

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 3, 2021

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

Receipts 1,220Last week 910Year ago 601

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be Saturday May 01, 2021 at 10:00AM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	875	104.00–117.50	115.86
37	—	527	140.00–153.00	150.34
11	—	576	118.00–137.00	132.36
14	—	388	152.50–170.00	165.55
13	—	708	130.00	130.00
9	—	433	135.00–172.50	157.49
21	—	774	116.00–121.00	118.89
6	—	317	147.50–175.00	164.23
3	—	960	101.00–111.00	107.60
13	—	624	110.00–125.00	122.11
2	—	270	173.00	173.00
11	—	808	116.00–118.00	117.44
5	—	908	110.00	110.00
10	—	454	145.00–167.50	158.78
48	—	668	125.00–137.00	132.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	805	124.00	124.00
5	—	453	129.00	129.00
44	—	922	123.00–126.50	124.75
20	—	707	131.00	131.00
13	—	557	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	507	122.50	122.50
8	—	467	122.50	122.50
2	—	330	155.00	155.00
4	—	426	132.50–136.00	134.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	589	124.00–125.00	124.27
4	—	525	111.00–127.00	118.81
6	—	282	110.00–129.00	122.56
14	—	768	110.00–120.00	117.43
5	—	389	120.00–129.00	124.60
23	—	623	113.00–121.00	117.18
28	—	487	124.00–138.00	129.71
16	—	1,032	101.00–114.00	112.01
2	—	307	140.00	140.00
25	—	417	128.00–133.00	131.33
14	—	674	106.00–115.00	112.07
6	—	833	114.00–119.00	116.48
14	—	715	102.00–118.00	114.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	743	119.00	119.00
17	—	623	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	511	128.00	128.00
2	—	450	90.00	90.00
2	—	592	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	956	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,115	83.00	83.00
5	—	435	79.00–82.50	79.65
10	—	632	83.00–87.00	84.57
7	—	932	80.00	80.00
2	—	685	79.00	79.00
4	—	470	87.00	87.00
10	—	774	81.00–82.00	81.71
12	—	290	83.00–97.50	84.06
9	—	363	92.50–96.00	95.61
8	—	800	84.50	84.50
5	—	1,087	83.50	83.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	92.00	92.00
17	—	512	130.00–145.00	139.25
4	—	696	120.00	120.00
3	—	566	122.00	122.00
2	—	275	159.00	159.00
1	—	385	161.00	161.00
6	—	717	107.00–111.00	108.98
6	—	616	107.50	107.50
6	—	419	121.00–150.00	138.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	302	160.00	160.00
3	—	446	143.00	143.00

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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