Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Report published

The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Friday August 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.13/cwt on 78 head.

Average price

$144.13

78 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$40.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.04

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	147.77	1,000	71
Medium and Large 2	639	107.21	685	7thin

One grade step is worth $40.56/cwt here — about $314 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 sale78 hd

144.13

—

PA average5 barns · 254 hd

131.10

+13.04

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

44 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	195	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	302	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	322	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	689	132.90/cwt	130.00–145.00	916	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	130.31/cwt	127.50–132.50	870	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	159.89/cwt	150.00–165.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	648	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	567	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	930	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	921	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	203	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	168	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,041	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,010	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	807	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	799	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	962	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	162.68/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	155.60/cwt	147.50–162.50	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	152.21/cwt	137.50–161.00	1,090	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	166.70/cwt	162.50–167.50	658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	137.57/cwt	135.00–142.50	912	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,094	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	136.87/cwt	125.00–142.50	835	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	154.59/cwt	150.00–157.50	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	792	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	123.81/cwt	110.00–140.00	648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	975	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	951	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

Fri Jul 2, 2021

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

Receipts 227Last week 1,220Year ago 532

Correction: Report published

The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Friday August 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	155.00	155.00
5	—	689	130.00–145.00	132.90
2	—	715	127.50	127.50
2	—	437	140.00	140.00
6	—	509	150.00–165.00	159.89
2	—	290	150.00	150.00
1	—	885	105.00	105.00
2	—	792	116.00	116.00
1	—	975	97.50	97.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	132.50	132.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	322	100.00	100.00
5	—	648	87.50	87.50
1	—	930	99.00	99.00
3	—	203	83.00	83.00
4	—	1,041	97.00	97.00
2	—	807	99.00	99.00
2	—	962	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	668	127.50–132.50	130.31
3	—	875	125.00	125.00
2	—	597	128.00	128.00
3	—	726	132.50	132.50
8	—	610	125.00–142.50	136.87
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
2	—	470	127.50	127.50
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
3	—	290	127.50	127.50
6	—	523	110.00–140.00	123.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	482	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	92.50	92.50
5	—	714	112.00	112.00
1	—	485	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	150.00–175.00	162.68
5	—	514	147.50–162.50	155.60
2	—	1,190	118.00	118.00
3	—	923	122.50	122.50
26	—	716	137.50–161.00	152.21
4	—	812	129.00	129.00
6	—	395	162.50–167.50	166.70
7	—	663	135.00–142.50	137.57
1	—	885	130.00	130.00
3	—	408	140.00	140.00
5	—	569	150.00–157.50	154.59
5	—	789	140.00	140.00

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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