Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2021-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next feeder cattle sale is Friday September 3, 2021 at 7:00PM

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.59/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$131.59

106 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

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

$30.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.37

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	705	133.30	940	100
Medium and Large 2	489	103.11	504	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.19/cwt here — about $436 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 sale106 hd

131.59

—

PA average7 barns · 537 hd

126.23

+5.37

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

51 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	—	827	135.89/cwt	131.00–136.50	1,124	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	125.37/cwt	123.00–132.50	851	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	145.68/cwt	134.00–151.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	121.81/cwt	117.50–125.00	508	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	143.32/cwt	142.50–145.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	143.31/cwt	130.00–145.00	873	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,263	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	151.18/cwt	146.00–158.00	789	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	126.37/cwt	110.00–135.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	139.66/cwt	135.00–145.00	451	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	128.73/cwt	127.50–135.00	828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.77/cwt	141.00–152.50	685	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,035	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	854	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	250	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	258	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	571	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	491	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	380	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	323	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	960	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	710	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	310	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	217	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	101.73/cwt	80.00–117.50	435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	128.62/cwt	100.00–138.00	372	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	135.12/cwt	134.00–135.50	1,182	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	127.62/cwt	120.00–145.00	729	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	922	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	151.30/cwt	137.50–177.00	484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	870	105.87/cwt	102.50–112.50	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	131.25/cwt	117.00–135.00	861	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	145.20/cwt	141.00–160.00	559	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	447	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	411	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	708	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	644	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	810	86.72/cwt	82.00–88.00	702	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	935	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	443	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	615	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	461	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	670	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	266	169.49/cwt	165.00–172.50	451	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.82/cwt	140.00–144.00	818	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	140.24/cwt	135.00–145.00	589	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

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The next feeder cattle sale is Friday September 3, 2021 at 7:00PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	827	131.00–136.50	135.89
5	—	1,158	123.00	123.00
8	—	679	123.00–132.50	125.37
7	—	515	134.00–151.00	145.68
3	—	427	142.50–145.00	143.32
15	—	609	130.00–145.00	143.31
9	—	716	136.00	136.00
6	—	1,027	123.00	123.00
6	—	770	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,220	119.00	119.00
2	—	380	160.00	160.00
4	—	875	134.00–135.50	135.12
18	—	571	120.00–145.00	127.62
3	—	983	125.00	125.00
4	—	475	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	110.00	110.00
5	—	428	80.00–117.50	101.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	417	117.50–125.00	121.81
7	—	529	110.00–135.00	126.37
3	—	371	137.50	137.50
3	—	648	122.50	122.50
1	—	1,225	121.00	121.00
8	—	323	135.00–145.00	139.66
4	—	289	100.00–138.00	128.62
2	—	470	122.50	122.50
9	—	656	117.00–135.00	131.25
4	—	786	118.00–120.00	118.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	117.50	117.50
2	—	217	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	146.00–158.00	151.18
6	—	643	127.50–135.00	128.73
3	—	473	141.00–152.50	144.77
1	—	922	112.50	112.50
3	—	320	137.50–177.00	151.30
3	—	870	102.50–112.50	105.87
14	—	385	141.00–160.00	145.20
5	—	266	165.00–172.50	169.49
7	—	573	140.00–144.00	142.82
2	—	420	135.00–145.00	140.24
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,035	82.50	82.50
6	—	250	103.00	103.00
5	—	571	86.00	86.00
2	—	380	85.00	85.00
1	—	960	74.00	74.00
1	—	310	80.00	80.00
4	—	447	92.00	92.00
13	—	708	91.00	91.00
18	—	810	82.00–88.00	86.72
1	—	515	86.00	86.00
1	—	615	75.00	75.00
1	—	670	56.00	56.00

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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