Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 82lb Feeder calf deleted

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $139.33/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −265.35 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$139.33

40 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1

$8.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−20.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	525	145.00	761	2thin
Medium and Large 1	548	139.55	765	32
Medium 1	556	136.25	757	6thin

One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $4 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

139.33

—

PA average1 barns · 40 hd

139.33

+0.00

National average139 barns · 10,621 hd

159.56

−20.23

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

−265.35

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	581	2
Steers	Large 2	550–600	593	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	978	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	845	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	946	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	683	115.33/cwt	115.00–116.00	788	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	953	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,096	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	615	103.72/cwt	100.00–107.50	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	175.17/cwt	140.00–185.00	811	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	170.44/cwt	150.00–187.50	985	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,176	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	541	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	570	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	784	3
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Steers	Medium 2	700–750	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	372	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	860	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	153.00/cwt	150.00–155.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	197.90/cwt	187.50–200.00	1,059	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	916	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	173.98/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	185.72/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	136.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	777	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	157.05/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	146.52/cwt	145.00–147.50	623	13
Steers	Large 2	700–750	730	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	986	1
Steers	Large 1	650–700	665	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	801	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	955	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,242	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	2
Bulls	Large 1	250–300	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	146.28/cwt	140.00–150.00	894	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	143.53/cwt	142.50–145.00	749	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	135.32/cwt	132.00–145.00	855	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	945	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,115	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	150–200	176	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	194	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	200–250	236	114.81/cwt	100.00–120.00	271	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	798	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	926	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	100–150	130	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	130	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 1, 2022

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

Receipts 249Last week 500Year ago 227

Correction: 82lb Feeder calf deleted

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	175.00	175.00
2	350–400	380	175.00	175.00
9	450–500	463	140.00–185.00	175.17
16	550–600	578	150.00–187.50	170.44
4	600–650	632	132.00–145.00	135.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	150.00	150.00
4	600–650	642	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	165.00	165.00
1	700–750	730	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	175.00	175.00
2	450–500	472	190.00	190.00
6	500–550	535	187.50–200.00	197.90
9	550–600	573	175.00–200.00	185.72
10	600–650	622	170.00–175.00	173.98
6	650–700	682	172.50	172.50
5	700–750	717	145.00–160.00	157.05
1	850–900	880	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	120.00	120.00
1	350–400	385	130.00	130.00
1	650–700	655	140.00	140.00
2	750–800	750	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	725	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	665	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	130	100.00	100.00
3	150–200	176	110.00	110.00
8	200–250	236	100.00–120.00	114.81
1	350–400	375	110.00	110.00
3	550–600	595	120.00	120.00
4	600–650	615	100.00–107.50	103.72
9	650–700	683	115.00–116.00	115.33
4	750–800	798	116.00	116.00
5	800–850	845	112.00	112.00
2	900–950	945	118.00	118.00
3	950–1000	953	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	150.00	150.00
2	350–400	372	125.00	125.00
3	500–550	541	135.00	135.00
3	550–600	570	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	145.00–147.50	146.52
5	450–500	461	150.00–155.00	153.00
15	500–550	522	142.50–145.00	143.53
17	550–600	571	130.00–140.00	136.04
15	600–650	611	140.00–150.00	146.28
7	650–700	654	140.00	140.00
1	700–750	705	120.00	120.00
2	750–800	750	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	145.00	145.00
3	800–850	801	130.00	130.00
2	950–1000	955	130.00	130.00

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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