Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Saturday November 5, 2022 at 10:00 AM. Receiving Friday November 4 from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM. NO CATTLE RECEIVED SATURDAY!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.66/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$143.66

64 head · 746 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$22.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.36

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	754	147.39	1,112	50
Medium and Large 2	693	131.25	910	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	843	125.00	1,054	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.39/cwt here — about $58 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 sale64 hd

143.66

—

PA average7 barns · 627 hd

145.02

−1.36

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

39 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 2	—	353	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	247	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	690	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	640	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	416	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	373	71.29/cwt	65.00–77.50	266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,654	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	639	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	639	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	300	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	255	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	453	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	816	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	610	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	366	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	583	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	466	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	982	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	928	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,094	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	923	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	485	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	589	140.98/cwt	132.50–145.00	830	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	135.44/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,116	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	141.90/cwt	135.00–144.00	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,243	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	606	3

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

Tue Oct 25, 2022

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

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The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Saturday November 5, 2022 at 10:00 AM. Receiving Friday November 4 from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM. NO CATTLE RECEIVED SATURDAY!

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	70.00	70.00
2	—	468	130.00	130.00
2	—	553	130.00	130.00
3	—	657	105.00	105.00
2	—	323	105.00	105.00
5	—	522	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	65.00	65.00
2	—	373	65.00–77.50	71.29
2	—	485	77.50	77.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	589	132.50–145.00	140.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	783	122.50	122.50
2	—	538	135.00	135.00
2	—	693	132.50	132.50
3	—	648	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	155.00	155.00
4	—	1,190	139.00	139.00
2	—	553	147.50	147.50
6	—	663	140.00	140.00
9	—	625	175.00	175.00
4	—	486	170.00	170.00
4	—	908	135.00	135.00
19	—	824	134.50–136.00	135.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	639	100.00	100.00
1	—	300	85.00	85.00
2	—	453	90.00	90.00
2	—	583	80.00	80.00
3	—	982	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	726	127.50	127.50
6	—	559	124.00–125.00	124.50
7	—	659	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	137.50	137.50
2	—	483	131.00	131.00
9	—	513	135.00–144.00	141.90
9	—	894	139.00	139.00
2	—	608	130.00	130.00
2	—	903	136.00	136.00
3	—	442	137.00	137.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	60.00	60.00

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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