Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle traded mostly 20.00-30.00 lower on a light test. Buyers showed less demand due to a lighter run of calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.88/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$148.88

67 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$366

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 2

$5.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−72.99

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	250	150.00	375	4thin
Medium and Large 1	576	149.95	864	50
Medium and Large 2	513	144.43	741	13thin

One grade step is worth $5.57/cwt here — about −$366 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 sale67 hd

148.88

—

PA average6 barns · 473 hd

221.87

−72.99

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

33 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	—	507	190.02/cwt	175.00–195.00	963	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	198.49/cwt	185.00–205.00	975	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,132	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	146.69/cwt	145.00–147.50	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	173.23/cwt	145.00–195.00	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	137.50/cwt	125.00–150.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	214.28/cwt	197.50–217.50	1,166	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	685	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	570	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	140.09/cwt	127.50–160.00	814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	153.99/cwt	145.00–165.00	810	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	152.29/cwt	135.00–175.00	865	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	133.04/cwt	125.00–160.00	906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	210.78/cwt	190.00–225.00	965	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	143.84/cwt	142.50–157.50	900	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	144.93/cwt	135.00–165.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	167.63/cwt	157.50–172.50	1,132	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,010	15

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 Oct 20, 2023

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

Receipts 198Last week 1,113Year ago 1,008

Feeder Cattle traded mostly 20.00-30.00 lower on a light test. Buyers showed less demand due to a lighter run of calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	507	175.00–195.00	190.02
3	—	491	185.00–205.00	198.49
3	—	676	167.50	167.50
2	—	775	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	145.00–147.50	146.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	432	145.00–195.00	173.23
9	—	526	145.00–165.00	153.99
9	—	568	135.00–175.00	152.29
9	—	681	125.00–160.00	133.04
15	—	626	142.50–157.50	143.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	581	127.50–160.00	140.09
1	—	860	112.50	112.50
3	—	385	160.00	160.00
3	—	503	135.00–165.00	144.93
2	—	410	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	250	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	985	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,090	160.00	160.00
6	—	544	197.50–217.50	214.28
4	—	852	176.00	176.00
5	—	458	190.00–225.00	210.78
1	—	900	162.50	162.50
6	—	675	157.50–172.50	167.63
15	—	577	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	157.50	157.50
2	—	395	125.00–150.00	137.50
1	—	480	147.50	147.50
2	—	445	130.00	130.00
2	—	655	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	135.00	135.00
3	—	370	185.00	185.00
2	—	437	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	165.00	165.00

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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