Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2024-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The May Feeder Cattle sale showed a lighter run of calves but had very good buyer demand in an active market. Compared to last month's sale Feeder Steers traded 10.00-15.00 higher and Feeder Heifers traded 20.00 to 30.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.96/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −232.69 against this barn's trailing median of $492.64.

Average price

$259.96

31 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$22.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.23

vs PA average

−48.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	269.29	1,530	18thin
Medium and Large 2	575	247.03	1,420	13thin

One grade step is worth $22.26/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale31 hd

259.96

—

PA average2 barns · 33 hd

254.72

+5.23

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−48.65

This barn, trailing median1 sales

492.64

−232.69

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

54 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,163	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	269.29/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,530	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	225.83/cwt	222.50–227.50	2,134	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	255.43/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	234.92/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,915	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	249.06/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	231.11/cwt	227.50–235.00	1,535	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	230.97/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	274.33/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,169	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	249.42/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	318.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,495	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	237.85/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,829	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	274.53/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,408	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	253.51/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,463	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	269.09/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	252.42/cwt	232.50–265.00	1,454	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	223.37/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,691	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	258.52/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,352	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	238.43/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,459	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	540	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,026	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,015	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,446	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	732	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,244	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	566	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	906	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	993	158.75/cwt	152.50–160.00	1,576	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	982	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,671	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	763	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	218.50/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	247.03/cwt	215.00–270.00	1,420	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	233.37/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	233.00/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	209.16/cwt	182.50–247.50	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,040	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,028	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	230.93/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	892	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	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

Sat May 4, 2024

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

Receipts 507Last week 1,268Year ago 817

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	426	265.00–280.00	274.33
5	450–500	473	265.00–275.00	269.09
13	500–550	523	245.00–270.00	258.52
15	550–600	576	232.50–265.00	252.42
7	600–650	612	230.00–250.00	238.43
11	650–700	664	227.50–235.00	231.11
5	700–750	737	225.00–235.00	230.97
14	750–800	757	215.00–230.00	223.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	182.50–247.50	209.16
3	350–400	395	277.50	277.50
2	400–450	402	285.00	285.00
5	500–550	535	200.00–255.00	233.00
5	600–650	603	217.50–220.00	218.50
2	650–700	660	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	785	165.00	165.00
2	850–900	880	210.00	210.00
2	950–1000	975	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	320.00	320.00
16	450–500	470	305.00–325.00	318.08
18	550–600	568	265.00–285.00	269.29
9	600–650	627	225.00–260.00	249.42
9	650–700	674	235.00–265.00	249.06
12	700–750	728	245.00–270.00	255.43
9	800–850	815	230.00–237.50	234.92
4	850–900	892	235.00	235.00
12	900–950	945	222.50–227.50	225.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	195.00	195.00
13	550–600	575	215.00–270.00	247.03
2	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
5	650–700	678	225.00–235.00	230.93
6	700–750	727	230.00–235.00	233.37
2	750–800	795	180.00	180.00
2	850–900	892	165.00	165.00
2	950–1000	950	205.00	205.00
2	1000–1050	1,040	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	295.00	295.00
3	450–500	470	300.00	300.00
11	500–550	513	265.00–290.00	274.53
8	550–600	577	230.00–265.00	253.51
2	600–650	630	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	690	215.00	215.00
2	700–750	745	225.00	225.00
14	750–800	769	230.00–242.50	237.85
2	800–850	815	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	427	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	475	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	190.00	190.00
7	550–600	566	160.00	160.00
7	700–750	732	170.00	170.00
6	950–1000	993	152.50–160.00	158.75
1	1000–1050	1,015	142.50	142.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	763	210.00	210.00
2	950–1000	982	190.00	190.00

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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