Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2024-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month's sale, Feeder Steers traded mostly 15.00-20.00 higher and Feeder Heifers were 12.00-18.00 higher on a lighter run with good demand for feeders to be turned out on grass.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.28/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −145.39 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$259.28

28 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$28.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs PA average

−13.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	264.34	1,451	23
Medium and Large 2	547	236.01	1,290	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.33/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale28 hd

259.28

—

PA average2 barns · 31 hd

253.82

+5.46

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−13.75

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

−145.39

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

60 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 2	800–850	817	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	281.58/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	272.24/cwt	245.00–282.50	1,663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	323.34/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	353.16/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,007	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	222.22/cwt	195.00–265.00	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	997	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	264.83/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,637	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	266.45/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,375	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	257.68/cwt	245.00–295.00	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	230.02/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	267.54/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,225	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	236.64/cwt	235.00–240.00	935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	238.75/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,509	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	950–1000	995	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,766	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	535	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,043	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	722	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,516	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	691	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,244	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	572	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,115	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	940	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,575	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	229.91/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	329.34/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	269.14/cwt	257.50–295.00	1,397	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	221.40/cwt	205.00–240.00	1,680	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	279.88/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	281.61/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	287.45/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	274.38/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,438	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	313.70/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,644	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	223.29/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,934	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	256.62/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,458	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	244.52/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,504	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	242.79/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,622	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,379	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	311.27/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,177	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	306.80/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,789	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	340.14/cwt	335.00–345.00	935	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	286.19/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,339	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,286	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 →

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Compared to last month's sale, Feeder Steers traded mostly 15.00-20.00 higher and Feeder Heifers were 12.00-18.00 higher on a lighter run with good demand for feeders to be turned out on grass.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	260.00	260.00
7	500–550	516	265.00–270.00	266.45
5	550–600	576	245.00–295.00	257.68
10	600–650	618	250.00–280.00	264.83
2	650–700	673	260.00	260.00
2	750–800	770	185.00	185.00
2	800–850	817	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	295.00–327.50	311.27
8	450–500	470	295.00–345.00	323.34
11	500–550	524	280.00–325.00	313.70
5	550–600	583	295.00–315.00	306.80
5	600–650	611	245.00–282.50	272.24
6	650–700	678	265.00–290.00	281.58
2	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
3	800–850	808	235.00	235.00
4	850–900	852	220.00	220.00
2	900–950	925	232.50	232.50
6	1050–1100	1,094	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	285	340.00–365.00	353.16
3	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	473	305.00–355.00	329.34
13	500–550	519	257.50–295.00	269.14
3	550–600	558	260.00–290.00	279.88
3	600–650	646	250.00	250.00
5	650–700	671	195.00–265.00	222.22
3	700–750	712	220.00–235.00	229.91
14	750–800	759	205.00–240.00	221.40
6	800–850	809	190.00	190.00
2	850–900	890	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	335.00–345.00	340.14
2	350–400	380	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	435	275.00	275.00
10	450–500	468	280.00–300.00	286.19
1	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	235.00–240.00	236.64
8	450–500	458	260.00–280.00	267.54
3	500–550	536	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	563	225.00–235.00	230.02
4	600–650	632	237.50–240.00	238.75
2	900–950	940	200.00	200.00
2	950–1000	997	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	395	295.00	295.00
6	400–450	421	270.00–290.00	281.61
6	450–500	474	285.00–290.00	287.45
10	500–550	524	255.00–285.00	274.38
13	550–600	568	240.00–265.00	256.62
14	600–650	615	235.00–250.00	244.52
21	650–700	668	230.00–250.00	242.79
3	700–750	703	245.00	245.00
6	750–800	776	240.00	240.00
4	800–850	817	230.00	230.00
10	850–900	866	215.00–227.50	223.29
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	535	195.00	195.00
5	700–750	722	210.00	210.00
2	950–1000	995	177.50	177.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	572	195.00	195.00
3	650–700	691	180.00	180.00
6	900–950	940	167.50	167.50

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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