Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2024-07-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.98/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −142.69 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$261.98

20 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.11

vs PA average

−14.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	261.98	1,408	20

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale20 hd

261.98

—

PA average2 barns · 24 hd

259.87

+2.11

National average18 barns · 1,550 hd

276.94

−14.96

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

−142.69

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

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,042	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,824	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,060	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,935	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,050	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,153	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	920	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,748	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	741	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	288.81/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	306.25/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,271	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	264.99/cwt	235.00–272.50	1,858	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	243.27/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	238.77/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,946	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	271.99/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,303	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	266.20/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,392	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	272.00/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	826	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	857	227.59/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	249.33/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,401	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,869	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	256.22/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	4

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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 233Last week 444Year ago 505

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	230.00	230.00
2	1000–1050	1,042	175.00	175.00
2	1050–1100	1,060	182.50	182.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1050–1100	1,050	205.00	205.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	741	200.00	200.00
2	900–950	920	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	415	295.00–320.00	306.25
2	450–500	452	310.00	310.00
7	500–550	522	265.00–305.00	288.81
3	550–600	576	275.00	275.00
4	600–650	621	255.00–257.50	256.22
2	650–700	672	265.00	265.00
10	700–750	701	235.00–272.50	264.99
4	750–800	775	235.00	235.00
3	850–900	890	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	426	230.00–265.00	243.27
3	600–650	626	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	295.00	295.00
9	450–500	479	262.50–280.00	271.99
15	500–550	523	260.00–272.50	266.20
5	550–600	581	242.50–260.00	249.33
5	600–650	627	265.00	265.00
3	700–750	700	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	772	255.00	255.00
6	800–850	815	235.00–242.50	238.77
2	900–950	932	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	665	300.00	300.00
9	700–750	731	255.00–285.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	325.00	325.00
2	800–850	826	235.00	235.00
8	850–900	857	215.00–240.00	227.59

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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