Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month's feeder cattle sale, Steers and Heifers traded sharply higher with good demand by local farmers. Feeder Steers 400 to 600 lbs were 30.00-50.00 higher, 600 to 800 lbs were 20.00-30.00 higher. Feeder Heifers followed with 400 to 600 lb calves selling 30.00-50.00 higher, 600 to 800 lbs heifers were mostly 20.00-35.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.28/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −191.36 against this barn's trailing median of $492.64.

Average price

$301.28

43 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$29.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.50

vs PA average

−24.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	306.77	1,693	35
Medium and Large 2	549	277.28	1,522	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.49/cwt here — about $171 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 sale43 hd

301.28

—

PA average2 barns · 45 hd

298.78

+2.50

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−24.09

This barn, trailing median1 sales

492.64

−191.36

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

52 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	450–500	476	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,238	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	252.52/cwt	220.00–270.00	952	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	788	167.87/cwt	162.50–172.50	1,323	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	312.05/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,626	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	276.45/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,866	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	279.72/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,502	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	345	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	325.05/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,238	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	420	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	819	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	461	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	274.84/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,542	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	196.14/cwt	190.00–202.50	1,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	257.34/cwt	230.00–285.00	1,199	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	197.93/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	261.47/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,872	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,100	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	249.37/cwt	245.00–255.00	960	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	240.11/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,393	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	272.06/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,271	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	269.20/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,373	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	250.69/cwt	215.00–265.00	1,579	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	239.12/cwt	220.00–267.50	1,026	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	273.52/cwt	255.00–287.50	916	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	286.37/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,028	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	215.37/cwt	195.00–222.50	1,652	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	235.52/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,496	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	214.20/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	253.64/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,301	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	302.32/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,747	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	323.61/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,560	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	259.73/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,210	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	247.37/cwt	230.00–265.00	688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	284.75/cwt	264.00–315.00	1,774	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,093	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

Sat Dec 7, 2024

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

Receipts 542Last week 570Year ago 773

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	220.00–270.00	252.52
2	400–450	445	265.00	265.00
6	450–500	476	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	530	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	265.00–305.00	286.37
2	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
10	450–500	467	270.00–275.00	272.06
7	500–550	510	265.00–280.00	269.20
2	550–600	570	235.00	235.00
19	600–650	630	215.00–265.00	250.69
4	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
4	800–850	826	190.00–202.50	196.14
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	210.00	210.00
3	400–450	420	195.00	195.00
3	450–500	461	180.00	180.00
2	550–600	565	160.00	160.00
12	750–800	788	162.50–172.50	167.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	320.00–330.00	325.05
5	400–450	436	355.00	355.00
19	450–500	482	305.00–337.50	323.61
16	500–550	521	300.00–340.00	312.05
19	550–600	578	285.00–325.00	302.32
25	600–650	623	264.00–315.00	284.75
16	650–700	675	260.00–288.00	276.45
23	700–750	716	250.00–275.00	261.47
2	750–800	762	247.00	247.00
4	900–950	920	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	466	230.00–285.00	257.34
4	500–550	537	265.00–295.00	279.72
4	550–600	561	265.00–285.00	274.84
2	650–700	685	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	785	240.00	240.00
2	1100–1150	1,100	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	230.00–265.00	247.37
2	350–400	355	220.00	220.00
4	400–450	436	205.00	205.00
8	450–500	486	200.00–225.00	214.20
5	500–550	512	195.00–200.00	197.93
2	550–600	577	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	255.00–287.50	273.52
7	350–400	385	245.00–255.00	249.37
16	400–450	429	220.00–267.50	239.12
11	450–500	466	255.00–265.00	259.73
18	500–550	513	245.00–257.50	253.64
20	550–600	580	230.00–252.50	240.11
19	600–650	635	225.00–237.50	235.52
6	650–700	665	227.50	227.50
2	700–750	747	215.00	215.00
9	750–800	767	195.00–222.50	215.37
5	850–900	876	217.50	217.50
4	900–950	903	207.50	207.50

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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