Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month's Feeder Cattle Sale; Feeder Steers 500-600 lbs were 20.00-25.00 lower, 600-700 lbs were 15.00-20.00 lower and 700-800 lbs were 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 300-450 lbs traded 15.00-25.00 higher and 500-650 lb Heifers were mostly steady. There was a moderate supply of heavier feeders that were started and ready to go on feed. Buyers showed good demand for the heavier cattle with greater interest in the larger groups.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.61/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −220.03 against this barn's trailing median of $492.64.

Average price

$272.61

56 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$42.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−60.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	285.39	1,554	39
Medium and Large 2	550	243.28	1,337	17thin

One grade step is worth $42.11/cwt here — about $217 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 sale56 hd

272.61

—

PA average1 barns · 56 hd

272.61

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−60.26

This barn, trailing median1 sales

492.64

−220.03

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	256.43/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,351	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	282.98/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,624	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	247.53/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,787	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	223.33/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,566	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	285.82/cwt	250.00–310.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	237.26/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,974	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	236.11/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,327	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	818	166.01/cwt	147.50–175.00	1,358	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	935	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,468	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	566	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	221.39/cwt	190.00–240.00	1,410	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	487	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	755	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	900–950	906	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,835	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,055	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,952	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	496	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,042	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	625	186.95/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,168	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	545	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,172	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	276.46/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,335	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,296	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	295.30/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,078	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	287.07/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,504	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	268.54/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,641	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,168	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	237.59/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,863	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	256.23/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,735	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	232.96/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	228.06/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	422	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,013	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	841	207.27/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	887	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	260.01/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,264	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	250.72/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,314	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	266.14/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,096	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	232.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	204.93/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	180.03/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,042	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	261.41/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,495	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	234.92/cwt	215.00–252.50	1,581	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	497	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	247.41/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	273.62/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,062	7

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 Jan 3, 2025

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

Receipts 721Last week 542Year ago 529

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	295.00	295.00
5	300–350	315	250.00–310.00	285.82
7	350–400	365	285.00–310.00	295.30
2	400–450	430	200.00	200.00
6	500–550	527	245.00–265.00	256.43
11	550–600	562	215.00–245.00	236.11
7	600–650	637	190.00–240.00	221.39
6	700–750	701	215.00–227.50	223.33
6	800–850	841	190.00–216.00	207.27
2	850–900	887	210.00	210.00
2	900–950	945	195.00	195.00
3	950–1000	980	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
23	500–550	524	275.00–300.00	287.07
16	550–600	574	260.00–295.00	282.98
16	600–650	611	240.00–285.00	268.54
15	650–700	677	235.00–265.00	256.23
23	700–750	722	245.00–252.00	247.53
11	750–800	784	235.00–239.00	237.59
15	800–850	832	230.00–239.00	237.26
5	850–900	873	230.00–235.00	232.96
3	900–950	926	222.00	222.00
7	950–1000	951	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	566	142.50	142.50
6	800–850	818	147.50–175.00	166.01
3	900–950	935	157.00	157.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	155.00	155.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	210.00	210.00
5	500–550	545	215.00	215.00
5	600–650	625	185.00–190.00	186.95
3	900–950	906	202.50	202.50
2	1050–1100	1,055	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	290.00	290.00
5	450–500	483	267.50–282.50	276.46
3	500–550	520	252.50	252.50
15	550–600	572	252.50–275.00	261.41
3	600–650	640	242.50	242.50
16	650–700	673	215.00–252.50	234.92
5	700–750	726	221.00	221.00
4	750–800	773	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	260.00	260.00
11	400–450	441	240.00–250.00	247.41
10	450–500	477	215.00–235.00	228.06
4	500–550	510	200.00–210.00	204.93
4	550–600	579	175.00–185.00	180.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	270.00–275.00	273.62
5	400–450	412	260.00–275.00	266.14
9	450–500	486	250.00–265.00	260.01
55	500–550	524	220.00–260.00	250.72
4	550–600	566	250.00	250.00
5	600–650	637	230.00–237.00	232.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	497	215.00	215.00

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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