Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the January Feeder Cattle Sale; Feeder Steers and Bulls 400-699 lbs traded 20.00-40.00 higher with 700-899 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-699 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.05/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −153.63 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$251.05

48 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$12.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−47.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	253.34	1,432	39
Medium and Large 2	518	241.09	1,249	9thin

One grade step is worth $12.25/cwt here — about $183 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale48 hd

251.05

—

PA average1 barns · 48 hd

251.05

+0.00

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−47.81

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

−153.63

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	826	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	308.37/cwt	275.00–325.00	1,970	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	250.07/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	811	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	241.09/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,249	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	262.48/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,404	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	303.35/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,726	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	682	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,364	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	812	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	233.90/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,679	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	257.47/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,959	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	286.90/cwt	262.50–315.00	1,925	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	307.08/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,465	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	743	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,597	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	878	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	314.02/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,451	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,020	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	218.52/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,337	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	241.86/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,487	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	265.07/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,028	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	187.97/cwt	167.50–200.00	1,359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	252.98/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,445	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	264.13/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,117	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	340.04/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,445	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	299.56/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	275.00–305.00	957	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	252.48/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	311.26/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,612	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	212.86/cwt	208.00–217.50	1,537	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	267.08/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,277	9

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

Receipts 489Last week 721Year ago 562

Compared to the January Feeder Cattle Sale; Feeder Steers and Bulls 400-699 lbs traded 20.00-40.00 higher with 700-899 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-699 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	315.00	315.00
3	450–500	463	260.00	260.00
9	500–550	518	215.00–250.00	241.09
7	600–650	612	200.00–235.00	218.52
2	650–700	692	172.50	172.50
10	700–750	723	167.50–200.00	187.97
2	750–800	792	175.00	175.00
3	800–850	826	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	275.00–305.00	290.00
8	350–400	388	250.00–270.00	265.07
17	400–450	423	255.00–280.00	264.13
9	450–500	478	255.00–280.00	267.08
7	500–550	538	255.00	255.00
32	550–600	571	240.00–260.00	252.98
12	600–650	615	237.50–255.00	241.86
5	650–700	677	230.00	230.00
8	700–750	722	208.00–217.50	212.86
6	750–800	776	210.00	210.00
6	800–850	805	215.00	215.00
2	1000–1050	1,007	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	345.00	345.00
11	550–600	569	285.00–320.00	303.35
9	600–650	639	275.00–325.00	308.37
16	650–700	671	262.50–315.00	286.90
4	700–750	707	260.00	260.00
16	750–800	761	255.00–260.00	257.47
3	800–850	800	252.50	252.50
2	850–900	860	227.50	227.50
5	950–1000	985	225.00	225.00
8	1050–1100	1,064	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	477	300.00–310.00	307.08
6	500–550	535	260.00–267.50	262.48
2	550–600	557	250.00	250.00
4	650–700	676	245.00–255.00	250.07
12	700–750	718	227.50–242.50	233.90
3	800–850	811	205.00	205.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	682	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	812	197.50	197.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	743	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	878	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	315.00	315.00
6	400–450	425	330.00–350.00	340.04
5	450–500	462	305.00–320.00	314.02
8	500–550	518	285.00–320.00	311.26
9	550–600	578	295.00–305.00	299.56
2	600–650	602	250.00	250.00
4	650–700	665	250.00–255.00	252.48
2	700–750	735	232.50	232.50
3	750–800	765	225.00	225.00
3	900–950	940	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	260.00	260.00
2	550–600	575	250.00	250.00

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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