Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2025-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.20/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −159.45 against this barn's trailing median of $492.64.

Average price

$333.20

47 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$29.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−16.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	335.69	1,843	43
Medium and Large 2	569	306.36	1,743	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about $100 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 sale47 hd

333.20

—

PA average1 barns · 47 hd

333.20

+0.00

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−16.08

This barn, trailing median1 sales

492.64

−159.45

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

50 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 1	900–950	930	228.76/cwt	227.50–230.00	2,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	316.14/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,970	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	270.14/cwt	255.00–277.00	2,099	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	264.98/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,146	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	279.31/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	340.54/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,795	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	303.40/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	280.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,607	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	275.31/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	355.21/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	302.72/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,062	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	331.90/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	306.36/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	329.57/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,902	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	246.63/cwt	237.00–252.50	2,170	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	255.22/cwt	242.50–262.00	2,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	232.06/cwt	220.00–238.00	2,116	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	388.35/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,627	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	209.93/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,923	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,734	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	242.52/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,770	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	356.49/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	329.44/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,440	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	298.00/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,579	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	323.74/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	303.76/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,962	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	218.33/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	244.94/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,773	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	321.48/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	319.94/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,507	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	267.45/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,656	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	241.01/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	242.14/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,998	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	310.34/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,158	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	234.85/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	250.90/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	326.50/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,218	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	258.75/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	322.41/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,023	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	267.56/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	255.10/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,423	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	275.60/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,463	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	293.56/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,802	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	260.53/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,641	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 Mar 8, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	335.00	335.00
7	350–400	373	320.00–335.00	326.50
25	400–450	437	320.00–340.00	329.44
11	450–500	471	310.00–325.00	319.94
10	500–550	530	295.00–300.00	298.00
25	550–600	573	275.00–285.00	280.39
11	600–650	619	262.50–275.00	267.45
6	650–700	673	260.00–275.00	264.98
11	700–750	724	243.00–247.50	244.94
10	750–800	786	250.00–252.50	250.90
7	800–850	825	230.00–247.00	242.14
3	850–900	854	217.50–220.00	218.33
6	900–950	930	227.50–230.00	228.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	480	265.00–285.00	275.31
8	500–550	531	270.00–285.00	275.60
6	550–600	558	245.00–265.00	255.10
4	600–650	642	240.00–242.00	241.01
4	650–700	672	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	395.00	395.00
5	450–500	482	335.00–365.00	355.21
24	500–550	527	330.00–355.00	340.54
19	550–600	577	320.00–345.00	329.57
27	600–650	623	310.00–330.00	316.14
8	650–700	681	290.00–310.00	302.72
7	700–750	726	295.00–315.00	303.40
21	750–800	777	255.00–277.00	270.14
9	800–850	823	242.50–262.00	255.22
14	850–900	880	237.00–252.50	246.63
6	900–950	912	220.00–238.00	232.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	324	325.00–345.00	331.90
4	450–500	473	315.00–330.00	323.74
4	550–600	569	295.00–315.00	306.36
8	600–650	646	300.00–305.00	303.76
9	650–700	673	265.00–285.00	279.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	380.00–390.00	388.35
3	450–500	475	340.00–365.00	356.49
6	500–550	514	305.00–330.00	321.48
5	550–600	555	310.00–315.00	312.50
8	600–650	614	285.00–300.00	293.56
5	650–700	652	295.00	295.00
4	700–750	730	240.00–250.00	242.52
7	750–800	773	230.00–247.50	234.85
5	800–850	812	200.00–212.50	209.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	300.00	300.00
4	350–400	373	300.00–320.00	310.34
4	450–500	482	320.00–325.00	322.41
3	500–550	525	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	585	257.50–260.00	258.75
4	600–650	630	250.00–265.00	260.53
5	650–700	672	262.50–270.00	267.56

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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