Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2025-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last Month's sale, Feeder Steers traded weaker without a solid test of the market. Feeder Heifers showed good demand selling mostly 30.00-40.00 higher. Quality on the Feeder Bulls reflected by pushing them 40.00-50.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.71/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −94.97 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$309.71

31 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$41.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−28.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	317.69	1,693	25
Medium and Large 2	546	276.46	1,510	6thin

One grade step is worth $41.23/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale31 hd

309.71

—

PA average1 barns · 31 hd

309.71

+0.00

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−28.53

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

−94.97

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

47 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	1,037	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,489	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	862	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,724	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,043	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,982	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	950	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	322.59/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	319.36/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	405.12/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,548	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	405.59/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,732	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	290.74/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,965	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	316.90/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	374.90/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	350.01/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,974	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	252.74/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	340.63/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,139	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	310.08/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	364.59/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,327	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	346.54/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	305.87/cwt	285.00–322.50	1,869	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	307.04/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,894	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,376	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	863	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	279.69/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,499	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	817	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,695	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	405.10/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,479	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 Jun 6, 2025

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

Receipts 298Last week 511Year ago 444

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,037	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	730	225.00	225.00
2	750–800	775	225.00	225.00
4	800–850	817	207.50	207.50
2	850–900	862	200.00	200.00
3	950–1000	950	175.00	175.00
4	1000–1050	1,043	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	415.00	415.00
2	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
4	400–450	423	355.00–375.00	364.59
5	450–500	474	315.00–335.00	322.59
17	500–550	520	305.00–322.50	316.90
8	550–600	560	310.00–327.50	319.36
14	600–650	611	285.00–322.50	305.87
5	650–700	663	297.50	297.50
3	700–750	723	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	867	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
6	400–450	417	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	479	305.00–315.00	310.08
4	500–550	536	265.00–295.00	279.69
2	550–600	567	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	631	277.50	277.50
2	800–850	805	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	395.00–415.00	405.12
2	400–450	442	385.00	385.00
4	450–500	492	365.00–385.00	374.90
3	500–550	538	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	564	345.00–355.00	350.01
13	600–650	628	330.00–350.00	340.63
3	750–800	780	267.50	267.50
2	850–900	895	260.00	260.00
2	900–950	923	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	407	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	590	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	400.00–410.00	405.10
7	400–450	427	395.00–410.00	405.59
2	450–500	475	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	542	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	560	380.00	380.00
6	600–650	617	295.00–330.00	307.04
7	650–700	676	280.00–295.00	290.74
6	750–800	771	240.00–265.00	252.74
2	850–900	857	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	355.00	355.00
5	450–500	479	330.00–357.50	346.54
4	850–900	863	211.00	211.00

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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