Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.63/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −68.04 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$336.63

45 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$72.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−34.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	344.74	1,910	40
Medium and Large 2	578	271.80	1,571	5thin

One grade step is worth $72.94/cwt here — about $339 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale45 hd

336.63

—

PA average1 barns · 45 hd

336.63

+0.00

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−34.88

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

−68.04

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

69 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	970	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,086	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	542	266.89/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,447	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	828	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,863	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	870	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	424.85/cwt	390.00–475.00	2,260	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	447.10/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,972	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	431.21/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,031	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	493.94/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,529	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	359.22/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,717	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	463.91/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	350.25/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,835	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	341.43/cwt	315.00–370.00	1,953	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	407.72/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,529	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	372.31/cwt	355.00–400.00	2,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,970	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	385.27/cwt	335.00–410.00	2,416	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	333.31/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,013	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	393.95/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,659	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	330.72/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,548	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	674	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	505.47/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,214	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	343.31/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,623	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,835	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	817	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,247	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	927	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,039	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	302.04/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,084	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	388.22/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	271.80/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	927	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,735	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	782	296.79/cwt	285.00–302.50	2,321	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	460.05/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,978	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	982	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	440.19/cwt	370.00–470.00	2,109	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,267	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	361.54/cwt	300.00–395.00	1,696	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	400.72/cwt	365.00–465.00	2,288	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,584	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,207	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	857	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	257	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	364.95/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	356.88/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,538	10

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 Sep 5, 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
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	542	255.00–285.00	266.89
2	700–750	710	240.00	240.00
6	800–850	828	225.00	225.00
2	850–900	870	215.00	215.00
2	950–1000	970	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	500.00	500.00
7	400–450	441	440.00–450.00	447.10
14	450–500	471	400.00–450.00	431.21
36	500–550	532	390.00–475.00	424.85
2	550–600	567	500.00	500.00
3	650–700	656	365.00	365.00
3	700–750	716	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	460.00–470.00	463.91
2	350–400	392	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	430	450.00–465.00	460.05
3	450–500	451	355.00	355.00
5	500–550	532	380.00	380.00
6	600–650	627	335.00–410.00	385.27
2	900–950	927	220.00	220.00
2	950–1000	982	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	460.00	460.00
15	400–450	438	485.00–510.00	505.47
2	450–500	470	475.00	475.00
15	500–550	512	480.00–500.00	493.94
5	600–650	649	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	705	360.00	360.00
9	750–800	764	340.00–345.00	343.31
7	850–900	861	345.00	345.00
3	900–950	905	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	396	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	407	395.00	395.00
8	450–500	479	370.00–470.00	440.19
3	500–550	541	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	629	355.00–400.00	372.31
3	650–700	665	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	257	435.00	435.00
4	300–350	319	360.00–370.00	364.95
28	350–400	375	390.00–420.00	407.72
15	400–450	421	380.00–410.00	393.95
28	450–500	478	345.00–365.00	359.22
15	500–550	524	325.00–365.00	350.25
25	550–600	572	315.00–370.00	341.43
6	600–650	604	330.00–335.00	333.31
2	650–700	665	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
2	950–1000	972	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	380.00–400.00	388.22
2	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
10	400–450	431	350.00–370.00	356.88
7	450–500	468	310.00–350.00	330.72
5	550–600	578	260.00–280.00	271.80
2	600–650	622	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	692	315.00	315.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	405.00	405.00
11	550–600	571	365.00–465.00	400.72
2	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	674	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	700	330.00	330.00
3	800–850	817	275.00	275.00
2	850–900	857	325.00	325.00
2	900–950	927	295.00	295.00
2	950–1000	970	285.00	285.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	469	300.00–395.00	361.54
2	500–550	517	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	566	305.00	305.00
5	650–700	690	290.00–320.00	302.04
3	700–750	725	290.00	290.00
6	750–800	782	285.00–302.50	296.79

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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