Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2026-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-02

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.67/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.

Average price

$404.67

59 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$11.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−19.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	413.71	2,168	12thin
Medium and Large 1	553	402.37	2,223	47

One grade step is worth $11.34/cwt here — about −$55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale59 hd

404.67

—

PA average1 barns · 59 hd

404.67

+0.00

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−19.40

This barn, trailing median1 sales

404.67

+0.00

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

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,949	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	396.59/cwt	375.00–460.00	2,625	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	504.57/cwt	440.00–570.00	1,539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	503.77/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,131	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	350.22/cwt	310.00–375.00	2,529	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	483.05/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,555	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,842	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	413.71/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,168	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	492.69/cwt	465.00–535.00	2,035	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	407.72/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	380.75/cwt	360.00–420.00	2,216	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	592.15/cwt	585.00–620.00	1,966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	335.94/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,772	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	429.13/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,214	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	366	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,159	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	524.69/cwt	490.00–545.00	2,519	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	453.75/cwt	410.00–480.00	2,137	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	568.28/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,091	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	564.27/cwt	500.00–605.00	2,099	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	390.41/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,452	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	434.71/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	967	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	492.29/cwt	450.00–512.50	2,806	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	362.29/cwt	315.00–395.00	3,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	433.67/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,882	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	776	249.91/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	3,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	3,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	512.54/cwt	480.00–550.00	2,691	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	535.62/cwt	530.00–537.50	2,201	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	868	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	418.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,803	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	901	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	442.38/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,070	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,542	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,020	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,918	2

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 May 2, 2026

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

Receipts 559Last week 698Year ago 511

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	570.00	570.00
2	350–400	350	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	468	360.00	360.00
4	550–600	577	435.00	435.00
2	650–700	692	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	703	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	590.00	590.00
3	350–400	396	510.00	510.00
3	400–450	441	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	468	435.00–450.00	442.38
8	500–550	529	470.00–490.00	483.05
2	550–600	585	475.00	475.00
8	650–700	662	375.00–460.00	396.59
6	700–750	716	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	440.00–570.00	504.57
8	400–450	413	465.00–535.00	492.69
6	450–500	476	380.00–430.00	407.72
12	500–550	524	400.00–445.00	413.71
4	600–650	606	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	287	650.00	650.00
11	300–350	332	585.00–620.00	592.15
7	350–400	368	560.00–575.00	568.28
22	400–450	423	475.00–530.00	503.77
15	450–500	471	410.00–480.00	453.75
21	500–550	516	410.00–450.00	429.13
26	550–600	582	360.00–420.00	380.75
19	600–650	628	370.00–410.00	390.41
3	650–700	673	390.00	390.00
15	700–750	722	310.00–375.00	350.22
2	750–800	752	360.00	360.00
20	800–850	825	330.00–340.00	335.94
8	1000–1050	1,024	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	590.00	590.00
7	350–400	366	590.00	590.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	372	500.00–605.00	564.27
8	400–450	411	530.00–537.50	535.62
30	450–500	480	490.00–545.00	524.69
15	500–550	525	480.00–550.00	512.54
25	550–600	570	450.00–512.50	492.29
5	650–700	670	400.00–430.00	418.35
4	750–800	781	365.00	365.00
3	800–850	841	395.00	395.00
4	1050–1100	1,085	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	490.00	490.00
9	400–450	434	420.00–450.00	433.67
2	450–500	490	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	582	425.00–450.00	434.71
2	600–650	612	425.00	425.00
2	650–700	672	420.00	420.00
3	700–750	726	420.00	420.00
5	850–900	866	315.00–395.00	362.29
2	950–1000	967	305.00	305.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	776	235.00–265.00	249.91
3	850–900	868	257.50	257.50
4	900–950	901	257.50	257.50

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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