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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-12

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 12

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1917

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 424 vs last sale 499▼ 581 vs year ago 656 · −88.6%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

326 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 323▼ 42 vs year ago 368 · −11.4%

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Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,768	74.23	1,312	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	888	27.50	244	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	192.24/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	102	126.34/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	66	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	87	205.00/cwt	2

Every lot

14 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,768	74.23/cwt	61.00–86.00	1,312	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	888	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	244	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	68	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	95	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	106	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	286	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	56	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	162.12/cwt	150.00–175.00	136	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	85	329.14/cwt	280.00–360.00	280	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	159.30/cwt	145.00–180.00	150	11
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	309	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	98	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	137	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	121.79/cwt	100.00–145.00	125	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	183.69/cwt	120.00–305.00	193	8
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	175.04/cwt	170.00–180.00	198	2

This sale against other markets

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.

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Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Mon Dec 12, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 499Year ago 656

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 326Last week 323Year ago 368

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	140.00	140.00
3	—	103	100.00–145.00	121.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	94	145.00–180.00	159.30
8	—	105	120.00–305.00	183.69
7	—	84	150.00–175.00	162.12
2	—	113	170.00–180.00	175.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	280.00–360.00	329.14
2	—	95	320.00–330.00	324.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	56	5.00	5.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	270.00	270.00
1	—	68	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	888	27.50	27.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,768	61.00–86.00	74.23

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.