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Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-14

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Apr 14

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

208 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 173▲ 15 vs year ago 193 · +7.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

202 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 189▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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	1,792	104.00	1,864	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,722	74.82	1,289	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,397	70.25	981	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,136	46.19	525	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	110.52	1,443	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,494	124.64	1,862	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	232.72/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	98	159.58/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 3	83	35.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	80	150.00/cwt	2

Every lot

26 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,494	124.64/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,862	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,764	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,764	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,966	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	58.27/cwt	51.00–65.00	646	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	36.13/cwt	23.00–50.00	419	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,323	59.89/cwt	59.00–61.00	792	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,406	71.54/cwt	64.00–79.00	1,006	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,722	76.40/cwt	73.00–85.00	1,316	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,723	70.08/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,207	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,306	110.52/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,443	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Jersey	66	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	33	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	235	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 2	74	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	59	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	78	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	209.96/cwt	205.00–215.00	176	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	275	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	88	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	93	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	260	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	93	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	140	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	215.94/cwt	200.00–230.00	203	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	300	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	176.67/cwt	155.00–200.00	184	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	224.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	236	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	209	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	111	228.41/cwt	205.00–245.00	254	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	124	206.29/cwt	170.00–245.00	256	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 (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Apr 14, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 208Last week 173Year ago 193

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 202Last week 189Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,764	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,820	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	59.00–61.00	59.89
16	—	1,406	64.00–79.00	71.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	68.00–72.00	70.08
6	—	1,722	73.00–85.00	76.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,160	23.00–50.00	36.13
5	—	1,108	51.00–65.00	58.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,494	120.00–129.00	124.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,306	109.00–112.00	110.52

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	300.00	300.00
2	—	93	280.00	280.00
1	—	86	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	124	170.00–245.00	206.29
3	—	84	205.00–215.00	209.96
5	—	94	200.00–230.00	215.94
3	—	111	205.00–245.00	228.41
4	—	105	220.00–230.00	224.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	150.00	150.00
4	—	104	155.00–200.00	176.67
1	—	74	80.00	80.00
1	—	110	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	45.00	45.00
1	—	88	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	250.00	250.00

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.