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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-15

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 15

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Dec 8Dec 15Dec 22 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 135▼ 118 vs year ago 185 · −63.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

177 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 203▼ 56 vs year ago 233 · −24.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Dairy heifer priced at 1110.00 deleted

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	1,653	73.40	1,213	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,823	70.67	1,288	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,413	62.47	883	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,168	42.57	497	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,495	113.02	1,690	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	93	182.52/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	91	124.35/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	70	50.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	82	320.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	88	15.00/cwt	1

Every lot

21 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,653	73.40/cwt	62.00–82.00	1,213	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,137	33.37/cwt	20.00–41.00	379	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,205	53.30/cwt	45.00–58.00	642	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,413	62.47/cwt	54.00–71.00	883	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,823	70.67/cwt	64.00–78.00	1,288	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,495	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,690	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	262	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	122	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	78	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	78	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	83	159.92/cwt	140.00–175.00	133	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	117.62/cwt	115.00–120.00	99	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	275	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	155.18/cwt	135.00–170.00	144	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	135.07/cwt	125.00–140.00	128	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	250	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	310	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	161.87/cwt	155.00–170.00	167	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	138	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	115	162.30/cwt	155.00–170.00	187	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 Dec 15, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 135Year ago 185

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 177Last week 203Year ago 233

Correction: Dairy heifer priced at 1110.00 deleted

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	62.00–82.00	73.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,823	64.00–78.00	70.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,205	45.00–58.00	53.30
7	—	1,137	20.00–41.00	33.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,413	54.00–71.00	62.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	112.00–114.00	113.02

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	160.00	160.00
1	—	86	320.00	320.00
1	—	96	260.00	260.00
1	—	100	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	155.00–170.00	161.87
6	—	83	140.00–175.00	159.92
2	—	115	155.00–170.00	162.30
3	—	93	135.00–170.00	155.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	130.00	130.00
3	—	95	125.00–140.00	135.07
2	—	84	115.00–120.00	117.62
1	—	78	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	320.00	320.00

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.