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Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2022-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-22

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 22

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Dec 15Dec 22Dec 29 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

58 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 67▼ 80 vs year ago 138 · −58.0%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

165 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 177▼ 12 vs year ago 177 · −6.8%

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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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,515	85.81	1,300	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	77.13	1,233	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,437	63.01	905	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,492	55.28	825	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	67.54/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	95	34.46/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 3	94	25.45/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	95	53.33/cwt	6

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 · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,437	63.01/cwt	57.00–66.00	905	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,492	55.28/cwt	52.00–59.00	825	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,515	85.81/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,300	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	77.13/cwt	72.00–81.00	1,233	12
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	250	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1	80	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	32	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	83	26.45/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	9
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	218	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	93	21.67/cwt	15.00–30.00	20	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	244	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	48.92/cwt	30.00–60.00	46	13
Bulls	—	Number 2	97	36.82/cwt	10.00–50.00	36	12
Bulls	—	Number 1	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	100	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	45	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	34.78/cwt	20.00–40.00	35	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	44	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	67.44/cwt	65.00–70.00	76	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 22, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 67Year ago 138

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 165Last week 177Year ago 177

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,437	57.00–66.00	63.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	82.00–89.00	85.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,492	52.00–59.00	55.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,598	72.00–81.00	77.13

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	100	50.00	50.00
13	—	94	30.00–60.00	48.92
2	—	80	40.00	40.00
2	—	113	65.00–70.00	67.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	260.00	260.00
1	—	94	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	110	40.00	40.00
12	—	97	10.00–50.00	36.82
9	—	83	20.00–30.00	26.45
1	—	100	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	102	20.00–40.00	34.78
2	—	80	20.00	20.00
7	—	93	15.00–30.00	21.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
1	—	102	20.00	20.00
3	—	92	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	240.00	240.00

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.