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Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-19

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Jan 19

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

188 head

▲ 46 vs last sale 142▼ 4 vs year ago 192 · −2.1%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

234 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 183▼ 11 vs year ago 245 · −4.5%

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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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,712	78.35	1,341	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	70.08	935	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	55.18	627	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,467	118.15	1,733	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,591	128.36	2,042	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	120.00	1,738	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	185.88/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	98	124.16/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	90	37.96/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	97	187.47/cwt	6

Every lot

29 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%	947	45.17/cwt	39.00–48.00	428	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,194	58.18/cwt	52.00–61.00	695	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,334	70.08/cwt	61.00–80.00	935	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,712	78.35/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,341	11
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,467	118.15/cwt	107.00–128.00	1,733	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,448	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,738	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,591	128.36/cwt	127.00–130.00	2,042	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	130	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	92	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	240	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	249.90/cwt	245.00–255.00	255	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	106	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	201	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	76	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	83	160.29/cwt	130.00–175.00	133	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	83	98.83/cwt	65.00–130.00	82	3
Bulls	—	Utility	84	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	86	35.00/cwt	20.00–50.00	30	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	91	105.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	96	2
Bulls	—	Utility	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	176.06/cwt	160.00–190.00	165	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	262.50/cwt	245.00–280.00	252	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	44.90/cwt	40.00–50.00	46	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	139.78/cwt	105.00–160.00	145	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	189.94/cwt	170.00–200.00	199	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	192.50/cwt	185.00–200.00	212	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	176	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	124	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	174	1

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 Jan 19, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 188Last week 142Year ago 192

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 234Last week 183Year ago 245

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,334	61.00–80.00	70.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,194	52.00–61.00	58.18
3	—	947	39.00–48.00	45.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,712	70.00–84.00	78.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,467	107.00–128.00	118.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,448	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,591	127.00–130.00	128.36

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	83	130.00–175.00	160.29
6	—	94	160.00–190.00	176.06
2	—	110	185.00–200.00	192.50
5	—	105	170.00–200.00	189.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	245.00–280.00	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	160.00	160.00
1	—	124	140.00	140.00
3	—	83	65.00–130.00	98.83
4	—	104	105.00–160.00	139.78
2	—	91	100.00–110.00	105.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	84	10.00	10.00
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	40.00–50.00	44.90
1	—	76	30.00	30.00
2	—	86	20.00–50.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	250.00	250.00
1	—	84	155.00	155.00
2	—	102	245.00–255.00	249.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	30.00	30.00
1	—	106	190.00	190.00

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.