Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-02-02

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 2

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

← Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

142 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 115▼ 54 vs year ago 196 · −27.6%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

193 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 188▼ 55 vs year ago 248 · −22.2%

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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	1,343	103.04	1,384	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,755	85.51	1,501	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,466	80.30	1,177	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	64.17	751	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	117.00	1,556	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	182.76/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	94	113.66/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	79	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	90	137.50/cwt	2

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	—	—	1,343	103.04/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,384	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	48.52/cwt	35.00–56.00	479	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,169	66.18/cwt	59.00–71.00	774	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	89.37/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,127	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,454	74.54/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,084	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,513	78.21/cwt	71.00–85.00	1,183	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,755	85.51/cwt	79.00–92.00	1,501	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,330	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,556	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	86	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	202	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	94	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	38	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	246	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	110.20/cwt	100.00–115.00	94	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	87	123.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	107	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	284	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	87	1
Bulls	—	Utility	92	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	144	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	123.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	127	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	155.12/cwt	145.00–170.00	161	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	120	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	306	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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 115Year ago 196

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 193Last week 188Year ago 248

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	100.00–110.00	103.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,169	59.00–71.00	66.18
2	—	1,454	73.00–76.00	74.54
3	—	988	35.00–56.00	48.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,513	71.00–85.00	78.21
3	—	1,261	88.00–90.00	89.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,755	79.00–92.00	85.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	117.00	117.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	300.00	300.00
1	—	90	315.00	315.00
1	—	120	255.00	255.00

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	95.00	95.00
3	—	103	120.00–130.00	123.35
3	—	85	100.00–115.00	110.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	150.00	150.00
3	—	87	120.00–130.00	123.31
4	—	104	145.00–170.00	155.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	235.00	235.00
1	—	94	40.00	40.00

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.