Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-02-09

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-09

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Feb 9

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

159 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 142▲ 159 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

213 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 193▼ 3 vs year ago 216 · −1.4%

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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	1,509	97.71	1,474	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,867	86.93	1,623	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	72.54	929	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,171	56.66	663	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	219.65/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	94	135.40/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	98	90.00/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	71	7.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	92	372.50/cwt	4

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,509	97.71/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,474	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	56.66/cwt	47.00–62.00	663	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	72.54/cwt	64.00–88.00	929	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,867	86.93/cwt	78.00–96.00	1,623	11
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	316	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	343	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	343	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	359	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	74	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	37	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	185.00/cwt	150.00–220.00	141	2
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	301	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	86	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	142	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	134.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	116	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	92	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	143	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	94	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	96	132.85/cwt	100.00–155.00	128	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	395	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	103	142.57/cwt	140.00–145.00	147	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	167.43/cwt	160.00–175.00	176	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	108	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	119	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	320.18/cwt	315.00–325.00	365	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	114	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	118	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	189	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	207	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 9, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 159Last week 142Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 213Last week 193Year ago 216

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,509	90.00–111.00	97.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,280	64.00–88.00	72.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,867	78.00–96.00	86.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,171	47.00–62.00	56.66

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	350.00	350.00
2	—	76	150.00–220.00	185.00
2	—	114	315.00–325.00	320.18
1	—	100	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	100.00	100.00
1	—	94	100.00	100.00
1	—	74	50.00	50.00
1	—	108	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	155.00	155.00
4	—	105	160.00–175.00	167.43
1	—	86	165.00	165.00
1	—	118	160.00	160.00
1	—	122	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	86	130.00–140.00	134.88
5	—	96	100.00–155.00	132.85
2	—	103	140.00–145.00	142.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	345.00	345.00
1	—	88	390.00	390.00
1	—	98	350.00	350.00
1	—	78	405.00	405.00

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.