Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-03-23

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-23

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Mar 23

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

144 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 115▼ 29 vs year ago 173 · −16.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

231 head

▲ 90 vs last sale 141▲ 42 vs year ago 189 · +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	1,834	106.00	1,944	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,843	92.76	1,710	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,367	82.23	1,124	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,129	55.75	629	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,260	122.00	1,537	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	296.70/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	92	221.42/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	94	94.10/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	98	177.03/cwt	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot

32 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	—	—	1,834	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,944	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	46.47/cwt	40.00–52.00	498	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	63.17/cwt	56.00–67.00	742	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,367	82.23/cwt	73.00–92.00	1,124	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,843	92.76/cwt	84.00–98.00	1,710	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,260	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,537	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	87	346.55/cwt	265.00–430.00	301	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	95	112.04/cwt	100.00–130.00	106	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	102	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	102	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	124	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	136	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	66	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	40	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	67	189.85/cwt	180.00–200.00	127	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	70	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	72	140.00/cwt	100.00–180.00	101	2
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	76	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	217	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	278.33/cwt	260.00–290.00	237	6
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	222.82/cwt	195.00–250.00	189	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	381	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	278.98/cwt	255.00–295.00	265	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	238.63/cwt	220.00–250.00	227	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	103	120.24/cwt	45.00–200.00	124	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	288.86/cwt	275.00–295.00	300	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	105	413.15/cwt	395.00–425.00	434	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	237.71/cwt	215.00–260.00	250	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	110	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	418	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	110	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	308	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	274.91/cwt	270.00–280.00	311	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	122	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	403	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	126	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	189	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 Mar 23, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 115Year ago 173

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 231Last week 141Year ago 189

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,834	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,367	73.00–92.00	82.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,843	84.00–98.00	92.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	56.00–67.00	63.17
4	—	1,071	40.00–52.00	46.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	122.00	122.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	395.00–425.00	413.15
1	—	110	380.00	380.00
1	—	122	330.00	330.00
1	—	94	405.00	405.00
2	—	67	180.00–200.00	189.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	72	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	95	255.00–295.00	278.98
1	—	76	285.00	285.00
3	—	113	270.00–280.00	274.91
4	—	104	275.00–295.00	288.86
6	—	85	260.00–290.00	278.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	45.00–200.00	120.24
1	—	70	20.00	20.00
1	—	126	150.00	150.00
1	—	66	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	215.00–260.00	237.71
1	—	110	280.00	280.00
2	—	72	100.00–180.00	140.00
4	—	95	220.00–250.00	238.63
2	—	85	195.00–250.00	222.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	265.00–430.00	346.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	100.00	100.00
3	—	95	100.00–130.00	112.04
1	—	124	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00

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.