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Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-18

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, May 18

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

122 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 94▼ 34 vs year ago 156 · −21.8%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

148 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 170▼ 13 vs year ago 161 · −8.1%

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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	1,502	113.00	1,697	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,624	112.37	1,825	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,724	104.43	1,800	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	92.61	1,285	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	67.77	808	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,578	133.00	2,099	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	375.36/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	97	312.22/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	89	140.45/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	73	11.76/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	96	322.88/cwt	8

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,502	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,697	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	46.92/cwt	36.00–53.00	473	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,137	88.52/cwt	84.50–93.00	1,006	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,334	74.75/cwt	62.00–82.50	997	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,367	103.44/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,414	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,391	90.64/cwt	83.00–97.50	1,261	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,624	112.37/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,825	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,724	104.43/cwt	95.00–109.00	1,800	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,578	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,099	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	80	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	56	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	428.81/cwt	400.00–455.00	360	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	431	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	103	373.47/cwt	275.00–450.00	385	3
Heifers	—	Number 1	114	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	108	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	74	12.64/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	76	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	163	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	81	152.62/cwt	100.00–250.00	124	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	292.92/cwt	250.00–325.00	252	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	437	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	355.17/cwt	330.00–375.00	337	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	300.03/cwt	295.00–305.00	285	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	95	105.16/cwt	100.00–110.00	100	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	104	364.00/cwt	355.00–370.00	379	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	331.41/cwt	320.00–345.00	345	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	112	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	459	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	357.43/cwt	350.00–365.00	404	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	340.35/cwt	330.00–350.00	388	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	114	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 May 18, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 94Year ago 156

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 148Last week 170Year ago 161

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,502	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,391	83.00–97.50	90.64
2	—	1,367	100.00–108.00	103.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,334	62.00–82.50	74.75
4	—	1,008	36.00–53.00	46.92
2	—	1,137	84.50–93.00	88.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,624	110.00–114.00	112.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,724	95.00–109.00	104.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,578	133.00	133.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	410.00	410.00
2	—	92	475.00	475.00

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	350.00–365.00	357.43
5	—	104	355.00–370.00	364.00
7	—	95	330.00–375.00	355.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	100.00	100.00
1	—	76	215.00	215.00
2	—	95	100.00–110.00	105.16
3	—	81	100.00–250.00	152.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	104	320.00–345.00	331.41
3	—	95	295.00–305.00	300.03
4	—	86	250.00–325.00	292.92
2	—	114	330.00–350.00	340.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	74	10.00–15.00	12.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	95.00	95.00
1	—	80	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	440.00	440.00
2	—	84	400.00–455.00	428.81
3	—	103	275.00–450.00	373.47

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.