Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-08-24

Greencastle

Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2023-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-24

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Thu, Aug 24

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1920

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

112 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 105▼ 32 vs year ago 144 · −22.2%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

203 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 188▼ 56 vs year ago 259 · −21.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Report Released

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	1,418	114.85	1,629	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,753	120.22	2,107	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,641	112.90	1,853	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,382	100.95	1,395	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,132	69.62	788	21
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,204	147.00	1,770	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	322.76/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	93	254.67/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	86	165.25/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	86	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	95	369.99/cwt	11
Heifers	Number 2	84	119.29/cwt	2

Every lot

36 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	—	—	1,418	114.85/cwt	97.00–130.00	1,629	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	51.44/cwt	44.00–59.00	486	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,191	75.30/cwt	63.00–84.00	897	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,506	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,412	95.48/cwt	88.00–105.00	1,348	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,636	111.38/cwt	103.00–116.00	1,822	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,661	118.97/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,976	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,753	120.22/cwt	120.00–121.00	2,107	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,204	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,770	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	74	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	385	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	84	119.29/cwt	105.00–135.00	100	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	86	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	131	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	88	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	513	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	98	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	176	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	101	197.52/cwt	195.00–200.00	199	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	108	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	114	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	536	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	60	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	126	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	66	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	297	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	70	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	133	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	76	244.69/cwt	230.00–270.00	186	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	286.00/cwt	270.00–290.00	240	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	109	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	257.02/cwt	200.00–280.00	218	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	516	1
Bulls	—	Utility	86	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	520.00/cwt	400.00–640.00	489	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	94	282.56/cwt	260.00–295.00	266	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	94	255.07/cwt	250.00–270.00	240	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	95	158.40/cwt	140.00–190.00	150	5
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	541	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	284.49/cwt	275.00–290.00	293	10
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	260.94/cwt	225.00–280.00	271	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	283.43/cwt	280.00–290.00	320	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	114	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	285	2

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greencastle Livestock Auction (Thursday) - Greencastle, PA

Thu Aug 24, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 105Year ago 144

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 203Last week 188Year ago 259

Correction: Report Released

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	97.00–130.00	114.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,412	88.00–105.00	95.48
4	—	1,298	115.00–117.00	115.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,636	103.00–116.00	111.38
2	—	1,661	118.00–120.00	118.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,753	120.00–121.00	120.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,191	63.00–84.00	75.30
5	—	945	44.00–59.00	51.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,204	147.00	147.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	530.00	530.00
2	—	94	400.00–640.00	520.00
1	—	66	450.00	450.00
1	—	86	600.00	600.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	113	280.00–290.00	283.43
5	—	84	270.00–290.00	286.00
8	—	94	260.00–295.00	282.56
10	—	103	275.00–290.00	284.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	94	250.00–270.00	255.07
2	—	114	250.00	250.00
3	—	76	230.00–270.00	244.69
4	—	104	225.00–280.00	260.94
5	—	85	200.00–280.00	257.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	210.00	210.00
1	—	70	190.00	190.00
1	—	84	130.00	130.00
5	—	95	140.00–190.00	158.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	150.00–155.00	152.44
2	—	101	195.00–200.00	197.52
1	—	74	520.00	520.00
1	—	98	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	105.00–135.00	119.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	590.00	590.00
1	—	108	530.00	530.00
1	—	114	470.00	470.00
2	—	95	540.00	540.00

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.