Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2023-10-20

Greencastle

Feeder Cattle · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Fri, Oct 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1922
Receipts
198 head
▼ 915 vs last sale 1,113▼ 810 vs year ago 1,008 · −80.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle traded mostly 20.00-30.00 lower on a light test. Buyers showed less demand due to a lighter run of calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.88/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$148.88
67 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$366
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 2
$5.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−72.99
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3250150.003754thin
Medium and Large 1576149.9586450
Medium and Large 2513144.4374113thin
One grade step is worth $5.57/cwt here — about −$366 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale67 hd
148.88
—
PA average6 barns · 473 hd
221.87
−72.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3370185.00/cwt185.00–185.006853
Steers—Medium and Large 2395137.50/cwt125.00–150.005432
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3437150.00/cwt150.00–150.006562
Steers—Medium and Large 2445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005792
Steers—Medium and Large 1458210.78/cwt190.00–225.009655
Steers—Medium and Large 2480147.50/cwt147.50–147.507081
Steers—Medium and Large 2505157.50/cwt157.50–157.507951
Steers—Medium and Large 1544214.28/cwt197.50–217.501,1666
Steers—Medium and Large 1577175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,01015
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 2655150.00/cwt150.00–150.009832
Steers—Medium and Large 1675167.63/cwt157.50–172.501,1326
Steers—Medium and Large 1852176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5004
Steers—Medium and Large 1900162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4631
Steers—Medium and Large 1985165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6252
Steers—Medium and Large 11,090160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,7442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3250150.00/cwt150.00–150.003754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385160.00/cwt160.00–160.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432173.23/cwt145.00–195.007488
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503144.93/cwt135.00–165.007293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526153.99/cwt145.00–165.008109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568152.29/cwt135.00–175.008659
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581140.09/cwt127.50–160.008144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626143.84/cwt142.50–157.5090015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681133.04/cwt125.00–160.009069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2860112.50/cwt112.50–112.509681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468146.69/cwt145.00–147.506873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491198.49/cwt185.00–205.009753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507190.02/cwt175.00–195.009634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1676167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2012
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3570165.00/cwt165.00–165.009411

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.