Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Greencastle / 2025-06-06

Greencastle

Feeder Cattle · Greencastle, Pennsylvania · Fri, Jun 6
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1922
Receipts
298 head
▼ 213 vs last sale 511▼ 146 vs year ago 444 · −32.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Last Month's sale, Feeder Steers traded weaker without a solid test of the market. Feeder Heifers showed good demand selling mostly 30.00-40.00 higher. Quality on the Feeder Bulls reflected by pushing them 40.00-50.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.71/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −94.97 against this barn's trailing median of $404.67.
Average price
$309.71
31 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs PA average
−28.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533317.691,69325
Medium and Large 2546276.461,5106thin
One grade step is worth $41.23/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale31 hd
309.71
—
PA average1 barns · 31 hd
309.71
+0.00
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−28.53
This barn, trailing median1 sales
404.67
−94.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382405.12/cwt395.00–415.001,5488
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2407395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492374.90/cwt365.00–385.001,8454
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8833
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564350.01/cwt345.00–355.001,9744
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8002
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628340.63/cwt330.00–350.002,13913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,0873
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1895260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3272
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,4692
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4443
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3882
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3766
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423364.59/cwt355.00–375.001,5424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474322.59/cwt315.00–335.001,5295
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479310.08/cwt305.00–315.001,4856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520316.90/cwt305.00–322.501,64817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536279.69/cwt265.00–295.001,4994
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560319.36/cwt310.00–327.501,7888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611305.87/cwt285.00–322.501,86914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9725
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0613
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6102
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365405.10/cwt400.00–410.001,4794
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4773
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427405.59/cwt395.00–410.001,7327
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9242
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479346.54/cwt330.00–357.501,6605
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0332
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1282
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617307.04/cwt295.00–330.001,8946
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676290.74/cwt280.00–295.001,9657
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1771252.74/cwt240.00–265.001,9496
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1857290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4852
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2863211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8214
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 2-31,037240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4892
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3730225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6432
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3775225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7442
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3817207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6954
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3862200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7242
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3950175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6633
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,043190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9824

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.