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Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Greencastle, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 16, 2020

908 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.00/cwt ≈ $515/hd at 452 lb · 18 head
light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $92.11/cwt ≈ $565/hd at 613 lb · 18 head
light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $86.18/cwt ≈ $375/hd at 435 lb · 16 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 908 1,098 546
Feeder cattle 908 — 546

Market comments — USDA reporter

The next feeder cattle sale is Saturday November 07, 2020 at 10:00AM.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
298 298 2 160.00 $160.00 $477
367–375 371 2 127.50–136.00 $131.70 $489
406–412 409 3 140.00–150.00 $144.65 $592
518–545 528 11 132.50–144.00 $140.73 $743
564–599 587 15 138.00–142.00 $140.30 $824
630–640 635 6 132.00–134.00 $132.99 $844
655–665 656 10 127.00–134.50 $133.74 $877
708–716 711 10 119.00–121.00 $119.81 $852
771 771 4 116.00 $116.00 $894
800 800 1 116.00 $116.00 $928
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
380–383 382 2 118.00–135.00 $126.47 $483
503 thin fleshed 503 3 100.00 $100.00 $503
525–548 541 9 110.00–134.00 $126.92 $687
558–578 567 11 105.00–143.00 $128.69 $730
608–625 612 14 107.50–136.00 $130.17 $797
705–738 723 11 100.00–121.00 $111.25 $804
750–780 758 4 76.00–114.00 $104.22 $790
807 807 4 112.00 $112.00 $904
860–895 872 3 110.00–115.00 $111.71 $974
1075 1075 1 96.00 $96.00 $1,032

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
230–237 235 3 92.50–110.00 $104.28 $245
265–287 280 3 85.00–115.00 $105.52 $295
300–335 321 4 77.50–105.00 $93.01 $299
360–385 383 10 75.00–117.00 $113.05 $433
406–449 435 16 73.00–100.00 $86.18 $375
472 472 2 92.50 $92.50 $437
505 505 3 67.50–102.00 $90.50 $457
550–588 567 15 71.00–105.00 $91.22 $517
609–620 613 18 87.00–96.00 $92.11 $565
696 696 5 84.00 $84.00 $585
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
280 280 1 117.50 $117.50 $329
310–335 321 6 93.00–122.50 $112.12 $360
370–390 377 3 90.00–107.50 $96.04 $362
405–440 416 7 82.00–110.00 $98.77 $411
450–458 452 18 114.00 $114.00 $515
515–517 516 3 97.00–117.50 $103.82 $536
550–553 552 10 98.00–115.00 $111.61 $616
651–661 654 13 90.00–106.00 $101.02 $661
713–742 725 9 88.00–101.00 $98.04 $711
956 956 8 101.00 $101.00 $966

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
340 340 4 85.00 $85.00 $289
350–375 363 2 100.00–122.50 $110.86 $402
410–412 411 5 107.50 $107.50 $442
455–485 470 5 89.00–120.00 $98.88 $465
517–530 524 4 96.00–102.00 $98.96 $519
565–582 574 4 92.00–114.00 $103.16 $592
651–672 659 5 110.00–122.00 $114.89 $757
742 742 2 69.00 $69.00 $512
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
375 375 1 92.50 $92.50 $347
445 445 3 102.50–125.00 $110.00 $490
450–467 461 3 122.50–132.50 $129.25 $596
575–582 580 3 125.00–132.00 $129.69 $752
617 617 2 126.00 $126.00 $777
Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
240 240 1 87.50 $87.50 $210
610 610 1 82.50 $82.50 $503

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
370–385 378 2 57.00–97.50 $77.65 $294
413 413 1 86.00 $86.00 $355
496 496 4 71.00 $71.00 $352
500–535 516 10 55.00–68.00 $63.05 $325
640 640 1 65.00 $65.00 $416
650–695 680 3 59.00–75.00 $69.05 $470
780 780 1 54.00 $54.00 $421
1005–1040 1034 6 60.00–64.00 $63.35 $655
1175 1175 1 62.00 $62.00 $728

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.