Greencastle Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Greencastle, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, December 5, 2020

940 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.21/cwt +8.46 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 576 lb · 50 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $155.01/cwt +11.28 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 485 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.61/cwt -10.83 vs last sale · ≈ $483/hd at 418 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	940	908	1,290
Feeder cattle	940	908	1,290

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	3	151.00	$151.00	$408	—
318	318	3	146.00	$146.00	$464	-16.50
360–390	382	16	140.00–165.00	$161.81	$618	+37.61
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	+2.75
401 fancy	401	8	176.00	$176.00	$706	+21.00
460–495	474	11	105.00–152.50	$136.82	$649	-6.91
468–495 fancy	490	28	160.50–162.50	$162.16	$795	—
500–540	514	24	108.00–150.00	$126.98	$653	-8.55
553–590	573	18	117.50–156.00	$132.98	$762	-6.03
590 fancy	590	6	155.00	$155.00	$914	+7.98
606–640	619	26	116.00–164.00	$147.57	$913	+17.16
650–683	671	16	117.00–150.00	$144.52	$970	+19.02
760	760	1	111.00	$111.00	$844	—
840	840	4	100.00	$100.00	$840	-11.00
858–865	859	10	105.00–119.00	$116.18	$998	+13.97
940	940	1	92.50	$92.50	$870	-21.50
990	990	2	107.00	$107.00	$1,059	-5.00
1005	1005	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,075	—
1240	1240	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,277	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	120.00	$120.00	$408	—
358	358	5	122.50	$122.50	$439	+47.50
416	416	3	115.00	$115.00	$478	-14.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	132.00	$132.00	$376	+14.50
300–340	314	7	128.00–135.00	$132.35	$416	+14.27
360–382	375	10	110.00–137.50	$119.83	$449	+2.96
400–438	418	30	105.00–120.00	$115.61	$483	+1.82
467–482	475	23	86.00–123.00	$114.24	$543	-0.46
500–520	509	17	96.00–119.00	$112.22	$571	-2.30
559–595	576	50	99.00–129.50	$118.21	$681	+8.46
602–641	628	22	102.00–111.00	$107.90	$678	+3.99
651–684	673	12	106.00–114.00	$111.57	$751	+6.57
745	745	5	101.00	$101.00	$752	—
760	760	4	103.00	$103.00	$783	-6.27
815	815	2	101.00	$101.00	$823	-2.54
885	885	1	90.00	$90.00	$796	-16.00
910	910	2	87.00	$87.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	100.00	$100.00	$215	+15.00
370–374	373	7	92.50–110.00	$105.04	$392	—
420	420	1	97.50	$97.50	$410	+5.00
588	588	8	109.00	$109.00	$641	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	123.00	$123.00	$344	—
345	345	1	127.50	$127.50	$440	-7.50
352–395	374	12	110.00–163.00	$137.48	$514	+2.48
416–431	420	13	105.00–166.00	$151.06	$634	+25.82
490–495	491	6	105.00–135.00	$129.96	$638	+8.12
501–541	519	26	117.00–135.00	$129.05	$670	+0.26
553–598	565	13	109.00–128.00	$116.61	$659	-9.08
605–645	637	10	118.00–123.00	$118.95	$758	+12.95
655–690	670	16	105.00–121.00	$118.43	$793	+7.00
720–742	737	7	100.00–105.00	$101.84	$751	—
750	750	2	99.00	$99.00	$742	—
845	845	1	100.00	$100.00	$845	—
855	855	1	92.50	$92.50	$791	—
1015	1015	1	85.00	$85.00	$863	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	97.50	$97.50	$375	—
405	405	2	97.50	$97.50	$395	-5.00
500–521	513	5	101.00–105.00	$103.44	$531	—
707	707	2	71.00	$71.00	$502	—
750–765	758	2	66.00–87.50	$76.64	$581	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	100.00	$100.00	$285	—
315	315	1	87.50	$87.50	$276	—
350–390	383	6	85.00–95.00	$86.52	$331	+11.52
415	415	2	70.00	$70.00	$290	-13.00
480	480	4	67.50	$67.50	$324	—
540	540	4	71.00	$71.00	$383	—
565	565	1	70.00	$70.00	$396	—
603–635	619	18	50.00–80.00	$68.37	$423	—
659	659	6	78.00	$78.00	$514	—
823	823	3	72.00	$72.00	$593	-13.00
873	873	4	75.00	$75.00	$655	+10.00
1006	1006	6	86.00	$86.00	$865	+13.00
1095	1095	1	70.00	$70.00	$766	-6.00

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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.