Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder dairy calves traded 30.00-40.00 lower with light demand.

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	1,312	69.48	911	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	58.16	934	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,439	51.87	747	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	40.37	470	26
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,385	91.32	1,265	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	82.50	1,203	15
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,368	74.44	1,018	17
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,234	118.51	1,462	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,227	113.72	1,395	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,054	97.78	1,031	11
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,548	121.47	1,880	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,358	116.72	1,585	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,365	110.00	1,502	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,371	108.46	1,487	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	125.27/cwt	44
Bulls	Number 2	95	105.68/cwt	39
Bulls	Number 3	85	50.41/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	74	15.37/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	87	137.72/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	86	55.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	62	15.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	98.81/cwt	75.00–120.00	83	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	132.56/cwt	125.00–140.00	147	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	125.47/cwt	110.00–140.00	128	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	120.38/cwt	90.00–137.00	111	19
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	55	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	91	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	191	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	235	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	77.11/cwt	20.00–135.00	58	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	93.46/cwt	70.00–105.00	78	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	110.88/cwt	95.00–130.00	103	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	110.14/cwt	85.00–130.00	113	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	72.50/cwt	50.00–95.00	76	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	49.70/cwt	20.00–65.00	41	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	40.00/cwt	30.00–45.00	30	4
Bulls	Utility	—	45	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	55	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	23.79/cwt	15.00–35.00	20	4
Bulls	Utility	—	72	11.94/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	37.70/cwt	30.00–45.00	35	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	204.40/cwt	135.00–245.00	170	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	60	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	30	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	30	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	105	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	47	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	86	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	55	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	65	17.50/cwt	10.00–25.00	11	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	104.85/cwt	95.00–115.00	117	3
Bulls	—	—	1,393	72.04/cwt	68.00–75.50	1,004	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	52.54/cwt	49.00–56.50	747	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,704	57.08/cwt	54.00–59.50	973	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	43.30/cwt	40.00–46.50	512	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,227	113.72/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,395	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,234	118.51/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,462	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,126	100.82/cwt	92.00–108.00	1,135	8
Heifers	SelectLight Weight	—	862	89.68/cwt	87.00–94.00	773	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,358	116.72/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,585	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,548	121.47/cwt	118.50–123.00	1,880	13
Steers	Select	—	1,371	108.46/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,487	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,502	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,458	82.50/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,203	15
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,385	91.32/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,265	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,368	74.44/cwt	69.00–79.00	1,018	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	55.54/cwt	53.50–57.00	733	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,533	59.43/cwt	57.00–64.00	911	3
Bulls	—	—	1,323	79.28/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,049	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	62.52/cwt	59.00–68.50	953	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,227	37.85/cwt	32.00–41.00	464	7
Bulls	—	—	1,204	61.39/cwt	56.00–67.00	739	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	45.33/cwt	42.00–47.00	650	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	670	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	27.70/cwt	19.00–35.00	253	4

How this sale compares

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.

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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 76Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers and cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder dairy calves traded 30.00-40.00 lower with light demand.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	75.00–120.00	98.81
6	—	111	125.00–140.00	132.56
10	—	102	110.00–140.00	125.47
19	—	92	90.00–137.00	120.38
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	55	165.00	165.00
1	—	85	225.00	225.00
1	—	100	235.00	235.00
2	—	75	20.00–135.00	77.11
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	83	70.00–105.00	93.46
12	—	93	95.00–130.00	110.88
14	—	103	85.00–130.00	110.14
3	—	112	95.00–115.00	104.85
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	50.00	50.00
2	—	105	50.00–95.00	72.50
3	—	83	20.00–65.00	49.70
4	—	75	30.00–45.00	40.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	45	10.00	10.00
1	—	55	10.00	10.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	105	20.00	20.00
4	—	83	15.00–35.00	23.79
5	—	72	10.00–15.00	11.94
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	30.00–45.00	37.70
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	135.00–245.00	204.40
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	50.00	50.00
1	—	85	35.00	35.00
1	—	105	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	55	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	10.00–25.00	17.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,393	68.00–75.50	72.04
2	—	1,323	76.00–82.00	79.28
4	—	1,204	56.00–67.00	61.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,422	49.00–56.50	52.54
3	—	1,533	57.00–64.00	59.43
5	—	1,435	42.00–47.00	45.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,704	54.00–59.50	57.08
6	—	1,525	59.00–68.50	62.52
2	—	1,313	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,182	40.00–46.50	43.30
2	—	1,320	53.50–57.00	55.54
7	—	1,227	32.00–41.00	37.85
4	—	913	19.00–35.00	27.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	110.00–116.50	113.72
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,234	117.00–119.50	118.51
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,126	92.00–108.00	100.82
Heifers — Select · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	862	87.00–94.00	89.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,358	114.00–119.50	116.72
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,548	118.50–123.00	121.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,371	104.00–112.00	108.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,458	79.00–85.00	82.50
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,385	85.00–97.00	91.32
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,368	69.00–79.00	74.44

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.

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