Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower

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	—	Low	1,518	72.88	1,106	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,602	64.49	1,033	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	57.13	727	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,148	42.10	483	50
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,484	84.11	1,248	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	79.27	1,135	15
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,364	69.53	949	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,371	111.54	1,529	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	108.53	1,395	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,185	93.23	1,105	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,496	115.80	1,732	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,451	110.95	1,610	18
Steers	Select	Low	1,353	102.05	1,380	17

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	122.33/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	94	82.63/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	90	42.84/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	73	7.48/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	105	75.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	75	25.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

40 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 3	—	81	41.23/cwt	40.00–45.00	33	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	49.84/cwt	20.00–70.00	51	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	22	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	76.89/cwt	60.00–105.00	72	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	95.69/cwt	75.00–115.00	98	5
Bulls	Utility	—	74	7.84/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	7
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	45.07/cwt	30.00–60.00	42	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	72.50/cwt	60.00–85.00	62	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	132	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	57.00/cwt	54.00–63.50	768	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,722	69.39/cwt	65.00–73.50	1,195	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	61.67/cwt	58.00–64.50	887	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,855	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	965	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	54.71/cwt	51.00–59.00	654	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,501	64.38/cwt	62.00–68.50	966	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,185	93.23/cwt	83.00–100.00	1,105	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,371	111.54/cwt	109.00–114.50	1,529	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,285	108.53/cwt	105.50–111.00	1,395	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	47.43/cwt	45.00–52.00	572	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	39.58/cwt	31.00–45.00	439	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	24.06/cwt	12.00–34.00	231	7
Steers	Select	—	1,150	93.11/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,071	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,496	115.80/cwt	115.00–116.50	1,732	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,451	110.95/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,610	18
Steers	Select	—	1,415	104.80/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,483	13
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	105	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	79	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,391	73.90/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,028	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,316	61.67/cwt	55.00–67.00	812	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,484	84.11/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,248	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,432	79.27/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,135	15
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	125.64/cwt	115.00–135.00	129	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	119.15/cwt	115.00–125.00	135	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	109	1
Bulls	—	—	1,261	60.25/cwt	52.00–66.00	760	5
Bulls	—	—	1,802	89.01/cwt	88.00–90.50	1,604	3
Bulls	—	—	1,735	80.25/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,392	2

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 286Last week 150Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 87Last week 94Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	81	40.00–45.00	41.23
3	—	103	20.00–70.00	49.84
2	—	73	30.00	30.00
1	—	110	45.00	45.00
4	—	93	30.00–60.00	45.07
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	93	60.00–105.00	76.89
5	—	102	75.00–115.00	95.69
4	—	85	60.00–85.00	72.50
1	—	110	120.00	120.00
1	—	75	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	74	5.00–10.00	7.84
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	103	115.00–135.00	125.64
6	—	113	115.00–125.00	119.15
1	—	95	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,348	54.00–63.50	57.00
21	—	1,206	45.00–52.00	47.43
18	—	1,109	31.00–45.00	39.58
7	—	959	12.00–34.00	24.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,722	65.00–73.50	69.39
6	—	1,439	58.00–64.50	61.67
1	—	1,855	52.00	52.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,196	51.00–59.00	54.71
5	—	1,501	62.00–68.50	64.38
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,185	83.00–100.00	93.23
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,371	109.00–114.50	111.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,285	105.50–111.00	108.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	87.00–97.00	93.11
13	—	1,415	100.00–108.50	104.80
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,496	115.00–116.50	115.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,451	108.00–115.00	110.95
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,391	71.00–80.00	73.90
5	—	1,316	55.00–67.00	61.67
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,484	82.00–89.00	84.11
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,432	76.00–83.00	79.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,261	52.00–66.00	60.25
3	—	1,802	88.00–90.50	89.01
2	—	1,735	75.00–86.00	80.25

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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