Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 20.00-30.00 higher.

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	1,662	80.18	1,332	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,616	67.13	1,085	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,416	61.71	874	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,234	48.60	600	27
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,470	88.38	1,299	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	85.00	1,224	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,475	70.27	1,036	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,279	113.30	1,449	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	110.56	1,435	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,305	101.00	1,318	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,388	119.27	1,655	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	113.10	1,633	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,243	105.49	1,311	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	133.12/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	92	101.06/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 3	85	58.06/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	73	18.71/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	108	75.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	31.19/cwt	30.00–37.00	407	4
Bulls	—	—	1,739	64.87/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,128	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	43.76/cwt	37.00–48.00	547	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	62.35/cwt	58.00–65.00	741	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,492	65.49/cwt	64.00–67.00	977	5
Bulls	—	—	1,707	89.28/cwt	80.50–99.00	1,524	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	69.54/cwt	65.00–74.50	1,166	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,475	70.27/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,036	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,470	88.38/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,299	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,440	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,224	1
Steers	Select	—	1,243	105.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,311	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,388	119.27/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,655	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,444	113.10/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,633	17
Heifers	Select	—	1,305	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,279	113.30/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,449	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	110.56/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,435	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	53.46/cwt	50.00–58.00	650	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	62.92/cwt	60.50–64.00	949	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	59.61/cwt	58.00–62.00	818	9
Bulls	—	—	1,483	85.43/cwt	78.00–96.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	125	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	144	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	32	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	23.41/cwt	20.00–25.00	17	3
Bulls	Utility	—	62	16.49/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	3
Bulls	Utility	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	62.55/cwt	35.00–85.00	52	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	83.17/cwt	65.00–110.00	77	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	29.19/cwt	15.00–35.00	22	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	101.83/cwt	85.00–125.00	93	19
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	108.75/cwt	100.00–120.00	109	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	88.75/cwt	80.00–100.00	75	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	126	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	231	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	131.98/cwt	120.00–140.00	135	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	122.77/cwt	100.00–135.00	114	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	102.00/cwt	85.00–110.00	85	3

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 200Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 98Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,305	30.00–37.00	31.19
8	—	1,249	37.00–48.00	43.76
4	—	1,188	58.00–65.00	62.35
11	—	1,215	50.00–58.00	53.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,492	64.00–67.00	65.49
9	—	1,373	58.00–62.00	59.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,677	65.00–74.50	69.54
4	—	1,509	60.50–64.00	62.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,739	62.00–69.00	64.87
5	—	1,707	80.50–99.00	89.28
3	—	1,483	78.00–96.00	85.43
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	67.00–74.00	70.27
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,470	87.00–90.00	88.38
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	85.00	85.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,243	100.00–110.00	105.49
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,388	118.00–121.00	119.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,444	110.00–117.50	113.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	100.00–102.00	101.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	111.00–115.50	113.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,298	107.00–113.00	110.56

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	20.00–25.00	23.41
3	—	62	10.00–20.00	16.49
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	83	35.00–85.00	62.55
5	—	93	65.00–110.00	83.17
5	—	74	15.00–35.00	29.19
1	—	105	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	91	85.00–125.00	101.83
4	—	100	100.00–120.00	108.75
4	—	85	80.00–100.00	88.75
1	—	120	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	220.00	220.00
1	—	75	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	102	120.00–140.00	131.98
8	—	93	100.00–135.00	122.77
3	—	83	85.00–110.00	102.00

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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