Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 30.00-40.00 lower with little buyer 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	1,429	72.75	1,039	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,589	63.96	1,016	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	55.00	724	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,185	47.32	561	22
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,220	91.23	1,113	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,431	84.94	1,215	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,421	73.17	1,040	18
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,320	113.51	1,498	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,342	109.14	1,465	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,525	117.82	1,797	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,483	112.69	1,671	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,378	104.35	1,438	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	107.35/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	99	73.86/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	87	37.04/cwt	20
Bulls	Utility	65	11.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	87	48.23/cwt	3

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 1	—	85	61.00/cwt	57.00–65.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	96.64/cwt	95.00–100.00	108	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	91.91/cwt	80.00–100.00	86	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	92.56/cwt	85.00–100.00	93	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	245.00/cwt	230.00–260.00	233	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	83	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	44.85/cwt	40.00–50.00	37	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	90	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	83.44/cwt	70.00–90.00	85	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	73.46/cwt	60.00–90.00	68	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	55	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	25	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	130	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	27.44/cwt	25.00–30.00	28	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	41.67/cwt	25.00–50.00	31	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	36.58/cwt	25.00–50.00	34	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	39.49/cwt	30.00–57.00	32	7
Bulls	Utility	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	62	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	52	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	44.85/cwt	40.00–50.00	37	2
Bulls	—	—	1,427	76.42/cwt	74.50–78.00	1,091	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	55.84/cwt	52.00–59.00	781	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	61.65/cwt	57.00–64.50	972	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	109.14/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,465	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,320	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,498	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	112.69/cwt	108.00–116.50	1,671	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,525	117.82/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,797	11
Steers	Select	—	1,378	104.35/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,438	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,431	84.94/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,215	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,220	91.23/cwt	87.50–95.00	1,113	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,421	73.17/cwt	64.00–80.50	1,040	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,219	49.64/cwt	47.00–54.00	605	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	59.86/cwt	59.50–60.00	764	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	54.94/cwt	54.00–56.50	699	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	66.26/cwt	65.00–67.50	1,061	4
Bulls	—	—	1,721	84.20/cwt	82.50–87.00	1,449	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	44.32/cwt	40.00–48.00	468	2
Bulls	—	—	1,064	55.67/cwt	41.00–65.00	592	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	42.62/cwt	36.00–45.50	486	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	23.00/cwt	23.00–23.00	179	1

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 187Last week 206Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 113Last week 135Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	57.00–65.00	61.00
3	—	112	95.00–100.00	96.64
4	—	94	80.00–100.00	91.91
6	—	101	85.00–100.00	92.56
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	230.00–260.00	245.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	75.00	75.00
2	—	83	40.00–50.00	44.85
2	—	120	75.00	75.00
6	—	102	70.00–90.00	83.44
7	—	93	60.00–90.00	73.46
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	55	45.00	45.00
1	—	130	20.00	20.00
2	—	103	25.00–30.00	27.44
3	—	75	25.00–50.00	41.67
6	—	93	25.00–50.00	36.58
7	—	81	30.00–57.00	39.49
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
3	—	62	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	55.00	55.00
2	—	83	40.00–50.00	44.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	74.50–78.00	76.42
5	—	1,721	82.50–87.00	84.20
4	—	1,064	41.00–65.00	55.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,398	52.00–59.00	55.84
3	—	1,277	59.50–60.00	59.86
2	—	1,055	40.00–48.00	44.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	57.00–64.50	61.65
4	—	1,601	65.00–67.50	66.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	47.00–54.00	49.64
6	—	1,273	54.00–56.50	54.94
8	—	1,141	36.00–45.50	42.62
1	—	780	23.00	23.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,342	106.00–112.00	109.14
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	112.00–115.00	113.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,483	108.00–116.50	112.69
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,525	117.00–119.50	117.82
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,378	100.00–107.00	104.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,431	81.00–86.50	84.94
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	87.50–95.00	91.23
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,421	64.00–80.50	73.17

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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