Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2019-06-18

Middleburg

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Jun 18
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
120 vs last sale 231 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
114 head
23 vs last sale 137 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,66377.441,28820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44860.698796thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,41159.1883515
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,30151.2966721
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,42189.491,2728thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33183.371,1108thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,38071.7199014
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,493111.981,6722thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,279107.751,37812
HeifersSelectAverage1,24491.341,1367thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,498116.171,7403thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,454111.291,61816
SteersSelectAverage1,395102.691,4335thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19795.85/cwt20
BullsNumber 29456.28/cwt8
BullsNumber 38828.58/cwt10
BullsUtility7610.64/cwt8
HeifersNumber 194105.00/cwt4
HeifersNumber 28321.18/cwt2

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,12941.21/cwt35.00–45.004654
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15053.63/cwt53.00–54.006173
Bulls1,31064.06/cwt55.00–70.008393
Bulls1,90888.76/cwt85.00–94.001,6946
CowsLean 85-90%1,35757.47/cwt57.00–58.507805
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56865.50/cwt64.00–67.001,0274
Dairy SteersSelect1,38071.71/cwt64.00–78.0099014
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,42189.49/cwt87.00–93.501,2728
Dairy SteersChoice1,33183.37/cwt81.00–85.001,1108
SteersSelect1,395102.69/cwt92.00–107.001,4335
SteersChoice and Prime1,498116.17/cwt115.50–116.501,7403
SteersChoice1,454111.29/cwt107.50–115.001,61816
HeifersSelect1,24491.34/cwt80.00–103.001,1367
HeifersChoice and Prime1,493111.98/cwt110.00–114.001,6722
HeifersChoice1,279107.75/cwt103.00–111.501,37812
CowsLean 85-90%1,33552.07/cwt47.00–56.5069512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44860.69/cwt58.00–67.508796
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43058.10/cwt55.00–63.508318
Bulls1,62674.92/cwt70.00–81.001,21811
HeifersNumber 28321.18/cwt15.00–27.00182
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross8590.00/cwt75.00–105.00772
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100200.00/cwt200.00–200.002001
HeifersNumber 110540.00/cwt40.00–40.00421
BullsUtility9213.36/cwt10.00–15.00123
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0083
BullsUtility557.50/cwt5.00–10.0042
BullsNumber 39330.27/cwt15.00–55.00283
BullsNumber 38330.00/cwt30.00–30.00253
BullsNumber 310030.00/cwt20.00–40.00302
BullsNumber 37522.50/cwt15.00–30.00172
BullsNumber 29460.13/cwt50.00–70.00574
BullsNumber 210355.00/cwt55.00–55.00572
BullsNumber 28349.85/cwt45.00–55.00412
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90210.00/cwt210.00–210.001891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85180.00/cwt180.00–180.001531
BullsNumber 110189.05/cwt80.00–95.009011
BullsNumber 19382.91/cwt60.00–105.00774
BullsNumber 18362.88/cwt50.00–75.00522
BullsNumber 111090.00/cwt90.00–90.00991

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.