Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady 1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 25.00-30.00 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	1,382	77.50	1,071	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,603	58.90	944	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,498	54.64	819	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,258	46.20	581	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,413	88.43	1,250	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,548	80.16	1,241	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,412	74.96	1,058	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	106.37	1,415	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,255	94.59	1,187	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,520	112.48	1,710	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,349	107.50	1,450	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,302	101.06	1,316	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	91.66/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	94	41.82/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 3	95	21.53/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	85	7.66/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	90	155.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,035	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	673	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,241	42.84/cwt	40.00–45.00	532	4
Bulls	—	—	1,760	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,610	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	992	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,506	53.31/cwt	52.00–54.50	803	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	58.39/cwt	55.00–62.00	938	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,498	54.64/cwt	53.00–57.00	819	10
Bulls	—	—	1,350	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,026	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,412	74.96/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,058	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,413	88.43/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,250	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,548	80.16/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,241	5
Steers	Select	—	1,302	101.06/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,316	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,520	112.48/cwt	111.50–114.00	1,710	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,349	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,450	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,255	94.59/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	106.37/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,415	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	46.01/cwt	45.00–47.00	530	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	235	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	158	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	7.93/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	5
Bulls	Utility	—	95	8.33/cwt	5.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	Utility	—	105	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Utility	—	70	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	22.90/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	22.50/cwt	10.00–35.00	24	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	53.64/cwt	45.00–65.00	54	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	35.00/cwt	30.00–40.00	32	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	25.00/cwt	20.00–30.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	71.91/cwt	60.00–75.00	73	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	66.67/cwt	55.00–75.00	63	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	85	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	103	1

How this sale compares

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 203Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 135Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,760	91.50	91.50
1	—	1,350	76.00	76.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,241	40.00–45.00	42.84
2	—	1,506	52.00–54.50	53.31
4	—	1,151	45.00–47.00	46.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	63.00	63.00
8	—	1,606	55.00–62.00	58.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,498	53.00–57.00	54.64
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,412	70.00–78.00	74.96
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,413	87.00–90.00	88.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,548	79.00–82.00	80.16
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	100.00–103.00	101.06
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	111.50–114.00	112.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,349	105.00–110.50	107.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	90.00–99.00	94.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	105.00–109.00	106.37

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	235.00	235.00
1	—	75	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	82	5.00–10.00	7.93
3	—	95	5.00–10.00	8.33
2	—	105	5.00–10.00	7.50
2	—	70	5.00–10.00	7.50
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	94	20.00–30.00	22.90
2	—	105	10.00–35.00	22.50
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	101	45.00–65.00	53.64
2	—	90	30.00–40.00	35.00
2	—	85	20.00–30.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	180.00	180.00
1	—	80	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	102	60.00–75.00	71.91
3	—	95	55.00–75.00	66.67
2	—	113	75.00	75.00
1	—	125	82.00	82.00

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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