Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,493	84.56	1,263	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	63.59	980	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	58.45	769	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,247	48.45	604	25
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,434	86.23	1,237	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,561	79.54	1,242	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,401	73.30	1,027	7thin
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,313	63.57	835	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,300	109.09	1,418	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,373	105.03	1,442	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,155	91.47	1,056	2thin
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,130	76.00	859	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,416	110.95	1,571	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,320	107.25	1,416	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,366	97.13	1,327	8thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,318	77.64	1,023	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	82.67/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	94	59.76/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	84	23.26/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	81	10.51/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	93	91.62/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	70	32.50/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
Bulls	Number 1	—	80	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	56	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	90	75.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	68	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	82.44/cwt	80.00–85.00	93	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	86.23/cwt	80.00–100.00	88	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	72.50/cwt	70.00–75.00	83	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	47.50/cwt	40.00–65.00	40	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	62.70/cwt	40.00–80.00	59	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	22.50/cwt	20.00–25.00	20	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	23.43/cwt	15.00–35.00	19	9
Bulls	Utility	—	95	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	11.27/cwt	10.00–15.00	8	4
Bulls	Utility	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	80	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	32	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	61	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	70.00/cwt	60.00–80.00	70	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	178.18/cwt	155.00–200.00	148	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	32.50/cwt	30.00–35.00	23	2
Bulls	—	—	1,353	78.06/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,056	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	57.66/cwt	54.00–62.00	759	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	61.50/cwt	58.00–64.00	918	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	50.94/cwt	47.00–54.00	628	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,373	105.03/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,442	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,300	109.09/cwt	108.50–111.00	1,418	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,155	91.47/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Standard	—	1,130	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	859	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,320	107.25/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,416	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,416	110.95/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,571	9
Steers	Select	—	1,366	97.13/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,327	8
Steers	Standard	—	1,318	77.64/cwt	65.00–91.00	1,023	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,561	79.54/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,242	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,434	86.23/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,237	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,401	73.30/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,027	7
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,313	63.57/cwt	62.00–66.00	835	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	56.81/cwt	55.00–58.00	740	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	67.25/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,093	4
Bulls	—	—	1,587	88.90/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,411	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	62.80/cwt	62.00–63.50	820	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	39.46/cwt	30.00–48.00	481	9

How this sale compares

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 94Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 130Last week 123Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	70.00	70.00
2	—	90	70.00–80.00	75.00
2	—	113	80.00–85.00	82.44
8	—	102	80.00–100.00	86.23
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	115	70.00–75.00	72.50
4	—	85	40.00–65.00	47.50
8	—	94	40.00–80.00	62.70
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	20.00–25.00	22.50
9	—	83	15.00–35.00	23.43
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	10.00	10.00
4	—	74	10.00–15.00	11.27
5	—	83	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	40.00	40.00
1	—	95	50.00	50.00
1	—	110	55.00	55.00
2	—	100	60.00–80.00	70.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	155.00–200.00	178.18
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	70	30.00–35.00	32.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	70.00–85.00	78.06
6	—	1,587	84.00–92.00	88.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,317	54.00–62.00	57.66
2	—	1,305	62.00–63.50	62.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,492	58.00–64.00	61.50
4	—	1,625	65.00–69.00	67.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,233	47.00–54.00	50.94
7	—	1,302	55.00–58.00	56.81
9	—	1,218	30.00–48.00	39.46
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,373	103.00–107.00	105.03
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,300	108.50–111.00	109.09
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	91.00–92.00	91.47
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	76.00	76.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,320	104.00–110.00	107.25
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,416	110.00–112.50	110.95
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,366	94.00–105.00	97.13
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,318	65.00–91.00	77.64
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,561	75.00–83.00	79.54
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,434	84.00–90.00	86.23
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,401	70.00–75.00	73.30
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,313	62.00–66.00	63.57

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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