Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher on a light supply. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	—	Average	1,722	84.68	1,458	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,558	65.09	1,014	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,337	58.30	779	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,148	47.19	542	19
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,533	86.03	1,319	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,481	78.71	1,166	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,391	69.10	961	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,158	107.45	1,244	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,220	86.47	1,055	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,429	114.26	1,633	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	109.80	1,544	9thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,100	70.07	771	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	91.46/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	94	36.15/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	89	14.28/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	85	7.04/cwt	17
Heifers	Number 1	89	108.70/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	75	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Utility	—	82	6.83/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	8
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	16.67/cwt	15.00–20.00	17	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	45.37/cwt	30.00–60.00	47	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	196	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,533	86.03/cwt	83.50–90.00	1,319	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,391	69.10/cwt	64.00–73.00	961	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,481	78.71/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,166	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,406	109.80/cwt	106.00–112.50	1,544	9
Steers	Standard	—	1,100	70.07/cwt	64.00–76.00	771	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,429	114.26/cwt	112.50–117.00	1,633	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	54.88/cwt	54.00–55.50	629	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	56.48/cwt	55.00–59.00	718	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	41.02/cwt	35.00–45.00	481	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	61.42/cwt	58.00–64.50	873	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	48.74/cwt	47.00–53.00	550	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,694	68.75/cwt	64.00–72.00	1,165	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,563	64.66/cwt	63.00–66.00	1,011	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	175.45/cwt	160.00–190.00	146	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,158	107.45/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	143	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,220	86.47/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,055	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	176	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	61.28/cwt	50.00–70.00	57	4
Bulls	—	—	2,110	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	1,593	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	11.23/cwt	5.00–15.00	9	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	37.05/cwt	15.00–55.00	34	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	79.22/cwt	70.00–85.00	81	6
Bulls	—	—	1,625	86.98/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,413	4
Bulls	Utility	—	93	8.01/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	15.00/cwt	5.00–25.00	14	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	113	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	94	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 253Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 159Last week 130Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	82	5.00–10.00	6.83
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
3	—	73	5.00	5.00
5	—	93	5.00–10.00	8.01
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	100	15.00–20.00	16.67
4	—	81	5.00–15.00	11.23
6	—	91	5.00–25.00	15.00
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	30.00–60.00	45.37
3	—	93	15.00–55.00	37.05
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	230.00	230.00
1	—	95	95.00	95.00
1	—	75	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	93	50.00–70.00	61.28
6	—	102	70.00–85.00	79.22
1	—	110	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	160.00–190.00	175.45
1	—	75	190.00	190.00
1	—	110	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,533	83.50–90.00	86.03
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,391	64.00–73.00	69.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,481	76.00–81.00	78.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,406	106.00–112.50	109.80
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	64.00–76.00	70.07
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,429	112.50–117.00	114.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,146	54.00–55.50	54.88
7	—	1,172	35.00–45.00	41.02
8	—	1,129	47.00–53.00	48.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,272	55.00–59.00	56.48
2	—	1,563	63.00–66.00	64.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,421	58.00–64.50	61.42
5	—	1,694	64.00–72.00	68.75
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	106.00–109.00	107.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	82.00–90.00	86.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,110	75.50	75.50
4	—	1,625	83.00–89.00	86.98

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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