Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Dairy feeder 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	—	Low	1,332	72.77	969	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,607	67.91	1,091	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,298	59.69	775	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,210	51.40	622	20
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,464	88.86	1,301	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,526	80.45	1,228	12
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,382	74.67	1,032	10
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,367	68.11	931	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,279	111.53	1,426	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,261	105.92	1,336	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,214	91.45	1,110	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,516	116.29	1,763	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,361	111.09	1,512	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,318	103.95	1,370	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	72.31/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	96	49.97/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	89	31.30/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	81	8.77/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	80	210.00/cwt	1

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	53.59/cwt	51.00–56.50	648	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	43.81/cwt	40.00–48.00	512	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,310	61.80/cwt	60.00–63.50	810	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	65.02/cwt	62.50–66.50	1,000	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	70.79/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,186	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	58.71/cwt	54.00–61.00	729	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,502	63.27/cwt	60.00–65.00	950	3
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,367	68.11/cwt	67.00–69.50	931	10
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,382	74.67/cwt	71.00–77.50	1,032	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,464	88.86/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,301	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,526	80.45/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,228	12
Steers	Select	—	1,318	103.95/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,370	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,516	116.29/cwt	115.50–117.00	1,763	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	111.09/cwt	106.00–114.50	1,512	16
Heifers	Select	—	1,214	91.45/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,110	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,279	111.53/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	105.92/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,336	6
Bulls	—	—	1,373	61.88/cwt	45.00–71.00	850	5
Bulls	—	—	1,280	89.51/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,146	2
Bulls	—	—	1,280	83.27/cwt	79.50–88.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	168	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	11.67/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	Utility	—	83	7.58/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	28.90/cwt	10.00–40.00	26	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	23.85/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	51.00/cwt	40.00–62.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	52.52/cwt	40.00–65.00	53	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	47.47/cwt	40.00–55.00	43	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	35.51/cwt	30.00–47.00	30	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	83	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	71.62/cwt	55.00–80.00	67	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	74.93/cwt	70.00–80.00	85	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	70	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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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 223Last week 150Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 106Last week 159Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,209	51.00–56.50	53.59
7	—	1,169	40.00–48.00	43.81
3	—	1,310	60.00–63.50	61.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,538	62.50–66.50	65.02
6	—	1,675	69.00–74.00	70.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,242	54.00–61.00	58.71
3	—	1,502	60.00–65.00	63.27
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,367	67.00–69.50	68.11
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,382	71.00–77.50	74.67
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	86.00–94.00	88.86
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,526	77.50–85.00	80.45
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,318	100.00–106.00	103.95
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,516	115.50–117.00	116.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,361	106.00–114.50	111.09
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,214	85.00–100.00	91.45
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,279	111.00–112.00	111.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,261	102.00–109.00	105.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,373	45.00–71.00	61.88
2	—	1,280	89.00–90.00	89.51
2	—	1,280	79.50–88.00	83.27

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	10.00–15.00	11.67
2	—	83	5.00–10.00	7.58
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	5.00	5.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	91	10.00–40.00	28.90
4	—	81	15.00–30.00	23.85
2	—	100	40.00–62.00	51.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	101	40.00–65.00	52.52
4	—	91	40.00–55.00	47.47
4	—	84	30.00–47.00	35.51
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
1	—	110	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	93	55.00–80.00	71.62
3	—	113	70.00–80.00	74.93
1	—	100	70.00	70.00

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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