Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-06

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 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. 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	—	Low	1,532	84.52	1,295	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,494	67.19	1,004	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,319	60.74	801	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,160	49.93	579	16
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,497	90.00	1,347	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,476	85.04	1,255	17
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,386	74.64	1,035	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,284	114.68	1,472	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	107.33	1,336	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,288	101.88	1,312	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,498	116.85	1,750	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,288	110.87	1,428	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,390	104.06	1,446	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	72.86/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	90	34.18/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	87	19.31/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	81	7.27/cwt	11
Heifers	Number 1	95	80.00/cwt	2

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	Number 1	—	110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	83	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	80.51/cwt	80.00–82.00	84	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	60.22/cwt	20.00–80.00	56	14
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	165	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	56.25/cwt	50.00–60.00	56	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	81	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	35.27/cwt	20.00–55.00	32	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	23.03/cwt	15.00–35.00	22	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	16.99/cwt	10.00–35.00	14	8
Bulls	Utility	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Utility	—	63	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	3
Bulls	Utility	—	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	27	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	130	1
Bulls	—	—	1,187	66.67/cwt	59.00–70.50	791	3
Bulls	—	—	1,467	84.02/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,233	3
Bulls	—	—	1,779	95.54/cwt	91.00–104.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	107.33/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,336	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,284	114.68/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,472	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,288	101.88/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,312	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,288	110.87/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,428	21
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,498	116.85/cwt	116.50–117.50	1,750	6
Steers	Select	—	1,390	104.06/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,446	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,476	85.04/cwt	81.00–88.50	1,255	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,497	90.00/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,347	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,386	74.64/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,035	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	801	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	67.05/cwt	65.00–68.50	879	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	59.47/cwt	56.00–63.00	780	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	64.87/cwt	63.00–67.00	977	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	69.25/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,027	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	58.08/cwt	57.00–59.00	646	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	41.67/cwt	30.00–47.00	470	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	54.09/cwt	51.00–56.50	646	8

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 241Last week 202Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 128Last week 143Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	75.00	75.00
4	—	104	80.00–82.00	80.51
14	—	93	20.00–80.00	60.22
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	150.00	150.00
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	100	50.00–60.00	56.25
5	—	81	10.00–20.00	15.00
7	—	91	20.00–55.00	35.27
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	94	15.00–35.00	23.03
8	—	83	10.00–35.00	16.99
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
1	—	95	5.00	5.00
2	—	105	5.00–10.00	7.50
3	—	63	5.00	5.00
4	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,187	59.00–70.50	66.67
3	—	1,467	80.00–88.00	84.02
5	—	1,779	91.00–104.00	95.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,245	105.00–110.00	107.33
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,284	113.00–117.00	114.68
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	99.00–105.00	101.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,288	108.00–115.00	110.87
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	116.50–117.50	116.85
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,390	99.00–107.00	104.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,476	81.00–88.50	85.04
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,497	87.00–94.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,386	72.00–77.00	74.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	54.50	54.50
4	—	1,311	65.00–68.50	67.05
15	—	1,311	56.00–63.00	59.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,506	63.00–67.00	64.87
9	—	1,483	67.00–72.00	69.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	57.00–59.00	58.08
6	—	1,129	30.00–47.00	41.67
8	—	1,195	51.00–56.50	54.09

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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