Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. 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	1,623	83.43	1,354	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,667	62.98	1,050	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	59.12	779	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,233	46.10	569	19
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,428	89.56	1,279	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,535	84.40	1,296	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,393	73.01	1,017	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	104.53	1,362	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,273	90.61	1,153	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,441	111.30	1,604	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	107.10	1,470	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,228	101.09	1,241	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	84.74/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	90	45.45/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	89	24.33/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	82	8.47/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	87	198.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	79	13.39/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

38 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%	—	1,307	49.35/cwt	45.00–52.50	645	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	39.66/cwt	30.00–45.00	443	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,350	54.61/cwt	53.00–56.00	737	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,692	66.39/cwt	64.00–69.50	1,123	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,629	57.87/cwt	56.00–62.50	943	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	57.35/cwt	55.00–61.50	739	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	62.08/cwt	61.00–62.50	847	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,393	73.01/cwt	66.00–78.00	1,017	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,428	89.56/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,279	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,535	84.40/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,296	6
Steers	Select	—	1,228	101.09/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,241	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,441	111.30/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,604	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,373	107.10/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,470	16
Heifers	Select	—	1,273	90.61/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,153	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	104.53/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,362	2
Bulls	—	—	1,494	81.14/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,212	5
Bulls	—	—	1,899	90.89/cwt	88.50–98.00	1,726	4
Bulls	—	—	1,160	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	754	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	12.58/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	195	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	170	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	150	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	9.00/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	5
Bulls	Utility	—	92	8.27/cwt	5.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	Utility	—	83	7.42/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	26.61/cwt	15.00–35.00	25	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	21.60/cwt	20.00–25.00	18	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	49.70/cwt	30.00–70.00	46	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	40.63/cwt	30.00–50.00	35	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	190	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	77.16/cwt	50.00–95.00	72	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	85.73/cwt	80.00–90.00	87	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	66.67/cwt	60.00–75.00	57	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	94	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 241Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 101Last week 128Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,307	45.00–52.50	49.35
8	—	1,116	30.00–45.00	39.66
3	—	1,350	53.00–56.00	54.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,692	64.00–69.50	66.39
4	—	1,629	56.00–62.50	57.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,289	55.00–61.50	57.35
3	—	1,365	61.00–62.50	62.08
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,393	66.00–78.00	73.01
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,428	87.00–92.00	89.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,535	83.00–87.00	84.40
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,228	91.00–105.00	101.09
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,441	110.00–114.00	111.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,373	101.00–111.00	107.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	84.00–97.00	90.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	104.00–105.00	104.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,494	75.00–86.00	81.14
4	—	1,899	88.50–98.00	90.89
1	—	1,160	65.00	65.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00–15.00	12.58
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	195.00	195.00
1	—	85	200.00	200.00
1	—	75	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	75	5.00–15.00	9.00
3	—	92	5.00–10.00	8.27
2	—	83	5.00–10.00	7.42
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	15.00–35.00	26.61
3	—	83	20.00–25.00	21.60
1	—	105	35.00	35.00
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	93	30.00–70.00	49.70
8	—	85	30.00–50.00	40.63
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	93	50.00–95.00	77.16
7	—	102	80.00–90.00	85.73
3	—	85	60.00–75.00	66.67
1	—	110	85.00	85.00

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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