Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 lower.

The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Friday September 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM.

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	—	High	1,581	79.77	1,261	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,652	64.38	1,064	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,364	59.50	811	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	48.64	567	27
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,443	91.46	1,320	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	82.66	1,225	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,405	74.00	1,040	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,333	108.16	1,442	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,224	102.84	1,259	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,200	101.00	1,212	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,368	110.83	1,516	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,315	106.05	1,395	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,358	99.32	1,349	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	80.37/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	92	52.77/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	90	24.45/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	77	9.20/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	90	170.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	78	15.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

42 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	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	99	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	130	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	98	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	56.00/cwt	50.00–65.00	48	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	66.71/cwt	55.00–85.00	61	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	83.59/cwt	75.00–90.00	85	9
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	13	2
Bulls	—	—	1,865	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,990	90.39/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,799	2
Bulls	—	—	1,462	65.64/cwt	44.00–73.00	960	3
Bulls	—	—	1,506	80.77/cwt	71.00–86.00	1,216	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,224	102.84/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,259	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,333	108.16/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,442	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,200	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,212	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,315	106.05/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,395	21
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,368	110.83/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,516	6
Steers	Select	—	1,358	99.32/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,349	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,482	82.66/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,225	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,443	91.46/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,320	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,405	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,040	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,437	65.67/cwt	63.50–68.00	944	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	57.18/cwt	54.00–60.00	764	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	60.57/cwt	57.00–65.00	923	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,769	67.85/cwt	64.50–70.50	1,200	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	56.69/cwt	55.00–59.00	635	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	39.87/cwt	30.00–46.00	425	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	50.78/cwt	48.00–54.00	628	14
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	187	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	119	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	4
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	3
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Utility	—	90	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	20.71/cwt	15.00–30.00	17	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	29.71/cwt	15.00–60.00	31	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	53.38/cwt	40.00–70.00	50	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	46.67/cwt	45.00–50.00	40	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	65	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	198	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	153	1

How this sale compares

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 252Last week 196Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 135Last week 101Year ago 0

The next Feeder Cattle Sale is Friday September 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	90.00	90.00
1	—	130	75.00	75.00
5	—	85	50.00–65.00	56.00
7	—	92	55.00–85.00	66.71
9	—	102	75.00–90.00	83.59
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	83	10.00	10.00
3	—	73	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	90	12.00	12.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	82	15.00–30.00	20.71
5	—	103	15.00–60.00	29.71
1	—	90	25.00	25.00
1	—	70	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	93	40.00–70.00	53.38
3	—	85	45.00–50.00	46.67
1	—	100	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	165.00	165.00
1	—	85	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
2	—	75	15.00–20.00	17.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	170.00	170.00
1	—	70	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,990	86.00–95.00	90.39
3	—	1,462	44.00–73.00	65.64
10	—	1,506	71.00–86.00	80.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,224	100.00–105.50	102.84
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	107.00–109.50	108.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	101.00	101.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,315	103.00–110.00	106.05
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,368	107.00–114.00	110.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,358	95.00–102.00	99.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,482	80.00–86.00	82.66
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	88.00–94.00	91.46
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	63.50–68.00	65.67
8	—	1,336	54.00–60.00	57.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,524	57.00–65.00	60.57
11	—	1,769	64.50–70.50	67.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,121	55.00–59.00	56.69
8	—	1,066	30.00–46.00	39.87
14	—	1,237	48.00–54.00	50.78

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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