Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 higher.. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves over 95 lbs sold mostly steady while under 95 lbs sold 10.00-20.00 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	1,672	75.95	1,270	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,563	62.97	984	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	55.72	742	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,286	46.74	601	30
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,339	88.28	1,182	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,597	81.73	1,305	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,428	76.74	1,096	4thin
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,317	63.27	833	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,240	109.02	1,352	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,305	105.60	1,378	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,146	94.41	1,082	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,404	110.62	1,553	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,315	106.13	1,396	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,212	96.92	1,175	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	88.51/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	98	41.33/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	89	15.46/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	75	9.29/cwt	7

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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	53.98/cwt	52.00–55.00	670	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	54.78/cwt	53.00–58.50	697	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,630	61.53/cwt	60.50–63.00	1,003	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	61.39/cwt	58.00–65.00	935	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	47.29/cwt	45.00–52.00	607	18
Steers	Select	—	1,212	96.92/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,175	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,315	106.13/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,396	11
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,404	110.62/cwt	108.50–113.00	1,553	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,339	88.28/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,182	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,597	81.73/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,305	5
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,317	63.27/cwt	57.00–70.00	833	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,240	109.02/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,352	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	105.60/cwt	103.00–108.50	1,378	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,146	94.41/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,082	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,428	76.74/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,096	4
Bulls	—	—	1,670	68.97/cwt	66.00–72.50	1,152	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	73.36/cwt	70.00–75.00	82	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	200	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	54	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	21.25/cwt	20.00–25.00	18	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	21.25/cwt	15.00–30.00	21	4
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	39.60/cwt	38.00–41.00	516	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	65.08/cwt	64.00–66.00	1,052	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	11.68/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	42.07/cwt	20.00–70.00	39	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	49.92/cwt	45.00–60.00	51	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	225	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	63.83/cwt	37.00–75.00	60	7
Bulls	—	—	1,740	83.10/cwt	80.50–85.50	1,446	2
Bulls	Utility	—	85	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	56.79/cwt	50.00–65.00	64	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	231	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	74.48/cwt	50.00–80.00	76	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	72.50/cwt	70.00–75.00	87	2
Bulls	—	—	1,627	75.84/cwt	70.50–79.50	1,234	3

How this sale compares

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 169Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 137Last week 121Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,242	52.00–55.00	53.98
3	—	1,630	60.50–63.00	61.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,273	53.00–58.50	54.78
18	—	1,283	45.00–52.00	47.29
7	—	1,302	38.00–41.00	39.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,523	58.00–65.00	61.39
6	—	1,617	64.00–66.00	65.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,212	90.00–103.00	96.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,315	103.00–109.00	106.13
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,404	108.50–113.00	110.62
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,339	84.00–91.00	88.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,597	77.00–84.00	81.73
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,317	57.00–70.00	63.27
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	72.00–80.00	76.74
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	108.00–110.00	109.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	103.00–108.50	105.60
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,146	92.00–97.00	94.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	66.00–72.50	68.97
2	—	1,740	80.50–85.50	83.10
3	—	1,627	70.50–79.50	75.84

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	70.00–75.00	73.36
7	—	94	37.00–75.00	63.83
11	—	102	50.00–80.00	74.48
2	—	120	70.00–75.00	72.50
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	235.00	235.00
1	—	100	225.00	225.00
1	—	110	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	45.00	45.00
4	—	85	20.00–25.00	21.25
6	—	93	20.00–70.00	42.07
3	—	102	45.00–60.00	49.92
3	—	112	50.00–65.00	56.79
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	100	15.00–30.00	21.25
6	—	82	10.00–15.00	11.68
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	73	10.00	10.00
1	—	85	5.00	5.00

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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