Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves 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	1,455	73.40	1,068	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,580	62.13	982	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,407	57.82	814	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,221	42.04	513	26
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,381	89.25	1,233	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,501	84.08	1,262	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,391	76.23	1,060	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,315	105.46	1,387	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,266	101.46	1,284	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,088	90.82	988	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	107.24	1,555	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,396	104.56	1,460	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,380	101.05	1,394	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	51.10/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	96	32.81/cwt	25
Bulls	Utility	83	14.80/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	86	14.68/cwt	21

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	95	50.83/cwt	45.00–60.00	48	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	21.03/cwt	20.00–22.00	17	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	30.37/cwt	20.00–40.00	28	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	36.07/cwt	30.00–45.00	36	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	15.47/cwt	10.00–22.00	14	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	12.35/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	11
Bulls	Utility	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	4
Bulls	Utility	—	80	12.91/cwt	10.00–17.00	10	11
Bulls	—	—	1,173	58.55/cwt	55.00–61.50	687	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	84.32/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,526	2
Bulls	—	—	1,419	75.37/cwt	67.00–81.00	1,070	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,266	101.46/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,284	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,315	105.46/cwt	104.00–107.50	1,387	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,088	90.82/cwt	85.00–97.00	988	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,396	104.56/cwt	103.00–106.50	1,460	23
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	107.24/cwt	106.50–108.50	1,555	7
Steers	Select	—	1,380	101.05/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,394	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,501	84.08/cwt	80.50–86.50	1,262	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,381	89.25/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,233	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,391	76.23/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,060	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,534	62.52/cwt	59.00–66.50	959	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	54.89/cwt	53.50–57.00	729	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,815	66.17/cwt	65.50–67.00	1,201	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	61.71/cwt	56.00–65.00	960	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	17.52/cwt	10.00–28.00	195	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,284	53.87/cwt	53.50–54.50	692	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	48.52/cwt	45.00–52.00	604	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	36.90/cwt	30.00–44.00	442	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	50.93/cwt	45.00–57.00	57	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	51.67/cwt	45.00–60.00	52	4

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 236Last week 197Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 108Last week 137Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-20.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	95	45.00–60.00	50.83
4	—	111	45.00–57.00	50.93
4	—	101	45.00–60.00	51.67
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	20.00–22.00	21.03
9	—	93	20.00–40.00	30.37
14	—	100	30.00–45.00	36.07
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	10.00	10.00
3	—	100	25.00	25.00
5	—	91	10.00–22.00	15.47
11	—	82	10.00–15.00	12.35
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	90	20.00	20.00
11	—	80	10.00–17.00	12.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	55.00–61.50	58.55
2	—	1,810	81.00–86.50	84.32
4	—	1,419	67.00–81.00	75.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,266	97.00–104.00	101.46
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	104.00–107.50	105.46
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	85.00–97.00	90.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,396	103.00–106.50	104.56
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,450	106.50–108.50	107.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,380	98.00–103.00	101.05
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,501	80.50–86.50	84.08
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,381	87.00–91.00	89.25
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,391	70.00–79.00	76.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,534	59.00–66.50	62.52
8	—	1,328	53.50–57.00	54.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,815	65.50–67.00	66.17
19	—	1,555	56.00–65.00	61.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	10.00–28.00	17.52
4	—	1,284	53.50–54.50	53.87
9	—	1,244	45.00–52.00	48.52
11	—	1,198	30.00–44.00	36.90

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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