Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher.Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	—	High	1,434	72.81	1,044	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	62.57	934	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,300	56.17	730	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,287	49.15	633	21
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,273	89.15	1,135	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	81.63	1,147	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,518	73.49	1,116	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,345	108.00	1,453	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,425	104.71	1,492	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,466	109.11	1,600	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,349	105.54	1,424	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,296	96.49	1,251	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	90.24/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	92	33.48/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	86	16.56/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	85	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	67.50/cwt	65.00–70.00	78	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	53.32/cwt	35.00–62.00	50	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	61.98/cwt	60.00–70.00	63	5
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	105	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	124	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	135	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	165	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	168.73/cwt	165.00–175.00	159	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	54.88/cwt	45.00–60.00	57	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	17.92/cwt	15.00–22.00	15	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	33.93/cwt	15.00–55.00	32	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	22.70/cwt	15.00–30.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	14.10/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	5
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	3
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	87.24/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,508	3
Bulls	—	—	1,566	76.02/cwt	73.50–79.00	1,190	4
Bulls	—	—	1,153	61.59/cwt	50.00–69.00	710	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,425	104.71/cwt	104.00–105.50	1,492	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,345	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,453	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,349	105.54/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,424	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,466	109.11/cwt	107.50–113.50	1,600	12
Steers	Select	—	1,296	96.49/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,251	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	81.63/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,147	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,273	89.15/cwt	85.50–93.00	1,135	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,518	73.49/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,116	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	56.17/cwt	53.50–59.00	730	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,180	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	773	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	61.84/cwt	59.00–64.00	972	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	40.66/cwt	40.00–42.00	455	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	55.54/cwt	54.50–56.50	716	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	48.65/cwt	45.00–51.50	645	13

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 220Last week 236Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 117Last week 108Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	20.00	20.00
2	—	115	65.00–70.00	67.50
3	—	93	35.00–62.00	53.32
5	—	101	60.00–70.00	61.98
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	105	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	155.00	155.00
1	—	100	135.00	135.00
1	—	110	150.00	150.00
4	—	94	165.00–175.00	168.73
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	110	62.00	62.00
4	—	103	45.00–60.00	54.88
6	—	83	15.00–22.00	17.92
6	—	93	15.00–55.00	33.93
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	15.00–30.00	22.70
5	—	83	10.00–20.00	14.10
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	10.00	10.00
3	—	82	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,728	84.00–90.00	87.24
4	—	1,566	73.50–79.00	76.02
5	—	1,153	50.00–69.00	61.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	104.00–105.50	104.71
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	108.00	108.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,349	101.00–108.00	105.54
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,466	107.50–113.50	109.11
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,296	90.00–102.00	96.49
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	80.00–83.00	81.63
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	85.50–93.00	89.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,518	69.00–77.00	73.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,300	53.50–59.00	56.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	65.50	65.50
4	—	1,571	59.00–64.00	61.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,118	40.00–42.00	40.66
5	—	1,290	54.50–56.50	55.54
13	—	1,325	45.00–51.50	48.65

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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