Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2019-09-24

Middleburg

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Sep 24
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 220▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
135 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 117▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,36069.759498thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58060.349539thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37755.247619thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,26845.9258216
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,39790.231,2613thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46380.691,1806thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,45872.151,0523thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,333105.031,4002thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,333101.541,35411
HeifersSelectAverage1,28395.631,2272thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,504110.361,6606thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,378105.821,45814
SteersSelectAverage1,35497.201,31614

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110193.82/cwt29
BullsNumber 29759.10/cwt22
BullsNumber 39125.11/cwt12
BullsUtility7610.02/cwt14
HeifersNumber 192118.29/cwt3

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 1—11387.32/cwt80.00–90.00996
BullsNumber 1—9477.87/cwt50.00–95.00738
BullsNumber 1—10286.73/cwt80.00–95.008811
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95170.00/cwt170.00–170.001621
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—110155.00/cwt155.00–155.001711
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—85147.50/cwt135.00–160.001252
BullsNumber 2—11270.22/cwt50.00–85.00793
BullsNumber 2—10376.89/cwt60.00–85.00794
BullsNumber 2—9252.13/cwt30.00–80.004815
BullsNumber 3—10337.07/cwt20.00–55.00382
BullsNumber 3—8317.52/cwt10.00–22.00155
BullsNumber 3—9327.92/cwt15.00–50.00265
BullsUtility—9010.00/cwt10.00–10.0092
BullsUtility—636.71/cwt5.00–10.0043
BullsUtility—7311.29/cwt10.00–15.0084
BullsUtility—8110.99/cwt10.00–15.0095
HeifersNumber 1—9030.00/cwt30.00–30.00271
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—93162.43/cwt160.00–165.001512
Bulls——1,51587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,3181
Bulls——1,50576.77/cwt73.50–79.001,1553
Bulls——1,21360.18/cwt56.00–69.007304
HeifersChoice—1,333101.54/cwt95.00–105.501,35411
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,333105.03/cwt104.00–106.001,4002
HeifersSelect—1,28395.63/cwt94.00–97.001,2272
SteersChoice—1,378105.82/cwt102.00–109.501,45814
SteersChoice and Prime—1,504110.36/cwt109.50–112.001,6606
SteersSelect—1,35497.20/cwt91.00–103.001,31614
Dairy SteersChoice—1,46380.69/cwt78.00–83.001,1806
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,39790.23/cwt86.00–95.001,2613
Dairy SteersSelect—1,45872.15/cwt69.00–77.001,0523
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,64559.05/cwt58.50–59.509712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30154.15/cwt52.00–56.507047
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,72463.56/cwt62.00–65.501,0964
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46557.77/cwt55.50–60.508465
CowsLean 85-90%—1,56053.41/cwt52.00–55.008333
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06433.92/cwt30.00–37.003614
CowsLean 85-90%—1,26248.76/cwt45.00–51.006159

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.