Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,360	69.75	949	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,580	60.34	953	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,377	55.24	761	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,268	45.92	582	16
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,397	90.23	1,261	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,463	80.69	1,180	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,458	72.15	1,052	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,333	105.03	1,400	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,333	101.54	1,354	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,283	95.63	1,227	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,504	110.36	1,660	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	105.82	1,458	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,354	97.20	1,316	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	93.82/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	97	59.10/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	91	25.11/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	76	10.02/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 1	92	118.29/cwt	3

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
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	87.32/cwt	80.00–90.00	99	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	77.87/cwt	50.00–95.00	73	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	86.73/cwt	80.00–95.00	88	11
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	162	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	171	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	147.50/cwt	135.00–160.00	125	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	70.22/cwt	50.00–85.00	79	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	76.89/cwt	60.00–85.00	79	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	52.13/cwt	30.00–80.00	48	15
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	37.07/cwt	20.00–55.00	38	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	17.52/cwt	10.00–22.00	15	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	27.92/cwt	15.00–50.00	26	5
Bulls	Utility	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	63	6.71/cwt	5.00–10.00	4	3
Bulls	Utility	—	73	11.29/cwt	10.00–15.00	8	4
Bulls	Utility	—	81	10.99/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	27	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	162.43/cwt	160.00–165.00	151	2
Bulls	—	—	1,515	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,318	1
Bulls	—	—	1,505	76.77/cwt	73.50–79.00	1,155	3
Bulls	—	—	1,213	60.18/cwt	56.00–69.00	730	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	101.54/cwt	95.00–105.50	1,354	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,333	105.03/cwt	104.00–106.00	1,400	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,283	95.63/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,227	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	105.82/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,458	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,504	110.36/cwt	109.50–112.00	1,660	6
Steers	Select	—	1,354	97.20/cwt	91.00–103.00	1,316	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,463	80.69/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,180	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,397	90.23/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,261	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,458	72.15/cwt	69.00–77.00	1,052	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,645	59.05/cwt	58.50–59.50	971	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	54.15/cwt	52.00–56.50	704	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,724	63.56/cwt	62.00–65.50	1,096	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	57.77/cwt	55.50–60.50	846	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,560	53.41/cwt	52.00–55.00	833	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	33.92/cwt	30.00–37.00	361	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,262	48.76/cwt	45.00–51.00	615	9

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 196Last week 220Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 135Last week 117Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	113	80.00–90.00	87.32
8	—	94	50.00–95.00	77.87
11	—	102	80.00–95.00	86.73
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	170.00	170.00
1	—	110	155.00	155.00
2	—	85	135.00–160.00	147.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	50.00–85.00	70.22
4	—	103	60.00–85.00	76.89
15	—	92	30.00–80.00	52.13
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	20.00–55.00	37.07
5	—	83	10.00–22.00	17.52
5	—	93	15.00–50.00	27.92
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	10.00	10.00
3	—	63	5.00–10.00	6.71
4	—	73	10.00–15.00	11.29
5	—	81	10.00–15.00	10.99
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	160.00–165.00	162.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	87.00	87.00
3	—	1,505	73.50–79.00	76.77
4	—	1,213	56.00–69.00	60.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,333	95.00–105.50	101.54
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	104.00–106.00	105.03
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	94.00–97.00	95.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,378	102.00–109.50	105.82
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,504	109.50–112.00	110.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,354	91.00–103.00	97.20
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,463	78.00–83.00	80.69
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	86.00–95.00	90.23
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,458	69.00–77.00	72.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,645	58.50–59.50	59.05
7	—	1,301	52.00–56.50	54.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,724	62.00–65.50	63.56
5	—	1,465	55.50–60.50	57.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	52.00–55.00	53.41
4	—	1,064	30.00–37.00	33.92
9	—	1,262	45.00–51.00	48.76

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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