Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher.Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	1,599	77.87	1,245	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,586	54.20	859	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,382	51.18	707	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,192	41.26	492	33
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	84.00	1,222	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,315	110.90	1,458	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,384	106.00	1,467	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,243	95.17	1,183	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,407	113.10	1,591	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	106.14	1,528	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,301	99.60	1,296	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	77.51/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 2	95	43.65/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	83	11.67/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	73	6.25/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	93	71.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	100	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	10.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	103	76.10/cwt	70.00–80.00	78	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	72.50/cwt	70.00–75.00	82	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	61.32/cwt	35.00–75.00	57	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	136	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	142.50/cwt	135.00–150.00	143	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	27.50/cwt	25.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	61.53/cwt	55.00–70.00	63	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	36.12/cwt	27.00–65.00	33	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	5
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	80	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	72	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	95	85.00/cwt	70.00–100.00	81	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	60	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	—	1,258	59.05/cwt	50.00–66.50	743	2
Bulls	—	—	1,686	87.56/cwt	83.00–98.00	1,476	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	76.33/cwt	73.50–81.00	1,248	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,384	106.00/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,467	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,315	110.90/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,458	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,243	95.17/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,183	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	106.14/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,528	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,407	113.10/cwt	111.50–116.50	1,591	14
Steers	Select	—	1,301	99.60/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,296	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,455	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,222	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,580	56.01/cwt	55.50–56.50	885	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	46.12/cwt	45.00–47.00	580	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	51.77/cwt	49.50–55.50	719	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	49.45/cwt	47.00–51.50	734	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,622	55.90/cwt	53.00–60.00	907	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	51.20/cwt	50.50–52.00	645	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	46.25/cwt	42.50–49.50	593	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	35.03/cwt	30.00–40.00	385	16

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.

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 196Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 151Last week 135Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher.Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	103	70.00–80.00	76.10
1	—	85	30.00	30.00
4	—	113	70.00–75.00	72.50
8	—	93	35.00–75.00	61.32
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	160.00	160.00
2	—	100	135.00–150.00	142.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
2	—	85	25.00–30.00	27.50
3	—	103	55.00–70.00	61.53
5	—	91	27.00–65.00	36.12
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
5	—	82	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	95	5.00	5.00
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
4	—	64	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	90.00	90.00
2	—	95	70.00–100.00	85.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	60	10.00	10.00
1	—	75	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	50.00–66.50	59.05
5	—	1,686	83.00–98.00	87.56
7	—	1,635	73.50–81.00	76.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,384	100.00–108.50	106.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,315	109.00–113.00	110.90
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	94.00–98.00	95.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,440	103.00–110.00	106.14
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,407	111.50–116.50	113.10
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,301	95.00–101.00	99.60
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	55.50–56.50	56.01
4	—	1,257	45.00–47.00	46.12
18	—	1,388	49.50–55.50	51.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,484	47.00–51.50	49.45
14	—	1,622	53.00–60.00	55.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	50.50–52.00	51.20
14	—	1,283	42.50–49.50	46.25
16	—	1,099	30.00–40.00	35.03

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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