Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder diary 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	1,354	68.78	931	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,554	52.74	820	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	48.21	659	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,248	41.59	519	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	83.07	1,201	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,421	74.16	1,054	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,380	108.13	1,492	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	104.65	1,386	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,239	85.66	1,061	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	111.03	1,610	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,351	105.90	1,431	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,240	99.38	1,232	19

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	95.35/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	95	57.82/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	88	19.45/cwt	22
Bulls	Utility	80	10.72/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	90	136.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	77	15.73/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	47.99/cwt	46.50–49.00	661	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,950	58.66/cwt	58.00–59.50	1,144	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	47.41/cwt	44.00–52.00	609	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,715	53.77/cwt	52.00–56.00	922	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	41.14/cwt	39.00–43.50	498	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,421	74.16/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,054	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,446	83.07/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,201	13
Steers	Select	—	1,240	99.38/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,232	19
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	83.53/cwt	82.00–85.00	94	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	88.42/cwt	80.00–95.00	108	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	83.42/cwt	77.00–85.00	84	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	72.86/cwt	45.00–90.00	68	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	144	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	181	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	130	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	202	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	85	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	70.67/cwt	55.00–82.00	71	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	51.40/cwt	27.00–80.00	47	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	36.72/cwt	20.00–50.00	37	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	23.25/cwt	10.00–45.00	21	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	13.18/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	11
Bulls	Utility	—	100	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	12	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	11.29/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	4
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	145	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	175.00/cwt	165.00–185.00	166	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	10	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,333	43.07/cwt	40.00–46.50	574	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	32.76/cwt	21.00–39.00	317	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,304	48.55/cwt	47.50–50.00	633	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	52.82/cwt	50.00–55.00	804	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	111.03/cwt	109.50–114.00	1,610	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,351	105.90/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,431	28
Heifers	Select	—	1,239	85.66/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,061	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,380	108.13/cwt	107.50–108.50	1,492	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	104.65/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,386	8
Bulls	—	—	1,288	56.83/cwt	51.00–68.00	732	8
Bulls	—	—	1,257	76.30/cwt	70.00–80.00	959	7
Bulls	—	—	1,758	83.09/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	73	17.59/cwt	15.00–20.00	13	2

How this sale compares

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 298Last week 213Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 115Last week 151Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,378	46.50–49.00	47.99
3	—	1,950	58.00–59.50	58.66
15	—	1,522	50.00–55.00	52.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,284	44.00–52.00	47.41
5	—	1,715	52.00–56.00	53.77
2	—	1,210	39.00–43.50	41.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,333	40.00–46.50	43.07
6	—	968	21.00–39.00	32.76
4	—	1,304	47.50–50.00	48.55
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,421	70.00–79.00	74.16
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,446	80.00–86.00	83.07
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,240	90.00–105.00	99.38
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,450	109.50–114.00	111.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,351	103.00–109.50	105.90
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,239	83.00–93.00	85.66
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	107.50–108.50	108.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,324	100.00–107.50	104.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,288	51.00–68.00	56.83
7	—	1,257	70.00–80.00	76.30
3	—	1,758	80.50–85.00	83.09

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	82.00–85.00	83.53
3	—	122	80.00–95.00	88.42
5	—	101	77.00–85.00	83.42
6	—	93	45.00–90.00	72.86
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	180.00	180.00
1	—	95	190.00	190.00
1	—	130	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	77.00	77.00
3	—	100	55.00–82.00	70.67
9	—	92	27.00–80.00	51.40
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
3	—	102	20.00–50.00	36.72
7	—	91	10.00–45.00	23.25
11	—	84	10.00–20.00	13.18
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	12.00	12.00
4	—	83	10.00–15.00	11.29
5	—	74	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	170.00	170.00
2	—	95	165.00–185.00	175.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	12.00	12.00
2	—	73	15.00–20.00	17.59

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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