Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady

Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. 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	1,459	72.04	1,051	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	54.42	874	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,469	49.33	724	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,236	41.01	507	19
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,422	86.60	1,231	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	83.15	1,235	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,657	74.67	1,237	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,393	109.87	1,530	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,275	104.00	1,326	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,300	96.51	1,255	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,393	112.93	1,573	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	108.23	1,487	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,382	99.52	1,375	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	82.19/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	95	38.92/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	94	21.78/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	79	9.70/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	93	81.78/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	54	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	8.33/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Bulls	Utility	—	90	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	14	2
Bulls	Utility	—	80	11.00/cwt	10.00–12.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	110	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	60	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	55	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	26.49/cwt	15.00–37.00	27	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	12.04/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	20.27/cwt	10.00–30.00	19	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	45.08/cwt	40.00–55.00	46	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	42.16/cwt	20.00–65.00	39	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	20.10/cwt	15.00–25.00	17	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	172.73/cwt	165.00–180.00	143	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	209	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	175	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	144	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	62.22/cwt	60.00–65.00	64	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	59.46/cwt	50.00–70.00	67	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	40.86/cwt	30.00–62.00	38	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	72	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	36.16/cwt	32.00–40.00	440	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	42.09/cwt	40.00–43.00	496	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,438	51.07/cwt	49.00–52.50	734	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	53.55/cwt	51.00–56.00	868	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	59.20/cwt	57.00–61.00	903	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	47.33/cwt	44.00–51.00	654	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,685	54.32/cwt	52.00–55.50	915	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,657	74.67/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,237	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,422	86.60/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,231	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	83.15/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,235	4
Steers	Select	—	1,382	99.52/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,375	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,393	112.93/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,573	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,374	108.23/cwt	104.00–111.50	1,487	17
Heifers	Select	—	1,300	96.51/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,255	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,393	109.87/cwt	108.00–111.50	1,530	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	104.00/cwt	102.50–105.50	1,326	8
Bulls	—	—	1,379	64.80/cwt	62.00–66.50	894	5
Bulls	—	—	1,468	76.59/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,124	5
Bulls	—	—	1,638	78.79/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,291	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	77	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	131	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	49.46/cwt	30.00–70.00	46	2

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 298Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 143Last week 115Year ago 0

Compared with last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady

Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	45.00	45.00
2	—	93	30.00–70.00	49.46
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	90.00	90.00
1	—	75	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	5.00–10.00	8.33
2	—	90	10.00–20.00	15.00
2	—	80	10.00–12.00	11.00
1	—	110	10.00	10.00
1	—	60	5.00	5.00
1	—	55	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	102	15.00–37.00	26.49
5	—	81	10.00–15.00	12.04
2	—	93	10.00–30.00	20.27
1	—	115	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	40.00–55.00	45.08
6	—	93	20.00–65.00	42.16
3	—	83	15.00–25.00	20.10
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	165.00–180.00	172.73
1	—	110	190.00	190.00
1	—	100	175.00	175.00
1	—	90	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	103	60.00–65.00	62.22
5	—	112	50.00–70.00	59.46
3	—	93	30.00–62.00	40.86
1	—	120	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,218	32.00–40.00	36.16
8	—	1,179	40.00–43.00	42.09
3	—	1,438	49.00–52.50	51.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,621	51.00–56.00	53.55
2	—	1,525	57.00–61.00	59.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,382	44.00–51.00	47.33
4	—	1,685	52.00–55.50	54.32
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,657	74.00–76.00	74.67
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	86.00–88.00	86.60
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	80.00–85.50	83.15
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,382	95.00–101.00	99.52
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,393	111.00–116.50	112.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,374	104.00–111.50	108.23
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	95.00–99.00	96.51
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,393	108.00–111.50	109.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,275	102.50–105.50	104.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,379	62.00–66.50	64.80
5	—	1,468	73.00–80.00	76.59
2	—	1,638	76.00–82.00	78.79

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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