Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold 15.00-20.00 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	1,504	68.82	1,035	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	52.85	838	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,357	49.97	678	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,211	39.96	484	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	89.73	1,301	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,303	82.81	1,079	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,550	73.18	1,134	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,403	111.22	1,560	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,276	105.09	1,341	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,162	97.53	1,133	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,406	114.75	1,613	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	109.36	1,608	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,317	99.40	1,309	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	111.39/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	90	42.96/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	89	23.75/cwt	24
Bulls	Utility	72	8.89/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 1	90	73.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	88	19.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	111	92.47/cwt	80.00–100.00	103	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	95.00/cwt	85.00–100.00	97	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	81.03/cwt	55.00–95.00	76	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	137	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	140	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	161.64/cwt	155.00–170.00	149	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	28.45/cwt	20.00–40.00	24	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	54.39/cwt	40.00–85.00	51	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	30.50/cwt	20.00–40.00	31	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	25.00/cwt	15.00–40.00	23	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	21.49/cwt	15.00–35.00	18	12
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	136	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	26.00/cwt	15.00–37.00	23	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,484	1
Bulls	—	—	1,063	56.06/cwt	45.00–66.00	596	3
Bulls	—	—	1,673	73.01/cwt	67.50–76.00	1,221	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	105.09/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,341	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,403	111.22/cwt	109.50–113.50	1,560	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,162	97.53/cwt	92.00–102.00	1,133	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	109.36/cwt	105.50–111.50	1,608	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,406	114.75/cwt	112.50–118.50	1,613	9
Steers	Select	—	1,317	99.40/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,309	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,303	82.81/cwt	79.00–86.50	1,079	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	89.73/cwt	85.00–93.50	1,301	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,550	73.18/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,134	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,479	53.83/cwt	52.00–56.00	796	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	48.90/cwt	44.00–52.00	647	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	52.85/cwt	49.50–55.00	838	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	33.60/cwt	31.00–36.50	396	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	44.42/cwt	42.00–47.50	548	10

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 198Last week 205Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 128Last week 143Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	111	80.00–100.00	92.47
5	—	102	85.00–100.00	95.00
7	—	94	55.00–95.00	81.03
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	195.00	195.00
1	—	100	140.00	140.00
2	—	85	165.00	165.00
3	—	92	155.00–170.00	161.64
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
6	—	83	20.00–40.00	28.45
7	—	94	40.00–85.00	54.39
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
4	—	100	20.00–40.00	30.50
7	—	92	15.00–40.00	25.00
12	—	84	15.00–35.00	21.49
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	5.00	5.00
6	—	73	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	25.00	25.00
1	—	100	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	5.00	5.00
2	—	90	15.00–37.00	26.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	82.00	82.00
3	—	1,063	45.00–66.00	56.06
6	—	1,673	67.50–76.00	73.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,276	102.00–108.00	105.09
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	109.50–113.50	111.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,162	92.00–102.00	97.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,470	105.50–111.50	109.36
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,406	112.50–118.50	114.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,317	95.00–105.00	99.40
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	79.00–86.50	82.81
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	85.00–93.50	89.73
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	72.00–74.00	73.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,479	52.00–56.00	53.83
18	—	1,323	44.00–52.00	48.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,585	49.50–55.00	52.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,179	31.00–36.50	33.60
10	—	1,234	42.00–47.50	44.42

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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