Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold mostly steady. Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	1,629	72.85	1,187	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,555	59.00	917	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	50.50	848	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,415	47.12	667	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,254	38.09	478	31
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,413	90.49	1,279	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,350	79.07	1,067	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,307	73.22	957	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,318	112.22	1,479	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,379	102.76	1,417	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,256	95.59	1,201	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,544	111.92	1,728	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	108.22	1,550	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,325	100.67	1,334	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	86.70/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	96	51.36/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	88	19.76/cwt	23
Bulls	Utility	73	9.84/cwt	20
Heifers	Number 1	80	146.15/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	78	13.33/cwt	3

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	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	89.89/cwt	85.00–95.00	102	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	89.14/cwt	75.00–100.00	91	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	72.04/cwt	40.00–105.00	67	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	149	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	32.50/cwt	30.00–35.00	28	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	57.41/cwt	40.00–85.00	59	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	50.84/cwt	35.00–80.00	47	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	23.34/cwt	17.00–30.00	24	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	18.95/cwt	10.00–32.00	18	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	19.66/cwt	10.00–35.00	17	14
Bulls	Utility	—	55	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	60	6.67/cwt	5.00–10.00	4	3
Bulls	Utility	—	82	11.16/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	6
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.48/cwt	10.00–15.00	8	10
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	109	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	146.53/cwt	140.00–155.00	120	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	12.50/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	—	—	1,495	84.96/cwt	81.50–89.00	1,270	5
Bulls	—	—	1,351	58.19/cwt	49.00–63.50	786	7
Bulls	—	—	1,919	77.53/cwt	73.50–82.50	1,488	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,379	102.76/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,417	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,318	112.22/cwt	109.50–115.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,256	95.59/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,201	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	108.22/cwt	103.00–111.50	1,550	21
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,544	111.92/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,728	7
Steers	Select	—	1,325	100.67/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,334	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,350	79.07/cwt	76.00–83.50	1,067	13
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,413	90.49/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,279	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,307	73.22/cwt	65.00–79.50	957	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,513	50.76/cwt	47.00–55.00	768	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	44.93/cwt	43.00–47.50	609	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	46.37/cwt	45.00–49.00	760	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,721	54.64/cwt	54.00–55.00	940	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	720	18.00/cwt	18.00–18.00	130	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,512	47.15/cwt	44.00–51.00	713	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	32.72/cwt	24.00–36.00	389	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,247	39.99/cwt	35.00–43.50	499	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,555	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	917	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 271Last week 198Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 90Last week 128Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
2	—	113	85.00–95.00	89.89
6	—	102	75.00–100.00	89.14
7	—	93	40.00–105.00	72.04
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	30.00–35.00	32.50
7	—	102	40.00–85.00	57.41
9	—	93	35.00–80.00	50.84
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	17.00–30.00	23.34
7	—	93	10.00–32.00	18.95
14	—	84	10.00–35.00	19.66
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	55	5.00	5.00
3	—	60	5.00–10.00	6.67
6	—	82	10.00–15.00	11.16
10	—	73	10.00–15.00	10.48
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	145.00	145.00
3	—	82	140.00–155.00	146.53
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
2	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,495	81.50–89.00	84.96
7	—	1,351	49.00–63.50	58.19
9	—	1,919	73.50–82.50	77.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,379	100.00–106.50	102.76
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	109.50–115.00	112.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,256	90.00–99.00	95.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,432	103.00–111.50	108.22
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,544	110.00–115.50	111.92
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,325	98.00–105.00	100.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,350	76.00–83.50	79.07
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,413	84.00–97.00	90.49
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,307	65.00–79.50	73.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,513	47.00–55.00	50.76
5	—	1,356	43.00–47.50	44.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	45.00–49.00	46.37
4	—	1,721	54.00–55.00	54.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	18.00	18.00
5	—	1,512	44.00–51.00	47.15
10	—	1,190	24.00–36.00	32.72
15	—	1,247	35.00–43.50	39.99
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	59.00	59.00

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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