Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold

mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 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	1,605	67.16	1,078	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	51.42	818	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,446	46.95	679	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,273	38.78	493	28
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,482	87.37	1,295	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,366	82.70	1,130	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,495	76.45	1,143	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,353	110.60	1,496	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,273	105.41	1,342	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,390	95.48	1,327	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,503	111.51	1,676	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	108.08	1,564	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,308	95.82	1,253	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	86.98/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	97	68.33/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	85	22.03/cwt	20
Bulls	Utility	80	9.77/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	96	111.00/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	88	12.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

46 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 3	—	115	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	78.90/cwt	65.00–90.00	80	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	69.29/cwt	55.00–85.00	65	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	86	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	150	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	68	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	6
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	5
Bulls	Utility	—	90	8.50/cwt	5.00–12.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	18.25/cwt	10.00–27.00	15	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	57.44/cwt	55.00–60.00	59	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	27.50/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	30.10/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	75.22/cwt	65.00–85.00	85	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	145	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	203	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	190	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	136	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	93.08/cwt	85.00–100.00	97	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	88.33/cwt	80.00–100.00	102	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	69.74/cwt	47.00–95.00	65	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	42.25/cwt	40.00–45.00	36	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,371	41.64/cwt	39.00–43.50	571	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	33.89/cwt	29.00–37.00	398	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	45.91/cwt	44.50–47.50	568	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	49.76/cwt	47.00–52.50	744	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,847	55.84/cwt	55.50–56.00	1,031	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	46.21/cwt	43.00–49.50	658	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,560	51.04/cwt	50.50–51.50	796	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,495	76.45/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,143	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,482	87.37/cwt	83.50–93.00	1,295	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,366	82.70/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,130	7
Steers	Select	—	1,308	95.82/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,253	8
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,503	111.51/cwt	110.50–112.50	1,676	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	108.08/cwt	102.00–110.50	1,564	21
Heifers	Select	—	1,390	95.48/cwt	90.00–101.50	1,327	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,353	110.60/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,496	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,273	105.41/cwt	101.50–109.50	1,342	5
Bulls	—	—	1,756	79.20/cwt	74.50–87.00	1,391	8
Bulls	—	—	1,642	71.30/cwt	69.00–74.50	1,171	5
Bulls	—	—	1,327	43.74/cwt	20.00–55.00	580	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	145.00/cwt	130.00–165.00	131	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	130	1

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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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

Tue Nov 5, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 206Last week 271Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 126Last week 90Year ago 0

Compared last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold

mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	30.00	30.00
11	—	82	10.00–27.00	18.25
4	—	74	10.00	10.00
2	—	103	55.00–60.00	57.44
2	—	90	20.00–35.00	27.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	101	65.00–90.00	78.90
6	—	94	55.00–85.00	69.29
3	—	83	25.00–35.00	30.10
2	—	113	65.00–85.00	75.22
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	83	10.00	10.00
5	—	73	10.00	10.00
2	—	90	5.00–12.00	8.50
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	145	140.00	140.00
1	—	115	165.00	165.00
1	—	85	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	104	85.00–100.00	93.08
6	—	115	80.00–100.00	88.33
4	—	93	47.00–95.00	69.74
4	—	85	40.00–45.00	42.25
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	115.00	115.00
3	—	90	130.00–165.00	145.00
1	—	80	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	150	45.00	45.00
1	—	95	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	85	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,371	39.00–43.50	41.64
12	—	1,175	29.00–37.00	33.89
3	—	1,237	44.50–47.50	45.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,496	47.00–52.50	49.76
3	—	1,847	55.50–56.00	55.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,425	43.00–49.50	46.21
2	—	1,560	50.50–51.50	51.04
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	75.00–78.00	76.45
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,482	83.50–93.00	87.37
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,366	80.00–84.50	82.70
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,308	90.00–102.50	95.82
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,503	110.50–112.50	111.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,447	102.00–110.50	108.08
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	90.00–101.50	95.48
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	109.00–112.00	110.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,273	101.50–109.50	105.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,756	74.50–87.00	79.20
5	—	1,642	69.00–74.50	71.30
5	—	1,327	20.00–55.00	43.74

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