Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Breaker cows traded 2.00-3.00 lower while the balance of the cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	—	Average	1,360	67.08	913	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,838	61.60	1,132	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	51.64	763	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	48.25	619	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,162	34.86	405	49
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,428	86.95	1,242	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	78.61	1,111	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,448	66.55	964	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,315	112.09	1,474	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,339	106.27	1,423	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,283	94.61	1,214	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,373	115.91	1,591	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	112.24	1,572	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,370	105.49	1,445	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	70.67/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	97	49.78/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	85	23.66/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	81	9.61/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	95	20.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	90	15.00/cwt	1

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 2	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	8.98/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	5
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	5
Bulls	Utility	—	115	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	12	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	29.01/cwt	20.00–35.00	26	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	21.04/cwt	15.00–25.00	17	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	60.77/cwt	40.00–75.00	63	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	46.02/cwt	25.00–60.00	43	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	32.00/cwt	30.00–35.00	27	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	64.93/cwt	60.00–70.00	73	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	131	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	60	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	61.98/cwt	40.00–85.00	58	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	74.95/cwt	70.00–80.00	76	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	64.90/cwt	60.00–70.00	80	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,838	61.60/cwt	57.50–64.50	1,132	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	30.44/cwt	16.00–37.00	332	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	40.90/cwt	38.00–45.00	517	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,327	46.84/cwt	46.50–47.00	622	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	49.58/cwt	46.00–53.00	689	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	56.67/cwt	54.50–58.50	902	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	44.19/cwt	42.50–45.00	681	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	47.76/cwt	44.00–51.00	620	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	55.35/cwt	52.00–62.00	701	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	39.32/cwt	36.00–42.00	483	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,448	66.55/cwt	60.00–75.00	964	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,428	86.95/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,242	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,413	78.61/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,111	4
Steers	Select	—	1,370	105.49/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,445	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,373	115.91/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,591	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	112.24/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,572	23
Heifers	Select	—	1,283	94.61/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,315	112.09/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,474	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,339	106.27/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,423	13
Bulls	—	—	1,379	69.36/cwt	66.00–75.50	956	8
Bulls	—	—	1,299	56.61/cwt	40.00–67.00	735	8
Bulls	—	—	1,429	80.20/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,146	5

How this sale compares

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 346Last week 251Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 121Last week 106Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	83	5.00–10.00	8.98
5	—	73	10.00	10.00
1	—	115	10.00	10.00
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	91	20.00–35.00	29.01
5	—	82	15.00–25.00	21.04
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	40.00–75.00	60.77
6	—	94	25.00–60.00	46.02
5	—	85	30.00–35.00	32.00
3	—	112	60.00–70.00	64.93
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	145.00	145.00
1	—	85	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	93	40.00–85.00	61.98
5	—	102	70.00–80.00	74.95
2	—	123	60.00–70.00	64.90
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
1	—	85	40.00	40.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,838	57.50–64.50	61.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,090	16.00–37.00	30.44
16	—	1,265	38.00–45.00	40.90
3	—	1,327	46.50–47.00	46.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,389	46.00–53.00	49.58
11	—	1,591	54.50–58.50	56.67
3	—	1,542	42.50–45.00	44.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,298	44.00–51.00	47.76
5	—	1,266	52.00–62.00	55.35
3	—	1,228	36.00–42.00	39.32
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,448	60.00–75.00	66.55
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,428	83.00–91.00	86.95
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,413	77.00–80.00	78.61
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,370	100.00–109.00	105.49
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,373	114.00–118.00	115.91
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,401	108.00–114.50	112.24
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	90.00–99.00	94.61
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,315	108.00–114.50	112.09
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,339	102.00–111.00	106.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,379	66.00–75.50	69.36
8	—	1,299	40.00–67.00	56.61
5	—	1,429	75.00–87.00	80.20

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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