Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows steady-1.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady-5.00 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	—	Average	1,502	66.11	993	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,630	64.50	1,051	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,660	55.81	926	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,462	49.49	723	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,246	39.53	492	18
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,541	89.84	1,384	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,564	83.45	1,305	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,547	70.91	1,097	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,353	111.86	1,513	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	106.14	1,401	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,114	97.33	1,084	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,482	117.53	1,742	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,503	112.36	1,689	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,287	104.34	1,343	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	93	80.12/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 2	96	42.06/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 3	87	16.91/cwt	30
Bulls	Utility	80	9.26/cwt	24
Heifers	Number 1	90	115.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	90	15.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

45 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	Choice	—	1,455	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,564	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,384	43.71/cwt	39.00–47.50	605	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	34.30/cwt	25.00–39.00	368	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	57.75/cwt	57.00–58.50	1,005	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,630	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	1,051	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,482	117.53/cwt	115.50–119.50	1,742	10
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,114	97.33/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,353	111.86/cwt	110.50–113.00	1,513	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,547	70.91/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,097	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,541	89.84/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,384	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,564	83.45/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,305	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,503	112.36/cwt	107.50–116.00	1,689	16
Steers	Select	—	1,287	104.34/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,343	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	81.50/cwt	77.00–87.00	90	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	30	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	98	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	69.54/cwt	62.00–77.00	1,175	11
Bulls	—	—	1,202	52.64/cwt	32.00–64.00	633	7
Bulls	—	—	1,509	80.23/cwt	71.00–84.50	1,211	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	105.91/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,375	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	19.39/cwt	10.00–30.00	18	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	15.24/cwt	10.00–25.00	13	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,574	53.83/cwt	52.50–55.00	847	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	46.88/cwt	44.00–50.00	654	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	52.91/cwt	47.00–55.50	814	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	57.62/cwt	40.00–85.00	53	9
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	51.44/cwt	30.00–70.00	53	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	57.50/cwt	35.00–80.00	66	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	21.68/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	41.81/cwt	30.00–55.00	39	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	24.88/cwt	20.00–30.00	26	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	11.67/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	Utility	—	102	10.69/cwt	10.00–12.00	11	3
Bulls	Utility	—	63	7.06/cwt	5.00–15.00	4	5
Bulls	Utility	—	84	8.99/cwt	5.00–10.00	8	5
Bulls	Utility	—	93	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	105	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	130.83/cwt	80.00–165.00	109	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	53	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	168	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 260Last week 206Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 157Last week 159Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	107.50	107.50
6	—	1,298	105.00–107.00	105.91
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,114	94.00–100.00	97.33
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	110.50–113.00	111.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,384	39.00–47.50	43.71
8	—	1,073	25.00–39.00	34.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,740	57.00–58.50	57.75
6	—	1,539	47.00–55.50	52.91
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	64.50	64.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,574	52.50–55.00	53.83
10	—	1,394	44.00–50.00	46.88
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,482	115.50–119.50	117.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,503	107.50–116.00	112.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,287	98.00–107.00	104.34
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,547	68.00–76.00	70.91
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,541	87.00–91.00	89.84
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,564	80.00–87.50	83.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,690	62.00–77.00	69.54
7	—	1,202	32.00–64.00	52.64
4	—	1,509	71.00–84.50	80.23

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	70.00	70.00
1	—	105	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	110	77.00–87.00	81.50
3	—	85	35.00	35.00
2	—	103	95.00	95.00
1	—	120	60.00	60.00
9	—	92	40.00–85.00	57.62
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	92	10.00–30.00	19.39
15	—	83	10.00–25.00	15.24
2	—	103	20.00–30.00	24.88
3	—	75	10.00–15.00	11.67
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	74	10.00	10.00
3	—	102	10.00–12.00	10.69
5	—	63	5.00–15.00	7.06
5	—	84	5.00–10.00	8.99
3	—	93	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	103	30.00–70.00	51.44
2	—	115	35.00–80.00	57.50
6	—	84	20.00–30.00	21.68
10	—	93	30.00–55.00	41.81
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	135.00–145.00	140.00
4	—	83	80.00–165.00	130.83

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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