Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	—	High	1,497	67.49	1,010	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,607	52.22	839	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,424	49.83	709	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,289	41.25	532	21
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,625	85.00	1,381	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,512	79.67	1,205	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,445	75.65	1,093	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,348	113.35	1,528	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	108.70	1,358	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,047	99.37	1,040	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,521	116.65	1,774	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	112.95	1,656	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,196	101.30	1,212	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	70.72/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	94	48.32/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	88	23.40/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	80	12.08/cwt	12
Heifers	Number 1	70	75.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	88	15.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,787	76.05/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,359	3
Bulls	—	—	1,225	58.86/cwt	43.00–63.50	721	4
Bulls	—	—	1,524	68.60/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,045	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	81.20/cwt	80.00–82.00	91	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	90	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,521	116.65/cwt	115.50–118.50	1,774	9
Steers	Select	—	1,196	101.30/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,212	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,512	79.67/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,205	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,381	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,445	75.65/cwt	74.00–77.50	1,093	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,249	108.70/cwt	103.00–111.50	1,358	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,348	113.35/cwt	111.50–116.00	1,528	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,047	99.37/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,466	112.95/cwt	109.50–115.50	1,656	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	47.03/cwt	46.50–47.50	716	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,733	56.62/cwt	55.00–58.00	981	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,599	52.38/cwt	49.50–54.50	838	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,438	47.86/cwt	44.50–50.50	688	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	35.24/cwt	26.00–39.00	427	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,291	43.66/cwt	40.00–46.00	564	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	79.00/cwt	75.00–85.00	83	3
Bulls	Utility	—	95	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	61.79/cwt	30.00–80.00	57	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	32.25/cwt	27.00–37.00	27	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,459	53.56/cwt	51.00–55.00	781	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	48.09/cwt	45.00–50.50	677	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	46.35/cwt	20.00–65.00	43	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	41.00/cwt	35.00–47.00	41	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	21.36/cwt	15.00–30.00	18	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	22.53/cwt	15.00–30.00	21	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	42.50/cwt	40.00–45.00	36	2
Bulls	Utility	—	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	120	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Bulls	Utility	—	63	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	65.50/cwt	50.00–77.00	68	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	101	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	53	1

How this sale compares

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 221Last week 260Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 157Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	75.00–77.00	76.05
4	—	1,225	43.00–63.50	58.86
8	—	1,524	65.00–74.00	68.60
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,521	115.50–118.50	116.65
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,196	96.00–107.00	101.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,466	109.50–115.50	112.95
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,512	77.00–82.00	79.67
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	74.00–77.50	75.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	103.00–111.50	108.70
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,348	111.50–116.00	113.35
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	97.00–101.00	99.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	46.50–47.50	47.03
2	—	1,733	55.00–58.00	56.62
10	—	1,599	49.50–54.50	52.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,438	44.50–50.50	47.86
8	—	1,211	26.00–39.00	35.24
9	—	1,291	40.00–46.00	43.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	51.00–55.00	53.56
15	—	1,407	45.00–50.50	48.09

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	112	80.00–82.00	81.20
1	—	120	75.00	75.00
3	—	105	75.00–85.00	79.00
10	—	92	30.00–80.00	61.79
2	—	85	40.00–45.00	42.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	40.00	40.00
2	—	100	35.00–47.00	41.00
3	—	75	10.00	10.00
4	—	83	15.00–30.00	21.36
4	—	91	15.00–30.00	22.53
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	30.00	30.00
1	—	80	5.00	5.00
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
1	—	120	20.00	20.00
2	—	63	10.00	10.00
6	—	72	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	27.00–37.00	32.25
11	—	93	20.00–65.00	46.35
5	—	104	50.00–77.00	65.50
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
2	—	90	15.00–20.00	17.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	75.00	75.00

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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