Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold

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	1,429	74.62	1,066	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,669	62.04	1,035	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,605	56.10	900	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,435	52.49	753	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,174	41.41	486	26
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,518	92.39	1,402	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	83.93	1,249	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,594	73.83	1,177	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,308	118.10	1,545	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,238	108.63	1,345	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,170	100.67	1,178	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,439	120.88	1,739	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,267	114.15	1,446	30
Steers	Select	Average	1,317	105.95	1,395	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	78.00/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	91	42.92/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	92	18.11/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	80	8.13/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	95	52.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	75	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

42 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	Select	—	1,170	100.67/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,308	118.10/cwt	116.50–120.00	1,545	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	108.63/cwt	104.00–111.50	1,345	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,669	62.04/cwt	60.00–64.00	1,035	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	44.11/cwt	42.00–47.00	546	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	31.35/cwt	20.00–40.00	340	9
Steers	Select	—	1,317	105.95/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,395	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,439	120.88/cwt	119.00–122.50	1,739	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,267	114.15/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,446	30
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	15	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,594	73.83/cwt	68.50–78.00	1,177	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,518	92.39/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,402	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,488	83.93/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,249	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	61.27/cwt	35.00–95.00	56	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	35.15/cwt	30.00–40.00	29	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	106	1
Bulls	—	—	1,445	72.87/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,053	14
Bulls	—	—	1,458	87.20/cwt	80.00–104.00	1,271	9
Bulls	—	—	1,333	56.86/cwt	42.00–65.00	758	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	45.50/cwt	30.00–80.00	42	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,544	56.94/cwt	55.00–60.50	879	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	49.98/cwt	47.00–53.00	686	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	58.72/cwt	57.00–63.00	969	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	54.04/cwt	48.50–56.00	848	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	51.53/cwt	47.00–55.00	612	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	125	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	20.84/cwt	15.00–27.00	19	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	13.50/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	86.14/cwt	60.00–95.00	87	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	70.00/cwt	50.00–90.00	70	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	25.50/cwt	20.00–35.00	22	4
Bulls	Utility	—	95	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	75	9.00/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	65	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	128	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	123	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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 366Last week 205Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 140Last week 159Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	100.00–103.00	100.67
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	116.50–120.00	118.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,238	104.00–111.50	108.63
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,669	60.00–64.00	62.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,238	42.00–47.00	44.11
9	—	1,086	20.00–40.00	31.35
6	—	1,188	47.00–55.00	51.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,544	55.00–60.50	56.94
16	—	1,373	47.00–53.00	49.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,651	57.00–63.00	58.72
14	—	1,569	48.50–56.00	54.04
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,317	100.00–112.00	105.95
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,439	119.00–122.50	120.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,267	110.00–119.00	114.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,594	68.50–78.00	73.83
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	88.00–100.00	92.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,488	80.00–88.00	83.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,445	68.00–79.00	72.87
9	—	1,458	80.00–104.00	87.20
5	—	1,333	42.00–65.00	56.86

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	10.00–20.00	15.00
1	—	95	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	92	35.00–95.00	61.27
2	—	83	30.00–40.00	35.15
1	—	125	85.00	85.00
8	—	101	60.00–95.00	86.14
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	92	30.00–80.00	45.50
2	—	100	50.00–90.00	70.00
4	—	85	20.00–35.00	25.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	35.00	35.00
2	—	93	15.00–27.00	20.84
5	—	82	10.00–20.00	13.50
1	—	75	20.00	20.00
1	—	105	15.00	15.00
1	—	115	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	5.00	5.00
2	—	85	5.00–10.00	7.50
5	—	75	5.00–15.00	9.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	110.00	110.00
1	—	80	160.00	160.00

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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