Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers, heifers and slaughter cows all sold mostly steady. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady

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	1,547	65.12	1,008	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	56.15	891	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,381	50.98	704	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,243	42.24	525	24
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,530	85.83	1,313	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,528	79.35	1,212	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,667	70.40	1,174	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,341	118.39	1,588	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	108.95	1,447	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,400	104.00	1,456	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,358	120.02	1,629	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,376	114.27	1,572	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,218	105.49	1,285	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	93.33/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	94	49.34/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	83	17.62/cwt	22
Bulls	Utility	76	9.54/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	113	57.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	95	25.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,357	120.02/cwt	117.50–123.00	1,629	11
Steers	Select	—	1,218	105.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,285	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,528	79.35/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,212	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,667	70.40/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,174	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	53.56/cwt	51.00–55.50	829	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,328	108.95/cwt	106.50–114.00	1,447	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,341	118.39/cwt	115.50–120.50	1,588	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,400	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	150	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	75	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,453	1
Bulls	—	—	1,274	54.24/cwt	40.00–61.00	691	4
Bulls	—	—	1,679	68.56/cwt	63.00–77.00	1,151	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	90.76/cwt	85.00–97.00	102	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	74.20/cwt	47.00–95.00	69	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,530	85.83/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,313	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,376	114.27/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,572	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	24	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,516	54.55/cwt	52.00–58.50	827	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	48.71/cwt	45.00–52.00	631	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	58.74/cwt	56.50–61.50	955	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,535	51.97/cwt	49.50–54.00	798	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	35.89/cwt	26.00–40.00	392	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	43.91/cwt	40.00–48.00	560	15
Bulls	Utility	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Utility	—	95	13.50/cwt	10.00–17.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	86.81/cwt	65.00–95.00	89	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	25.67/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	47.84/cwt	30.00–80.00	44	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	65.05/cwt	40.00–85.00	66	5
Bulls	Utility	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	3
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.34/cwt	10.00–12.00	8	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	20.93/cwt	15.00–25.00	19	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	20.41/cwt	12.00–40.00	17	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	11.67/cwt	10.00–25.00	9	9
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	75	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	49	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	121	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	107.27/cwt	100.00–115.00	89	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	162.50/cwt	155.00–170.00	163	2

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 236Last week 366Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 120Last week 140Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers, heifers and slaughter cows all sold mostly steady. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold steady

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,357	117.50–123.00	120.02
1	—	1,365	120.00	120.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,218	100.00–110.00	105.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,376	110.00–118.00	114.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	78.00–81.00	79.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,667	66.00–73.00	70.40
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	85.00–88.00	85.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,548	51.00–55.50	53.56
9	—	1,625	56.50–61.50	58.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,516	52.00–58.50	54.55
11	—	1,295	45.00–52.00	48.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	49.50–54.00	51.97
7	—	1,091	26.00–40.00	35.89
15	—	1,275	40.00–48.00	43.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	106.50–114.00	108.95
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,341	115.50–120.50	118.39
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	104.00	104.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	84.50	84.50
4	—	1,274	40.00–61.00	54.24
7	—	1,679	63.00–77.00	68.56

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	150	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
3	—	112	85.00–97.00	90.76
6	—	93	47.00–95.00	74.20
8	—	102	65.00–95.00	86.81
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00	10.00
2	—	95	10.00–17.00	13.50
3	—	62	5.00	5.00
6	—	74	10.00–12.00	10.34
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	20.00–30.00	25.67
5	—	92	30.00–80.00	47.84
5	—	101	40.00–85.00	65.05
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	35.00	35.00
5	—	91	15.00–25.00	20.93
7	—	83	12.00–40.00	20.41
9	—	75	10.00–25.00	11.67
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	105.00	105.00
2	—	83	100.00–115.00	107.27
2	—	100	155.00–170.00	162.50

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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