Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold steady 5.00 lower.

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be Friday February 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM

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	—	Low	1,429	74.67	1,067	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,764	61.52	1,085	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,600	56.28	900	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,372	53.89	740	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,310	47.14	618	18
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,594	92.05	1,467	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,703	80.36	1,369	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,312	68.08	893	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,353	116.95	1,582	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	113.09	1,463	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,223	106.20	1,299	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,416	121.28	1,717	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,388	116.95	1,623	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,301	109.68	1,427	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	77.10/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	98	55.24/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	89	24.64/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	76	8.13/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	85	12.50/cwt	4

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
Bulls	—	—	1,165	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	617	1
Bulls	—	—	1,475	81.13/cwt	78.50–84.00	1,197	4
Bulls	—	—	1,440	74.08/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,067	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	72.50/cwt	70.00–75.00	80	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	111	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	63.14/cwt	50.00–85.00	58	7
Steers	Select	—	1,301	109.68/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,427	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,703	80.36/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,369	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,312	68.08/cwt	63.00–75.00	893	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,594	92.05/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,467	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,388	116.95/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,623	32
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,416	121.28/cwt	119.00–125.50	1,717	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	45.44/cwt	42.00–48.00	602	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,764	61.52/cwt	59.00–65.50	1,085	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	58.14/cwt	56.00–60.00	954	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	113.09/cwt	107.00–117.50	1,463	18
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	136	1
Bulls	Utility	—	63	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Utility	—	100	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	29.09/cwt	15.00–40.00	27	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	24.30/cwt	15.00–37.00	20	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	13.30/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	3
Bulls	Utility	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	51.16/cwt	40.00–60.00	48	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	60.00/cwt	50.00–70.00	61	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	60.00/cwt	45.00–75.00	66	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	75.00/cwt	65.00–85.00	77	8
Bulls	Utility	—	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,328	52.50/cwt	49.00–57.00	697	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	39.55/cwt	39.00–40.00	468	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	54.04/cwt	50.50–56.00	838	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	52.29/cwt	47.50–54.00	721	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	56.30/cwt	54.50–58.00	768	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	31.27/cwt	20.00–42.00	32	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,353	116.95/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,582	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,223	106.20/cwt	101.50–110.00	1,299	4

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 303Last week 236Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 121Last week 120Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Feeder dairy calves sold steady 5.00 lower.

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be Friday February 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	53.00	53.00
4	—	1,475	78.50–84.00	81.13
7	—	1,440	68.00–79.00	74.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,301	102.00–112.00	109.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,388	112.00–121.00	116.95
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,416	119.00–125.50	121.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	76.00–85.00	80.36
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,312	63.00–75.00	68.08
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,594	90.00–94.00	92.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,325	42.00–48.00	45.44
6	—	1,328	49.00–57.00	52.50
2	—	1,183	39.00–40.00	39.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	59.00–65.50	61.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,641	56.00–60.00	58.14
5	—	1,551	50.50–56.00	54.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,378	47.50–54.00	52.29
6	—	1,364	54.50–58.00	56.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,294	107.00–117.50	113.09
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	114.00–119.00	116.95
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,223	101.50–110.00	106.20

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	70.00–75.00	72.50
2	—	120	90.00–95.00	92.50
7	—	92	50.00–85.00	63.14
8	—	102	65.00–85.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	63	5.00	5.00
1	—	100	10.00	10.00
3	—	73	10.00	10.00
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	92	15.00–40.00	29.09
4	—	83	15.00–37.00	24.30
3	—	73	10.00–15.00	13.30
1	—	110	20.00	20.00
2	—	103	20.00–42.00	31.27
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	93	40.00–60.00	51.16
4	—	101	50.00–70.00	60.00
2	—	110	45.00–75.00	60.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	100	10.00	10.00

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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