Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder daidy calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

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	1,757	72.14	1,268	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,794	70.73	1,269	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,691	64.58	1,092	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,487	59.59	886	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,268	50.78	644	33
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,353	93.23	1,261	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	84.82	1,259	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,235	69.25	855	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,342	116.34	1,561	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	111.86	1,462	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,243	105.17	1,307	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,413	120.03	1,696	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	115.59	1,645	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,323	106.05	1,403	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	94.98/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	94	72.59/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 3	93	31.17/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	75	12.00/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	92	104.09/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	85	10.00/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
Bulls	—	—	1,385	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	769	1
Bulls	—	—	1,845	82.00/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,513	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	71.63/cwt	65.00–76.00	1,282	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	95.00/cwt	90.00–100.00	114	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	70.34/cwt	57.00–90.00	59	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	76.19/cwt	50.00–90.00	71	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,353	93.23/cwt	93.00–93.50	1,261	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,423	115.59/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,645	20
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,413	120.03/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,696	9
Steers	Select	—	1,323	106.05/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,403	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,484	84.82/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,259	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,235	69.25/cwt	63.00–73.00	855	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,691	61.63/cwt	57.00–66.00	1,042	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	111.86/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,462	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,243	105.17/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,307	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,342	116.34/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,561	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	58.02/cwt	53.00–62.00	847	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,691	67.53/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,142	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	42.51/cwt	37.00–45.00	511	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,355	57.80/cwt	55.50–67.00	783	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	50.41/cwt	45.00–54.50	633	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,794	70.73/cwt	68.50–73.50	1,269	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	99.65/cwt	85.00–110.00	103	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	82.50/cwt	75.00–90.00	83	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	87.58/cwt	70.00–95.00	97	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	64.75/cwt	40.00–80.00	54	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	70.25/cwt	55.00–90.00	65	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	65.36/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,036	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	30.15/cwt	25.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	35.73/cwt	12.00–50.00	37	4
Bulls	Utility	—	65	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	12.50/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	158	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	216	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	71	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	207.73/cwt	200.00–215.00	172	2

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 239Last week 299Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 94Last week 133Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	55.50	55.50
2	—	1,845	78.00–88.00	82.00
6	—	1,790	65.00–76.00	71.63
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	93.00–93.50	93.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,484	82.00–87.00	84.82
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	63.00–73.00	69.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,423	110.00–118.50	115.59
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,413	119.00–122.00	120.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,323	101.00–111.00	106.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,691	57.00–66.00	61.63
9	—	1,691	65.00–71.00	67.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,460	53.00–62.00	58.02
6	—	1,585	63.00–69.00	65.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,201	37.00–45.00	42.51
7	—	1,355	55.50–67.00	57.80
21	—	1,255	45.00–54.50	50.41
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,794	68.50–73.50	70.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,307	108.00–114.50	111.86
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	100.00–109.00	105.17
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,342	115.00–117.50	116.34

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	120	90.00–100.00	95.00
6	—	84	57.00–90.00	70.34
10	—	93	50.00–90.00	76.19
13	—	103	85.00–110.00	99.65
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	75.00–90.00	82.50
4	—	111	70.00–95.00	87.58
6	—	83	40.00–80.00	64.75
14	—	93	55.00–90.00	70.25
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
2	—	83	25.00–35.00	30.15
4	—	103	12.00–50.00	35.73
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	17.00	17.00
2	—	70	10.00–15.00	12.50
3	—	82	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	225.00	225.00
1	—	90	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	110	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	75.00	75.00
2	—	83	200.00–215.00	207.73

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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