Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers

sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher.Holstein bull 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	—	Low	1,520	74.73	1,136	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,823	73.43	1,339	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	65.13	983	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,466	64.38	944	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,200	51.35	616	17
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,395	95.46	1,332	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,443	85.55	1,234	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,372	74.27	1,019	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,345	110.17	1,482	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,175	105.23	1,236	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,557	118.08	1,839	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	113.44	1,603	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,314	106.12	1,394	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	108.61/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	95	49.35/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	83	23.27/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	81	10.63/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	86	24.03/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	176	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,443	85.55/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	109	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	91.32/cwt	85.00–100.00	95	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	38.00/cwt	35.00–40.00	32	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	113.44/cwt	109.00–116.50	1,603	24
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,557	118.08/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,839	8
Steers	Select	—	1,314	106.12/cwt	104.00–109.50	1,394	4
Bulls	—	—	1,354	57.47/cwt	30.00–65.00	778	5
Bulls	—	—	1,447	78.39/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,134	5
Bulls	—	—	1,719	86.05/cwt	83.00–92.00	1,479	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	63	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	71.57/cwt	60.00–90.00	80	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,395	95.46/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,332	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,372	74.27/cwt	69.00–78.50	1,019	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	26	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	22.58/cwt	20.00–25.00	19	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	110.17/cwt	106.00–114.50	1,482	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,175	105.23/cwt	104.50–106.00	1,236	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	61.54/cwt	58.00–65.00	903	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	65.13/cwt	62.00–68.00	983	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	393	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	59.98/cwt	56.00–62.00	694	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	48.28/cwt	44.00–53.50	600	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,823	73.43/cwt	71.50–75.50	1,339	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	46.15/cwt	30.00–70.00	42	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	21.94/cwt	12.00–35.00	18	12
Bulls	Utility	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	75	11.67/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	Utility	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,464	67.22/cwt	66.00–68.50	984	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	70.25/cwt	55.00–90.00	64	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	17.50/cwt	15.00–20.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	37.03/cwt	20.00–55.00	34	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	172	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	211.56/cwt	205.00–220.00	216	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	204	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 259Last week 239Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 124Last week 108Year ago 0

Compared last week slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers

sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher.Holstein bull calves

sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	235.00	235.00
1	—	80	215.00	215.00
3	—	102	205.00–220.00	211.56
1	—	95	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	95.00	95.00
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
9	—	104	85.00–100.00	91.32
12	—	91	55.00–90.00	70.25
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	35.00–40.00	38.00
1	—	105	60.00	60.00
3	—	112	60.00–90.00	71.57
10	—	92	30.00–70.00	46.15
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	83	12.00–35.00	21.94
2	—	75	15.00–20.00	17.50
2	—	93	20.00–55.00	37.03
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	10.00	10.00
3	—	75	10.00–15.00	11.67
3	—	82	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	35.00	35.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
2	—	83	20.00–25.00	22.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	84.00–87.00	85.55
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	91.00–99.50	95.46
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,372	69.00–78.50	74.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,413	109.00–116.50	113.44
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,557	117.00–119.50	118.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	104.00–109.50	106.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	30.00–65.00	57.47
5	—	1,447	75.00–81.00	78.39
6	—	1,719	83.00–92.00	86.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	106.00–114.50	110.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	104.50–106.00	105.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	58.00–65.00	61.54
4	—	1,464	66.00–68.50	67.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,509	62.00–68.00	65.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	42.00	42.00
5	—	1,157	56.00–62.00	59.98
11	—	1,243	44.00–53.50	48.28
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	71.50–75.50	73.43

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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