Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week slaughter steers sold 8.00-10.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

8.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

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	1,506	73.28	1,103	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,621	53.02	859	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,515	50.95	772	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,374	45.90	631	21
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,480	80.00	1,184	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,459	74.36	1,085	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,489	62.74	934	13
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,232	100.96	1,244	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,194	93.25	1,113	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,134	79.03	896	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,417	103.83	1,471	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,334	98.67	1,316	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,446	76.82	1,111	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	89	85.97/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	86	48.29/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	82	19.99/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	76	7.48/cwt	12
Heifers	Number 1	91	81.14/cwt	9

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,065	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	660	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,423	1
Bulls	—	—	1,548	73.79/cwt	65.00–75.50	1,142	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,488	54.48/cwt	54.00–55.00	811	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,519	50.44/cwt	45.00–54.00	766	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	56.87/cwt	56.00–58.00	958	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	52.38/cwt	47.50–55.00	843	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	38.04/cwt	37.00–39.00	415	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,529	51.77/cwt	51.00–52.50	792	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,390	45.91/cwt	40.00–50.00	638	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,194	93.25/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,113	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,232	100.96/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,244	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,134	79.03/cwt	75.00–85.00	896	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,334	98.67/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,316	7
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,417	103.83/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,471	5
Steers	Select	—	1,446	76.82/cwt	60.00–85.00	1,111	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,459	74.36/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,085	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,480	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,184	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,489	62.74/cwt	53.50–68.00	934	13
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	88.63/cwt	80.00–100.00	81	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	92.50/cwt	80.00–100.00	93	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	65.88/cwt	30.00–90.00	55	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	179	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	70	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	25	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	75	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	66.27/cwt	32.00–85.00	62	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	34.82/cwt	20.00–60.00	29	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	65	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	21.19/cwt	10.00–30.00	16	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	19.18/cwt	10.00–30.00	16	6
Bulls	Utility	—	95	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Utility	—	83	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	2
Bulls	Utility	—	71	7.47/cwt	5.00–15.00	5	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	95	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	16.40/cwt	10.00–30.00	14	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	124	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	150	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	130	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	130	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	83.03/cwt	20.00–150.00	69	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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 214Last week 253Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 83Last week 100Year ago 0

Compared last week slaughter steers sold 8.00-10.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

8.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	62.00	62.00
1	—	1,735	82.00	82.00
5	—	1,548	65.00–75.50	73.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	54.00–55.00	54.48
14	—	1,519	45.00–54.00	50.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	56.00–58.00	56.87
12	—	1,610	47.50–55.00	52.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	37.00–39.00	38.04
4	—	1,529	51.00–52.50	51.77
14	—	1,390	40.00–50.00	45.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	87.00–98.00	93.25
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,232	100.00–102.00	100.96
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,134	75.00–85.00	79.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,334	97.00–101.00	98.67
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,417	100.00–106.00	103.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,446	60.00–85.00	76.82
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	71.00–77.00	74.36
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,489	53.50–68.00	62.74

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	91	80.00–100.00	88.63
4	—	100	80.00–100.00	92.50
8	—	84	30.00–90.00	65.88
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	35.00	35.00
1	—	100	75.00	75.00
3	—	93	32.00–85.00	66.27
5	—	83	20.00–60.00	34.82
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	20.00	20.00
1	—	105	30.00	30.00
2	—	93	15.00	15.00
4	—	74	10.00–30.00	21.19
6	—	82	10.00–30.00	19.18
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	5.00	5.00
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
2	—	65	5.00–10.00	7.50
2	—	83	5.00	5.00
6	—	71	5.00–15.00	7.47
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	100.00	100.00
3	—	83	10.00–30.00	16.40
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	165.00	165.00
1	—	100	150.00	150.00
1	—	130	100.00	100.00
2	—	83	20.00–150.00	83.03

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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