Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to lower cattle numbers. Cattle supplies included 29 steers and heifers, 39 cows, 8 bulls and 45 feeder cattle. 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	1,346	74.32	1,000	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	58.81	949	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,521	58.12	884	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,314	48.68	639	19
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,405	77.35	1,087	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,384	76.33	1,056	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,353	65.01	880	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,195	102.00	1,219	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,163	93.31	1,085	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,145	57.00	653	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,361	99.17	1,350	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,591	81.81	1,302	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	95.58/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	93	79.35/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	91	58.72/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	72	6.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	75	116.67/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1	—	104	91.71/cwt	90.00–95.00	95	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	86.24/cwt	70.00–97.00	81	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	179	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	133	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	119	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	55	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	110	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,195	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,219	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	56.35/cwt	52.00–60.00	829	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	58.81/cwt	54.00–62.00	949	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	36.75/cwt	27.00–44.00	453	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,352	57.38/cwt	55.00–59.00	776	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,335	49.61/cwt	46.00–54.00	662	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	78.05/cwt	75.00–80.00	64	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	88	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	78.68/cwt	65.00–90.00	72	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	50.00/cwt	20.00–80.00	40	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	63.39/cwt	60.00–70.00	65	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,145	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	653	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	99.17/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,350	8
Steers	Select	—	1,591	81.81/cwt	78.00–91.00	1,302	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,700	64.63/cwt	62.00–66.00	1,099	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	55.16/cwt	30.00–80.00	50	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	92.56/cwt	90.00–95.00	105	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	77.61/cwt	70.00–85.00	65	4
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	—	1,165	61.94/cwt	55.00–69.00	722	2
Bulls	—	—	1,406	78.45/cwt	75.00–84.50	1,103	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	60	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	67.50/cwt	60.00–75.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	83.31/cwt	75.00–92.00	94	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,384	76.33/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,056	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,405	77.35/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,087	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,353	65.01/cwt	61.00–68.00	880	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,163	93.31/cwt	82.00–102.00	1,085	2

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 214Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 61Last week 83Year ago 0

No trend available due to lower cattle numbers. Cattle supplies included 29 steers and heifers, 39 cows, 8 bulls and 45 feeder cattle. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	90.00–95.00	91.71
7	—	94	70.00–97.00	86.24
2	—	113	90.00–95.00	92.56
4	—	84	70.00–85.00	77.61
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	210.00	210.00
1	—	95	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	82	75.00–80.00	78.05
5	—	103	85.00	85.00
9	—	92	65.00–90.00	78.68
2	—	75	60.00–75.00	67.50
2	—	113	75.00–92.00	83.31
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	20.00–80.00	50.00
3	—	103	60.00–70.00	63.39
5	—	91	30.00–80.00	55.16
1	—	75	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	140.00	140.00
1	—	55	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	57.00	57.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,163	82.00–102.00	93.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,472	52.00–60.00	56.35
3	—	1,700	62.00–66.00	64.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,613	54.00–62.00	58.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,233	27.00–44.00	36.75
6	—	1,352	55.00–59.00	57.38
8	—	1,335	46.00–54.00	49.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,361	92.00–104.00	99.17
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,591	78.00–91.00	81.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	55.00–69.00	61.94
6	—	1,406	75.00–84.50	78.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,384	74.00–79.00	76.33
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	75.00–81.00	77.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,353	61.00–68.00	65.01

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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