Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter

cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold steady-5.00 higher. 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	—	High	1,496	77.07	1,153	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	61.05	980	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,381	55.79	770	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	48.89	570	26
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,445	79.41	1,147	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,345	72.80	979	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,270	65.55	832	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,425	107.26	1,528	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,416	102.02	1,445	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,535	94.92	1,457	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,496	110.10	1,647	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	101.21	1,475	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,198	85.81	1,028	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	91	107.48/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	89	73.59/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	81	50.10/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	77	7.52/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	88	148.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	68	17.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	92	88.66/cwt	75.00–102.00	82	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	81	79.38/cwt	70.00–85.00	64	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	97.86/cwt	92.00–102.00	100	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	97.33/cwt	92.00–100.00	107	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,270	65.55/cwt	60.00–70.00	832	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,445	79.41/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,147	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,345	72.80/cwt	71.00–76.00	979	4
Steers	Select	—	1,198	85.81/cwt	80.00–93.00	1,028	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,496	110.10/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,647	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	101.21/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,475	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,535	94.92/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,425	107.26/cwt	104.50–108.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,416	102.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,445	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	47.72/cwt	45.00–52.00	558	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	57.61/cwt	54.00–61.50	732	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	41.35/cwt	40.00–42.00	400	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	61.05/cwt	57.50–65.00	980	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	55.79/cwt	52.00–61.00	770	6
Bulls	—	—	1,674	84.44/cwt	80.50–88.50	1,414	4
Bulls	—	—	1,449	73.21/cwt	65.00–78.00	1,061	4
Bulls	—	—	970	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	611	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	179	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	200	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	195.00/cwt	185.00–205.00	146	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	93	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	64.66/cwt	50.00–80.00	54	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	82.62/cwt	70.00–95.00	77	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	65	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	58.73/cwt	30.00–75.00	49	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	76.27/cwt	65.00–90.00	72	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	33.80/cwt	10.00–55.00	25	7
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	72	8.37/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	68	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	166	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	162	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	65	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	13	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1

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 150Last week 121Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 79Last week 61Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter

holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter

cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold steady-5.00 higher. 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
9	—	92	75.00–102.00	88.66
8	—	81	70.00–85.00	79.38
5	—	102	92.00–102.00	97.86
3	—	110	92.00–100.00	97.33
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	210.00	210.00
1	—	90	210.00	210.00
1	—	100	200.00	200.00
2	—	75	185.00–205.00	195.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	40.00	40.00
2	—	103	90.00	90.00
8	—	83	50.00–80.00	64.66
8	—	93	70.00–95.00	82.62
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	25.00	25.00
4	—	84	30.00–75.00	58.73
4	—	94	65.00–90.00	76.27
7	—	74	10.00–55.00	33.80
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	85	5.00	5.00
1	—	95	10.00	10.00
3	—	72	5.00–10.00	8.37
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	195.00	195.00
1	—	95	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	20.00	20.00
1	—	70	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	60.00–70.00	65.55
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	78.00–81.00	79.41
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	71.00–76.00	72.80
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,198	80.00–93.00	85.81
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,496	107.00–115.00	110.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,457	95.00–106.00	101.21
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	92.00–98.00	94.92
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,425	104.50–108.00	107.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,416	100.00–107.00	102.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,170	45.00–52.00	47.72
5	—	1,270	54.00–61.50	57.61
3	—	967	40.00–42.00	41.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,606	57.50–65.00	61.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,381	52.00–61.00	55.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,674	80.50–88.50	84.44
4	—	1,449	65.00–78.00	73.21
1	—	970	63.00	63.00

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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