Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

holsteins sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter

cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold 15.00-20.00 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	—	Low	1,576	75.75	1,194	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,085	70.00	760	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,591	56.82	904	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,407	54.18	762	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,344	43.35	582	29
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,580	67.00	1,059	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,263	80.76	1,020	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	75.91	1,098	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,493	68.12	1,017	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,238	106.49	1,318	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	98.17	1,307	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,443	108.17	1,561	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,394	104.21	1,453	17

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	124.22/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	91	82.17/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 3	74	43.72/cwt	15
Bulls	Utility	70	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	85	207.50/cwt	4

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	—	—	1,658	58.23/cwt	48.50–73.00	965	3
Bulls	—	—	1,660	90.01/cwt	88.50–92.00	1,494	3
Bulls	—	—	1,513	76.98/cwt	72.00–84.50	1,165	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	54.18/cwt	51.00–58.00	762	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,845	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	867	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	61.19/cwt	60.00–62.50	973	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	56.97/cwt	55.00–58.50	886	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,418	53.28/cwt	50.00–55.00	756	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	37.39/cwt	32.00–42.00	474	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,382	45.19/cwt	42.00–49.50	625	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,085	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	760	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	98.17/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,307	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,238	106.49/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,318	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	104.21/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,453	17
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,443	108.17/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,561	8
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,580	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,059	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,447	75.91/cwt	72.50–80.00	1,098	14
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,263	80.76/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,020	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,493	68.12/cwt	66.00–71.00	1,017	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	75	87.50/cwt	80.00–95.00	66	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	101.57/cwt	95.00–110.00	114	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	102.98/cwt	95.00–110.00	87	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	102.59/cwt	95.00–110.00	95	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	128	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	341.71/cwt	310.00–375.00	352	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	90.51/cwt	80.00–97.00	101	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	92.50/cwt	80.00–110.00	69	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	73.78/cwt	70.00–75.00	76	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	80.47/cwt	60.00–100.00	67	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	80.41/cwt	70.00–100.00	74	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	50	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	53.33/cwt	30.00–90.00	43	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	63	43.80/cwt	30.00–60.00	28	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	35.11/cwt	15.00–45.00	26	6
Bulls	Utility	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	36	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	206	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	196	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	257	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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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 162Last week 150Year ago 201

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 75Last week 79Year ago 76

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

holsteins sold mostly 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter

cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold 15.00-20.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,658	48.50–73.00	58.23
3	—	1,660	88.50–92.00	90.01
8	—	1,513	72.00–84.50	76.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,407	51.00–58.00	54.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	47.00	47.00
2	—	1,590	60.00–62.50	61.19
7	—	1,555	55.00–58.50	56.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	50.00–55.00	53.28
11	—	1,268	32.00–42.00	37.39
14	—	1,382	42.00–49.50	45.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,331	92.00–103.00	98.17
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,238	105.00–107.00	106.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,394	100.00–106.00	104.21
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,443	106.00–110.00	108.17
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	67.00	67.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,447	72.50–80.00	75.91
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,263	78.00–84.00	80.76
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,493	66.00–71.00	68.12

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	70.00	70.00
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
2	—	75	80.00–95.00	87.50
3	—	112	95.00–110.00	101.57
5	—	84	95.00–110.00	102.98
6	—	93	95.00–110.00	102.59
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	160.00	160.00
2	—	103	310.00–375.00	341.71
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	80.00–97.00	90.51
4	—	75	80.00–110.00	92.50
4	—	103	70.00–75.00	73.78
9	—	83	60.00–100.00	80.47
10	—	92	70.00–100.00	80.41
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	50.00–60.00	55.00
3	—	80	30.00–90.00	53.33
4	—	63	30.00–60.00	43.80
6	—	73	15.00–45.00	35.11
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	275.00	275.00
1	—	80	245.00	245.00
1	—	95	270.00	270.00

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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