Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold 5.00-10.00 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	—	Average	1,112	66.23	737	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,671	53.52	894	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,527	49.47	755	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,273	43.36	552	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,470	68.96	1,014	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,441	72.88	1,050	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	68.00	1,029	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,573	59.92	943	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,268	103.90	1,317	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,214	95.74	1,162	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,117	77.96	871	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,378	105.64	1,456	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,382	102.26	1,413	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,405	94.10	1,322	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	121.01/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	95	87.91/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	90	51.42/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	65	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	84	114.92/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,335	71.01/cwt	69.00–73.00	948	2
Bulls	—	—	1,038	64.63/cwt	61.00–66.00	671	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	107.21/cwt	95.00–115.00	110	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	68.88/cwt	60.00–90.00	58	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	116	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	96.93/cwt	82.00–110.00	88	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,513	68.00/cwt	66.00–71.00	1,029	13
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,441	72.88/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,050	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,573	59.92/cwt	58.00–62.00	943	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,268	103.90/cwt	102.00–105.50	1,317	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,117	77.96/cwt	74.50–81.00	871	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,382	102.26/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,413	27
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,378	105.64/cwt	103.50–110.00	1,456	17
Steers	Select	—	1,405	94.10/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,322	9
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,470	68.96/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,014	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	36.08/cwt	35.00–37.00	378	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,301	44.27/cwt	40.00–48.50	576	16
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	36	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	52.27/cwt	45.00–60.00	43	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,214	95.74/cwt	88.00–101.00	1,162	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	52.42/cwt	15.00–80.00	49	5
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,612	53.36/cwt	52.50–54.00	860	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	48.57/cwt	46.00–51.00	732	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,843	56.32/cwt	55.00–57.50	1,038	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	52.82/cwt	50.50–54.00	860	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	116.45/cwt	112.00–122.00	120	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	88.64/cwt	65.00–95.00	74	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	117	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	86	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	45.34/cwt	35.00–55.00	33	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	55.00/cwt	30.00–80.00	55	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	235	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	133	189.81/cwt	180.00–200.00	252	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	65	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	111	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	168	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	257.50/cwt	255.00–260.00	193	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 162Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 66Last week 75Year ago 0

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold 5.00-10.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	69.00–73.00	71.01
6	—	1,038	61.00–66.00	64.63
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,513	66.00–71.00	68.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	72.00–75.00	72.88
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	58.00–62.00	59.92
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	102.00–105.50	103.90
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,117	74.50–81.00	77.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,214	88.00–101.00	95.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,382	97.00–106.00	102.26
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,378	103.50–110.00	105.64
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,405	86.00–99.00	94.10
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	68.00–70.00	68.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	35.00–37.00	36.08
16	—	1,301	40.00–48.50	44.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	52.50–54.00	53.36
13	—	1,507	46.00–51.00	48.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,843	55.00–57.50	56.32
8	—	1,628	50.50–54.00	52.82

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	95.00–115.00	107.21
4	—	84	60.00–90.00	68.88
1	—	115	102.00	102.00
2	—	95	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	105.00	105.00
4	—	91	82.00–110.00	96.93
4	—	103	112.00–122.00	116.45
8	—	83	65.00–95.00	88.64
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	93	15.00–80.00	52.42
2	—	73	35.00–55.00	45.34
2	—	100	30.00–80.00	55.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	235.00	235.00
2	—	133	180.00–200.00	189.81
1	—	65	170.00	170.00
1	—	80	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	40.00	40.00
1	—	100	30.00	30.00
2	—	83	45.00–60.00	52.27
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	255.00–260.00	257.50

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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