Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

holsteins sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter

cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher

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

sold steady-5.00 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	—	Average	1,584	90.67	1,436	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,925	61.00	1,174	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,677	56.72	951	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,527	53.17	812	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,265	46.80	592	22
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	69.51	942	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,501	90.08	1,352	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,598	77.06	1,231	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,535	71.38	1,096	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,382	107.16	1,481	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,338	104.98	1,405	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,645	96.00	1,579	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,417	108.60	1,539	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	108.32	1,202	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	105.79	1,532	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,340	100.91	1,352	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	92	108.64/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	93	74.18/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	80	39.03/cwt	17
Heifers	Number 1	95	180.00/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	—	—	1,605	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,252	1
Bulls	—	—	1,573	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	111.89/cwt	107.00–117.00	126	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	107.90/cwt	102.00–112.00	110	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	71.96/cwt	65.00–90.00	60	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	94.66/cwt	80.00–107.00	88	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,110	108.32/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,202	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	69.51/cwt	68.00–71.00	942	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,598	77.06/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,231	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,501	90.08/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,352	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,535	71.38/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	104.98/cwt	104.50–106.00	1,405	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,382	107.16/cwt	105.50–110.00	1,481	15
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	64	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	105.79/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,532	20
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,417	108.60/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,539	7
Steers	Select	—	1,340	100.91/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,352	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	56.01/cwt	52.50–59.00	929	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	52.37/cwt	51.00–54.00	672	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	37.45/cwt	34.00–40.00	412	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	48.18/cwt	46.00–50.50	629	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,925	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,174	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,645	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	83	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	40.93/cwt	20.00–60.00	34	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	72	30.87/cwt	10.00–60.00	22	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,510	55.24/cwt	52.50–57.50	834	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,537	51.92/cwt	49.50–54.00	798	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,089	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	70	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	56.73/cwt	50.00–60.00	47	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	83.52/cwt	75.00–95.00	85	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	81.29/cwt	60.00–102.00	76	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	242	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	55	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	121	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	88	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	190	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	228	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	199	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 198Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 58Last week 66Year ago 0

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

holsteins sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter

cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher

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

sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	78.00	78.00
2	—	1,573	97.00	97.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	105.00–113.00	108.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,448	103.00–108.00	105.79
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,417	107.00–111.00	108.60
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	100.00–103.00	100.91
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	68.00–71.00	69.51
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	75.00–79.00	77.06
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,501	85.00–100.00	90.08
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,535	68.00–74.00	71.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,338	104.50–106.00	104.98
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,382	105.50–110.00	107.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	96.00	96.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,659	52.50–59.00	56.01
1	—	1,785	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	51.00–54.00	52.37
4	—	1,099	34.00–40.00	37.45
15	—	1,305	46.00–50.50	48.18
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	61.00	61.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	52.50–57.50	55.24
5	—	1,537	49.50–54.00	51.92

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	107.00–117.00	111.89
3	—	102	102.00–112.00	107.90
5	—	84	65.00–90.00	71.96
5	—	93	80.00–107.00	94.66
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	75.00	75.00
7	—	84	20.00–60.00	40.93
8	—	72	10.00–60.00	30.87
1	—	90	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	40.00	40.00
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
3	—	82	50.00–60.00	56.73
3	—	102	75.00–95.00	83.52
6	—	93	60.00–102.00	81.29
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	230.00	230.00
1	—	55	220.00	220.00
1	—	70	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	190.00	190.00
1	—	120	190.00	190.00
1	—	75	265.00	265.00

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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