Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter

cows sold 4.00-8.00 higher.

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

sold steady. 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	1,621	85.57	1,387	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,890	70.00	1,323	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	66.11	1,000	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,463	65.64	960	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,220	54.09	660	31
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,705	72.50	1,236	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,500	90.03	1,350	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	80.50	1,199	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,461	71.99	1,052	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,347	110.87	1,493	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,374	104.98	1,442	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,260	94.48	1,190	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,406	111.65	1,570	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	106.81	1,533	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,368	99.83	1,366	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	89	117.31/cwt	35
Bulls	Number 2	85	85.21/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	84	55.73/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	75	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	73	126.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	70	30.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	64.42/cwt	61.00–67.00	937	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	69.49/cwt	68.50–70.00	1,131	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,476	63.33/cwt	59.50–65.00	935	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,347	110.87/cwt	107.50–113.00	1,493	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,374	104.98/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,442	6
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	21	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,890	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,323	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,490	80.50/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,199	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,705	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,236	1
Steers	Select	—	1,368	99.83/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,366	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,406	111.65/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,570	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	106.81/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,533	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,260	94.48/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,190	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,461	71.99/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,052	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,500	90.03/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,350	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	75	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	71	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	81.57/cwt	50.00–90.00	60	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	80	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	80.94/cwt	73.50–89.00	1,283	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	97.16/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	187.50/cwt	170.00–205.00	131	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	65	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	210	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	162	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	65	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	137	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	185.00/cwt	150.00–220.00	139	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	220	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	85.03/cwt	65.00–105.00	79	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	90.00/cwt	85.00–95.00	75	6
Bulls	Utility	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	96.28/cwt	70.00–115.00	89	13
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	95.36/cwt	80.00–100.00	79	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	103.90/cwt	100.00–112.00	108	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	68.21/cwt	65.00–71.00	988	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	73.00/cwt	55.00–90.00	67	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	67.50/cwt	45.00–90.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	65	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	44.77/cwt	20.00–55.00	37	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,231	52.07/cwt	47.00–56.00	641	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	61.11/cwt	57.00–67.00	767	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	42.85/cwt	40.00–47.00	462	4

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 248Last week 199Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 90Last week 58Year ago 0

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

holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter

cows sold 4.00-8.00 higher.

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

sold steady. All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,455	61.00–67.00	64.42
8	—	1,627	68.50–70.00	69.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,476	59.50–65.00	63.33
9	—	1,448	65.00–71.00	68.21
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,890	70.00	70.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,231	47.00–56.00	52.07
11	—	1,255	57.00–67.00	61.11
4	—	1,078	40.00–47.00	42.85
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,347	107.50–113.00	110.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,374	100.00–107.50	104.98
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	93.00–96.00	94.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,490	77.00–84.00	80.50
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,461	67.00–76.00	71.99
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,500	86.00–98.00	90.03
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	72.50	72.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,368	97.00–105.00	99.83
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,406	109.00–115.00	111.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,435	105.00–109.00	106.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,585	73.50–89.00	80.94
2	—	1,710	94.00–101.00	97.16

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	50.00	50.00
1	—	75	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	70	170.00–205.00	187.50
1	—	65	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	95.00	95.00
13	—	92	70.00–115.00	96.28
10	—	83	80.00–100.00	95.36
4	—	104	100.00–112.00	103.90
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	10.00	10.00
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	74	50.00–90.00	81.57
1	—	100	80.00	80.00
9	—	93	65.00–105.00	85.03
6	—	83	85.00–95.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	210.00	210.00
1	—	90	210.00	210.00
1	—	85	190.00	190.00
1	—	65	210.00	210.00
2	—	75	150.00–220.00	185.00
1	—	110	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	55.00–90.00	73.00
2	—	75	45.00–90.00	67.50
1	—	100	30.00	30.00
1	—	65	50.00	50.00
4	—	83	20.00–55.00	44.77

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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