Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2020-06-23

Middleburg

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Jun 23
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
6 vs last sale 264 67 vs year ago 203 · +33.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
89 head
18 vs last sale 107 46 vs year ago 135 · 34.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter

cows sold mostly steady. 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,53490.701,39216
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,57875.811,1962thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52770.451,07516
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37168.8494419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24959.7274626
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,32574.009811thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,82068.001,2381thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,47088.411,3005thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,50481.641,22815
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,43677.381,1114thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,396108.251,5117thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,194102.291,2219thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,23591.821,1345thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,480109.311,61810
SteersChoiceAverage1,482105.551,56415
SteersSelectAverage1,34999.281,33911

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198125.44/cwt25
BullsNumber 29387.73/cwt21
BullsNumber 39442.01/cwt17
BullsUtility7010.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 191131.67/cwt6
HeifersNumber 28322.50/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

47 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsUtility6510.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
Bulls1,628102.48/cwt93.00–110.001,6686
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross83181.82/cwt120.00–240.001512
BullsNumber 310443.22/cwt20.00–75.00455
Bulls1,71991.53/cwt88.00–96.501,5735
BullsNumber 1103130.26/cwt115.00–135.001346
BullsNumber 29489.26/cwt60.00–130.00849
BullsNumber 39247.61/cwt20.00–80.00445
Bulls1,23775.74/cwt66.00–82.009375
BullsNumber 194120.01/cwt100.00–132.001136
BullsNumber 28361.55/cwt50.00–85.00516
BullsNumber 38541.67/cwt35.00–50.00353
BullsNumber 18486.13/cwt75.00–120.00725
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83235.00/cwt235.00–235.001952
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100170.00/cwt170.00–170.001701
HeifersSelect1,23591.82/cwt84.00–101.001,1345
HeifersNumber 110550.00/cwt50.00–50.00531
HeifersChoice and Prime1,396108.25/cwt106.00–112.001,5117
HeifersNumber 19555.00/cwt55.00–55.00521
HeifersNumber 27510.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
HeifersChoice1,194102.29/cwt98.00–105.001,2219
HeifersNumber 18045.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
HeifersNumber 210030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
Dairy HeifersChoice1,32574.00/cwt74.00–74.009811
Dairy HeifersSelect1,82068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2381
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,47088.41/cwt85.50–95.001,3005
Dairy SteersChoice1,50481.64/cwt78.00–86.001,22815
Dairy SteersSelect1,43677.38/cwt73.00–80.001,1114
CowsLean 85-90%1,21456.89/cwt51.00–60.5069113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39373.01/cwt70.00–78.001,0177
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,57875.81/cwt75.00–76.501,1962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35866.41/cwt61.00–69.5090212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69874.68/cwt74.00–75.501,2682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50269.84/cwt67.00–71.501,04914
CowsLean 85-90%1,10041.88/cwt40.00–44.004612
CowsLean 85-90%1,31866.32/cwt62.50–73.0087411
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross115170.00/cwt140.00–200.001962
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 37530.00/cwt15.00–45.00232
BullsNumber 2110130.00/cwt130.00–130.001431
BullsNumber 1110125.00/cwt105.00–135.001384
BullsNumber 311037.50/cwt15.00–60.00412
BullsNumber 2101107.92/cwt80.00–130.001095
SteersChoice and Prime1,480109.31/cwt108.00–113.001,61810
SteersSelect1,34999.28/cwt94.00–104.001,33911
SteersChoice1,482105.55/cwt103.00–109.501,56415
HeifersNumber 28040.00/cwt40.00–40.00321

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.