Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. 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	1,405	80.91	1,137	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	60.12	917	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,389	58.04	806	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,218	50.43	614	29
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,445	76.11	1,100	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,402	87.83	1,231	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	82.12	1,186	12
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,386	72.84	1,010	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,253	107.51	1,347	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,424	102.10	1,454	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,438	90.76	1,305	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,423	109.27	1,555	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	105.69	1,503	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,424	100.29	1,428	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	98.16/cwt	38
Bulls	Number 2	92	76.37/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	81	34.06/cwt	21
Bulls	Utility	75	8.39/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	91	112.00/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	75	20.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

54 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	Number 1Brown Swiss	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 1Brown Swiss	—	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	162	1
Bulls	—	—	1,641	92.06/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,253	107.51/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,347	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,444	82.12/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,186	12
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,700	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,624	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,402	87.83/cwt	86.00–90.50	1,231	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,423	109.27/cwt	107.50–113.00	1,555	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,445	76.11/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,100	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,386	72.84/cwt	66.00–77.00	1,010	14
Steers	Select	—	1,424	100.29/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,428	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,438	90.76/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,305	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	105.69/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,503	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,389	102.93/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,430	8
Bulls	—	—	1,093	68.06/cwt	32.00–79.00	744	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	52.38/cwt	49.00–54.50	721	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	43.88/cwt	34.00–46.00	509	9
Bulls	—	—	1,923	98.32/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,891	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,294	58.83/cwt	57.00–61.50	761	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	65.50/cwt	63.00–72.00	988	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	33.17/cwt	15.00–50.00	27	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	30.05/cwt	15.00–40.00	22	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	42.50/cwt	30.00–55.00	38	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	55	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	47	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	46.67/cwt	35.00–60.00	42	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	215	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	60.12/cwt	50.00–75.00	51	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	204	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	173	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	75	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	7.59/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Utility	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	75.73/cwt	50.00–110.00	69	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	62.80/cwt	45.00–95.00	53	7
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	85	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	51	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	125	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	238	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	202.97/cwt	185.00–220.00	189	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	99.07/cwt	75.00–115.00	101	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	130	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	111	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	41	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	100.04/cwt	70.00–120.00	93	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	113.47/cwt	107.00–120.00	117	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	111.08/cwt	100.00–120.00	123	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	58.33/cwt	56.00–63.00	892	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,217	50.45/cwt	46.50–56.50	614	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	59.58/cwt	56.00–64.00	829	11

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 287Last week 239Year ago 213

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 134Last week 152Year ago 151

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

Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Return to Farm Calves: Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	82	15.00–50.00	33.17
7	—	74	15.00–40.00	30.05
2	—	90	30.00–55.00	42.50
1	—	100	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
1	—	85	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	215.00	215.00
2	—	93	185.00–220.00	202.97
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	84	50.00–75.00	60.12
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
1	—	75	50.00	50.00
11	—	93	70.00–120.00	100.04
8	—	103	107.00–120.00	113.47
5	—	111	100.00–120.00	111.08
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	5.00–10.00	7.59
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	91	50.00–110.00	75.73
7	—	84	45.00–95.00	62.80
5	—	102	75.00–115.00	99.07
1	—	130	85.00	85.00
1	—	75	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	180.00	180.00
1	—	85	240.00	240.00
1	—	75	230.00	230.00
1	—	125	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	25.00	25.00
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	35.00–60.00	46.67
1	—	75	40.00	40.00
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,641	88.00–95.00	92.06
11	—	1,093	32.00–79.00	68.06
3	—	1,923	98.00–99.00	98.32
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	107.00–108.00	107.51
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	95.50	95.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,438	89.00–95.00	90.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,389	100.00–106.00	102.93
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,444	77.00–86.00	82.12
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,402	86.00–90.50	87.83
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,386	66.00–77.00	72.84
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,423	107.50–113.00	109.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,424	97.00–104.00	100.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,422	102.00–108.00	105.69
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	72.00–80.00	76.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,377	49.00–54.50	52.38
11	—	1,392	56.00–64.00	59.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,159	34.00–46.00	43.88
7	—	1,294	57.00–61.50	58.83
13	—	1,217	46.50–56.50	50.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,508	63.00–72.00	65.50
9	—	1,530	56.00–63.00	58.33

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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