Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

All prices 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	—	Low	1,637	86.05	1,409	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,582	64.26	1,017	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,616	58.90	951	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,452	58.60	851	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,120	47.83	536	24
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,175	65.39	768	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,297	64.60	838	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,531	90.00	1,378	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,347	83.46	1,124	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,384	71.26	986	4thin
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,145	49.00	561	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,443	107.17	1,546	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,325	102.76	1,362	16
Heifers	Select	Average	1,301	91.70	1,193	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,511	111.43	1,684	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	107.08	1,551	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,380	97.63	1,347	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	101.22/cwt	39
Bulls	Number 2	102	76.43/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	85	10.30/cwt	191
Bulls	Utility	83	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	94	56.88/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	83	10.00/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	149	1
Steers	Select	—	1,380	97.63/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,347	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,384	71.26/cwt	64.00–78.00	986	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,301	91.70/cwt	80.00–99.00	1,193	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	72.62/cwt	60.00–85.00	74	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	47.50/cwt	45.00–50.00	45	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	18.75/cwt	10.00–25.00	17	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	49.06/cwt	40.00–60.00	41	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	185	2
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	95.46/cwt	65.00–102.00	97	16
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	95.00/cwt	85.00–105.00	108	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	200.00/cwt	175.00–225.00	160	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	99	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	126	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	10.03/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	188
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	64.75/cwt	63.50–66.50	929	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,443	107.17/cwt	105.00–110.50	1,546	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,531	90.00/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,378	4
Bulls	—	—	1,160	59.81/cwt	51.00–69.00	694	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	37.15/cwt	30.00–45.00	404	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	662	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	58.31/cwt	54.00–62.00	857	12
Bulls	—	—	1,588	86.02/cwt	78.50–89.00	1,366	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,175	65.39/cwt	63.00–68.00	768	2
Bulls	—	—	1,862	94.83/cwt	89.00–103.00	1,766	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	59.14/cwt	57.00–61.50	729	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,753	63.50/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,113	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,511	111.43/cwt	109.50–113.00	1,684	20
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,145	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	561	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,297	64.60/cwt	55.00–76.00	838	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	50.10/cwt	44.00–55.00	553	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,582	64.26/cwt	62.50–68.00	1,017	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	57.64/cwt	53.50–60.50	910	11
Heifers	Number 1	—	115	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	219	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	189	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	107.08/cwt	103.00–110.50	1,551	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	102.76/cwt	98.00–105.50	1,362	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,347	83.46/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,124	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	79.20/cwt	60.00–95.00	74	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	193	1

How this sale compares

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 470Last week 337Year ago 346

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 143Last week 106Year ago 121

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

All prices cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	175.00	175.00
1	—	110	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	10.00	10.00
4	—	90	10.00–25.00	18.75
1	—	115	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
2	—	83	10.00	10.00
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	102	60.00–85.00	72.62
2	—	95	45.00–50.00	47.50
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
1	—	110	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	84	40.00–60.00	49.06
16	—	102	65.00–102.00	95.46
6	—	114	85.00–105.00	95.00
5	—	94	60.00–95.00	79.20
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
188	—	85	10.00–15.00	10.03
1	—	115	17.00	17.00
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	195.00	195.00
2	—	80	175.00–225.00	200.00
1	—	115	190.00	190.00
1	—	105	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	95	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,380	94.00–100.00	97.63
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,511	109.50–113.00	111.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,448	103.00–110.50	107.08
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,384	64.00–78.00	71.26
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,531	88.00–91.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	49.00	49.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	81.00–85.50	83.46
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,301	80.00–99.00	91.70
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,443	105.00–110.50	107.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,325	98.00–105.50	102.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,434	63.50–66.50	64.75
2	—	1,380	48.00	48.00
12	—	1,470	54.00–62.00	58.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,087	30.00–45.00	37.15
4	—	1,233	57.00–61.50	59.14
13	—	1,103	44.00–55.00	50.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,753	63.00–64.00	63.50
11	—	1,578	53.50–60.50	57.64
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,582	62.50–68.00	64.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	51.00–69.00	59.81
8	—	1,588	78.50–89.00	86.02
6	—	1,862	89.00–103.00	94.83
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	63.00–68.00	65.39
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	55.00–76.00	64.60

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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