Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,502	79.17	1,189	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,726	57.69	996	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,621	54.43	882	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,487	52.28	777	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,308	44.08	577	24
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,325	102.00	1,352	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,695	68.00	1,153	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	65.00	683	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,535	84.95	1,304	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,503	80.93	1,216	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,633	71.94	1,175	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,412	107.58	1,519	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,321	102.55	1,355	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,300	91.06	1,184	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,446	109.95	1,590	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	102.85	1,548	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,390	96.07	1,335	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	87.69/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	97	64.87/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	85	27.98/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	71	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	89	107.43/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	88	48.75/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1	—	102	96.26/cwt	75.00–105.00	98	10
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,050	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	683	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	102.55/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,355	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,695	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,153	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	75.00/cwt	60.00–90.00	83	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	80	45.00/cwt	30.00–60.00	36	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	63.70/cwt	50.00–90.00	60	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,412	107.58/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,519	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,505	102.85/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,548	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,503	80.93/cwt	78.00–84.50	1,216	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	25.69/cwt	10.00–40.00	21	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	33.33/cwt	20.00–50.00	30	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	157	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	93	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	70.39/cwt	50.00–95.00	72	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	162	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	190	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	135	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	82.33/cwt	65.00–100.00	77	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	51.67/cwt	40.00–70.00	44	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	95.33/cwt	80.00–110.00	108	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,325	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,352	1
Steers	Select	—	1,390	96.07/cwt	87.00–102.00	1,335	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,633	71.94/cwt	68.00–76.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,300	91.06/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,184	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,446	109.95/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,590	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,535	84.95/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,304	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	30.96/cwt	20.00–36.00	359	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,401	51.48/cwt	48.50–56.00	721	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,304	44.13/cwt	40.00–47.00	575	13
Bulls	—	—	1,209	60.37/cwt	50.00–69.00	730	5
Bulls	—	—	1,601	91.45/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,464	9
Bulls	—	—	1,618	75.88/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,228	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,562	60.17/cwt	58.00–64.00	940	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,808	56.45/cwt	54.00–57.50	1,021	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	58.21/cwt	57.00–60.50	987	4
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	2
Bulls	Utility	—	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	53.54/cwt	50.00–55.50	858	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,738	55.91/cwt	54.50–56.50	972	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	51.07/cwt	48.50–54.50	717	9
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	24.86/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	2

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 258Last week 315Year ago 303

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 90Last week 131Year ago 121

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

Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower. All prices cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	102	75.00–105.00	96.26
7	—	94	65.00–100.00	82.33
3	—	85	40.00–70.00	51.67
2	—	113	80.00–110.00	95.33
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	60.00–90.00	75.00
2	—	80	30.00–60.00	45.00
7	—	94	50.00–90.00	63.70
5	—	102	50.00–95.00	70.39
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	83	10.00–40.00	25.69
3	—	90	20.00–50.00	33.33
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	70	5.00–15.00	10.00
1	—	80	5.00	5.00
1	—	65	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	10.00	10.00
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	200.00	200.00
1	—	75	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	20.00–30.00	24.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	65.00	65.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	68.00	68.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,321	100.00–104.00	102.55
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,412	105.00–109.00	107.58
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,300	88.00–95.00	91.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,505	99.00–105.50	102.85
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,390	87.00–102.00	96.07
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,446	108.00–112.50	109.95
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,503	78.00–84.50	80.93
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	68.00–76.00	71.94
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	84.00–86.00	84.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,159	20.00–36.00	30.96
7	—	1,401	48.50–56.00	51.48
13	—	1,304	40.00–47.00	44.13
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	58.00–64.00	60.17
6	—	1,808	54.00–57.50	56.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,695	57.00–60.50	58.21
17	—	1,603	50.00–55.50	53.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,738	54.50–56.50	55.91
9	—	1,403	48.50–54.50	51.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	50.00–69.00	60.37
9	—	1,601	85.00–98.00	91.45
5	—	1,618	70.00–86.00	75.88

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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