Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All price 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	—	High	1,574	87.47	1,376	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,625	72.01	1,170	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,701	65.67	1,117	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,473	65.27	961	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,298	52.06	676	29
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,316	78.60	1,034	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,606	96.46	1,549	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,542	87.00	1,342	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,293	72.62	939	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,436	114.20	1,640	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,305	106.59	1,391	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,355	100.97	1,368	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,506	116.33	1,752	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,494	111.69	1,669	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,467	105.90	1,554	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	114.36/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	100	82.50/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	87	34.83/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	69	7.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	81	33.86/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	115.73/cwt	90.00–125.00	119	10
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	10.52/cwt	10.00–12.00	9	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	99.39/cwt	80.00–120.00	82	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	37.40/cwt	14.00–45.00	426	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	64.90/cwt	61.50–67.00	1,016	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,696	69.09/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,172	7
Bulls	—	—	1,719	97.07/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,669	4
Bulls	Utility	—	63	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,625	72.01/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,170	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,506	116.33/cwt	113.50–118.50	1,752	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	61.98/cwt	57.00–64.50	856	7
Steers	Select	—	1,467	105.90/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,554	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	106.59/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,391	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,306	52.99/cwt	47.00–58.00	692	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,407	61.49/cwt	58.00–64.00	865	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,355	100.97/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,436	114.20/cwt	109.00–117.50	1,640	8
Bulls	—	—	1,557	86.02/cwt	77.50–90.00	1,339	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,553	68.15/cwt	65.50–71.50	1,058	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,260	56.82/cwt	53.00–61.00	1,284	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,316	78.60/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,034	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,542	87.00/cwt	83.00–92.00	1,342	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	98.43/cwt	85.00–105.00	110	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	43	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,606	96.46/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,549	8
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,293	72.62/cwt	68.00–78.00	939	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	112.89/cwt	95.00–125.00	129	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	102.96/cwt	75.00–125.00	96	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	113	2
Bulls	—	—	1,175	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	764	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,494	111.69/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,669	17
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	20.00/cwt	10.00–30.00	15	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	27.17/cwt	20.00–35.00	22	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	44.51/cwt	10.00–60.00	41	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	162.50/cwt	155.00–170.00	163	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	70.36/cwt	50.00–105.00	65	6

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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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 220Last week 278Year ago 239

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 106Last week 121Year ago 108

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold

1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. All price per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	10.00	10.00
2	—	63	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	103	90.00–125.00	115.73
5	—	114	95.00–125.00	112.89
9	—	93	75.00–125.00	102.96
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	85.00–105.00	98.43
1	—	85	50.00	50.00
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
2	—	100	110.00–115.00	112.50
6	—	93	50.00–105.00	70.36
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
2	—	75	10.00–30.00	20.00
7	—	81	20.00–35.00	27.17
6	—	93	10.00–60.00	44.51
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	155.00–170.00	162.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	10.00–20.00	15.00
4	—	83	10.00–12.00	10.52
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	80.00–120.00	99.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,139	14.00–45.00	37.40
18	—	1,306	47.00–58.00	52.99
6	—	1,407	58.00–64.00	61.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,565	61.50–67.00	64.90
7	—	1,696	68.00–70.00	69.09
2	—	2,260	53.00–61.00	56.82
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,625	70.00–74.00	72.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,381	57.00–64.50	61.98
8	—	1,553	65.50–71.50	68.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,719	93.00–104.00	97.07
11	—	1,557	77.50–90.00	86.02
1	—	1,175	65.00	65.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,506	113.50–118.50	116.33
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,467	103.00–108.00	105.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	108.00–115.50	111.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	104.00–109.00	106.59
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	95.00–106.00	100.97
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,436	109.00–117.50	114.20
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	73.00–84.00	78.60
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,542	83.00–92.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,606	93.00–101.00	96.46
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	68.00–78.00	72.62

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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