Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers sold steady on a light comparison. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. All classes of slaughter cows sold weak. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply for the slaughter cow sales. Feeder dairy bull calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder dairy heifer calves sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply for the feeder dairy calf sale.

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	1,649	77.38	1,276	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,599	56.30	900	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,425	50.38	718	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,212	43.43	526	20
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,420	89.50	1,271	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,395	74.35	1,037	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,122	56.29	632	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,506	91.52	1,378	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,463	85.31	1,248	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,449	70.95	1,028	18
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,364	107.68	1,469	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	100.78	1,392	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,230	86.48	1,064	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,498	111.84	1,675	25
Steers	Choice	High	1,429	104.92	1,499	30
Steers	Select	Low	1,431	88.98	1,273	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	122.07/cwt	44
Bulls	Number 2	96	95.25/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	88	66.67/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	79	14.98/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	97	171.22/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	78	102.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

61 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	Choice	—	1,381	100.78/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,392	7
Steers	Select	—	1,427	84.74/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,209	5
Bulls	—	—	1,433	59.88/cwt	54.00–66.00	858	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	55.74/cwt	55.00–60.00	691	5
Bulls	—	—	1,702	76.20/cwt	71.50–82.00	1,297	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,580	97.38/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,539	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,446	73.55/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,064	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,310	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,048	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,463	85.31/cwt	82.00–87.50	1,248	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	46.79/cwt	45.00–50.00	587	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,245	109.71/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,366	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	51.37/cwt	49.00–54.00	823	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,519	64.61/cwt	63.00–69.00	981	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	55.96/cwt	54.00–59.00	925	28
Steers	Select	—	1,435	94.28/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,353	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	34.84/cwt	33.00–36.00	401	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,244	88.15/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,097	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	40.60/cwt	38.00–43.00	471	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,492	90.46/cwt	88.00–94.50	1,350	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	62.30/cwt	60.00–64.00	888	9
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,535	114.82/cwt	114.50–115.50	1,762	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,493	44.65/cwt	42.00–47.00	667	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,364	107.68/cwt	104.00–109.50	1,469	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	50.96/cwt	49.00–54.00	747	13
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	121.47/cwt	105.00–135.00	124	15
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	223	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	12.50/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	82	16.63/cwt	15.00–20.00	14	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	216	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	117.74/cwt	105.00–140.00	109	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	94.43/cwt	75.00–100.00	88	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	109	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	70	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	123	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	144	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	65	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	33	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	253	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	150	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	92.21/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,521	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	125	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	200	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	70	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	107.04/cwt	100.00–117.00	90	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	90.24/cwt	80.00–100.00	93	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,395	74.35/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	239.88/cwt	235.00–245.00	247	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,456	100.07/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,457	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	125	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	63	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,446	106.21/cwt	98.00–108.50	1,536	19
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	66	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,183	80.65/cwt	79.00–82.00	954	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	203	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,255	76.99/cwt	76.00–78.00	966	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	91.25/cwt	80.00–100.00	78	4
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,122	56.29/cwt	55.00–57.00	632	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	75	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	79	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,530	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	138	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,493	111.43/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,664	22

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 272Last week 340Year ago 232

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 92Last week 90Year ago 115

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,381	96.00–103.00	100.78
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,244	86.00–90.00	88.15
2	—	1,183	79.00–82.00	80.65
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,364	104.00–109.50	107.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,427	82.00–89.00	84.74
4	—	1,435	92.00–96.00	94.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	109.00–110.00	109.71
8	—	1,456	98.00–101.00	100.07
19	—	1,446	98.00–108.50	106.21
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,535	114.50–115.50	114.82
22	—	1,493	109.00–114.00	111.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	54.00–66.00	59.88
8	—	1,702	71.50–82.00	76.20
3	—	1,650	88.00–95.00	92.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,239	55.00–60.00	55.74
6	—	1,493	42.00–47.00	44.65
13	—	1,465	49.00–54.00	50.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,255	45.00–50.00	46.79
2	—	1,150	33.00–36.00	34.84
7	—	1,161	38.00–43.00	40.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,603	49.00–54.00	51.37
28	—	1,653	54.00–59.00	55.96
9	—	1,425	60.00–64.00	62.30
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	95.00–100.00	97.38
11	—	1,492	88.00–94.50	90.46
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,446	70.00–75.50	73.55
6	—	1,519	63.00–69.00	64.61
2	—	1,255	76.00–78.00	76.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,463	82.00–87.50	85.31
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,530	99.00	99.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,395	70.00–79.00	74.35
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	55.00–57.00	56.29

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	102	105.00–135.00	121.47
13	—	93	105.00–140.00	117.74
1	—	120	120.00	120.00
9	—	84	100.00–117.00	107.04
2	—	75	100.00–110.00	105.00
2	—	110	120.00–130.00	125.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.50
3	—	82	15.00–20.00	16.63
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	93	75.00–100.00	94.43
1	—	115	95.00	95.00
1	—	125	75.00	75.00
2	—	103	80.00–100.00	90.24
4	—	85	80.00–100.00	91.25
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
1	—	125	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	250.00	250.00
1	—	90	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	235.00	235.00
1	—	80	270.00	270.00
1	—	110	230.00	230.00
2	—	103	235.00–245.00	239.88
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	50.00	50.00
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
1	—	120	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	30.00	30.00

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