Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 130 lb Lean cow deleted; 1 lb Feeder Dairy Calf deleted

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher. 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	1,529	77.68	1,188	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,782	67.39	1,201	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,582	62.11	983	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,416	58.39	827	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,293	49.97	646	27
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	79.22	1,073	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,170	72.00	842	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,481	94.38	1,398	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	84.41	1,206	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,419	76.66	1,088	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,369	112.08	1,534	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,276	107.63	1,373	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,239	97.59	1,209	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,505	112.93	1,700	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,479	109.06	1,613	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,322	104.02	1,375	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	161.47/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	94	122.24/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 3	88	69.82/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	80	8.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	89	138.40/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	75	15.00/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	152.45/cwt	150.00–160.00	127	6
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	150	1
Bulls	Utility	—	55	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,239	97.59/cwt	89.00–104.00	1,209	9
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,170	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	842	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	64.07/cwt	63.00–66.50	914	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,429	84.41/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,206	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,782	67.39/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,201	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,481	94.38/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,398	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,365	35.45/cwt	29.00–40.00	484	3
Bulls	—	—	1,892	93.07/cwt	88.00–104.50	1,761	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	50.87/cwt	45.00–54.00	652	20
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,369	112.08/cwt	109.50–114.50	1,534	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	65.82/cwt	64.00–67.50	1,089	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,479	109.06/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,613	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	61.18/cwt	57.00–63.00	957	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	150.48/cwt	140.00–160.00	143	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,294	56.36/cwt	55.00–59.50	729	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	129.55/cwt	90.00–160.00	109	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,505	112.93/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,700	13
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	47.70/cwt	40.00–55.00	44	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	185.00/cwt	135.00–235.00	185	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	123.64/cwt	80.00–155.00	116	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	110.10/cwt	100.00–120.00	113	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	25.30/cwt	15.00–35.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	155.55/cwt	145.00–162.00	173	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	204	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	158.56/cwt	155.00–170.00	160	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	89	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	217	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	—	—	1,260	62.66/cwt	36.00–71.00	790	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	115.00/cwt	95.00–135.00	127	2
Bulls	—	—	1,495	79.87/cwt	74.00–89.00	1,194	6
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	75	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	99.32/cwt	30.00–135.00	92	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	79.22/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,073	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	137.50/cwt	125.00–150.00	103	2
Steers	Select	—	1,322	104.02/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,375	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	216	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	107.63/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,373	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	47.76/cwt	40.00–55.00	35	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	57.13/cwt	54.00–62.00	808	18
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	185	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,419	76.66/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,088	7

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 283Last week 223Year ago 253

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 107Last week 98Year ago 100

Correction: 130 lb Lean cow deleted; 1 lb Feeder Dairy Calf deleted

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
1	—	55	10.00	10.00
1	—	95	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	83	150.00–160.00	152.45
11	—	95	140.00–160.00	150.48
4	—	111	145.00–162.00	155.55
7	—	101	155.00–170.00	158.56
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	90.00–160.00	129.55
11	—	94	80.00–155.00	123.64
5	—	103	100.00–120.00	110.10
2	—	110	95.00–135.00	115.00
2	—	75	125.00–150.00	137.50
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	135.00–235.00	185.00
1	—	85	255.00	255.00
1	—	90	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	15.00–35.00	25.30
1	—	105	85.00	85.00
4	—	93	30.00–135.00	99.32
2	—	73	40.00–55.00	47.76
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	200.00	200.00
1	—	80	255.00	255.00
1	—	90	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	40.00–55.00	47.70
1	—	100	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
2	—	70	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,239	89.00–104.00	97.59
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,369	109.50–114.50	112.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,276	103.00–111.00	107.63
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	72.00	72.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	75.00–84.00	79.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	63.00–66.50	64.07
18	—	1,414	54.00–62.00	57.13
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	64.00–70.00	67.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	29.00–40.00	35.45
20	—	1,282	45.00–54.00	50.87
4	—	1,294	55.00–59.50	56.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	64.00–67.50	65.82
8	—	1,564	57.00–63.00	61.18
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,429	80.00–88.00	84.41
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,481	90.00–101.00	94.38
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,419	70.00–82.00	76.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,892	88.00–104.50	93.07
6	—	1,260	36.00–71.00	62.66
6	—	1,495	74.00–89.00	79.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,479	106.00–112.00	109.06
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,505	111.00–115.50	112.93
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,322	96.00–108.00	104.02

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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