Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold mostly steady. All prices 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	1,422	83.15	1,183	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,553	68.97	1,071	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,712	66.70	1,142	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	62.90	835	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,206	53.85	649	20
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,075	79.00	849	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,548	99.50	1,540	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	94.31	1,316	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,280	85.00	1,088	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,364	118.90	1,622	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	116.39	1,579	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,272	112.01	1,425	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,471	121.37	1,785	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	116.05	1,699	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,332	105.44	1,404	14

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	222.59/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 2	95	187.77/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	94	100.31/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	87	16.48/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	88	239.22/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	65	30.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	85	191.43/cwt	165.00–205.00	163	7
Bulls	Utility	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	15.31/cwt	5.00–30.00	13	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	198.51/cwt	180.00–220.00	185	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	218.16/cwt	185.00–235.00	223	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	245.11/cwt	240.00–250.00	277	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	66.11/cwt	62.00–68.50	1,130	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,718	68.65/cwt	68.50–69.00	1,179	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	55.72/cwt	52.00–61.00	710	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	63.58/cwt	63.00–65.00	716	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	38.52/cwt	29.00–49.00	416	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,553	68.97/cwt	68.00–69.50	1,071	3
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,075	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	849	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,280	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,272	112.01/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,425	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	63.02/cwt	57.00–66.00	853	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	67.79/cwt	66.00–69.00	868	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	569	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,395	94.31/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,316	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	116.39/cwt	112.00–118.50	1,579	7
Steers	Select	—	1,332	105.44/cwt	96.00–110.00	1,404	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,471	121.37/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,785	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,548	99.50/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,540	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,364	118.90/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,622	8
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	266	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	75	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	79	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,403	1
Bulls	—	—	920	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	552	1
Bulls	—	—	1,483	84.98/cwt	76.50–91.00	1,260	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	116.05/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,699	15
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	287.50/cwt	285.00–290.00	288	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	204	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	282	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	93	220.54/cwt	200.00–240.00	205	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	280	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	65	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	117	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	147	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	99	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	203	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	285	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	279	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	322	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	99.27/cwt	70.00–130.00	102	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	86.22/cwt	65.00–110.00	71	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	183.00/cwt	155.00–200.00	152	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	183.73/cwt	155.00–220.00	191	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	194.41/cwt	155.00–225.00	181	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	65	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	20	1

How this sale compares

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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 247Last week 208Year ago 199

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 102Last week 105Year ago 58

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter

holsteins sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady-1.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold mostly steady. All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	85	165.00–205.00	191.43
6	—	93	180.00–220.00	198.51
10	—	102	185.00–235.00	218.16
2	—	113	240.00–250.00	245.11
2	—	120	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
3	—	82	5.00–30.00	15.31
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	285.00–290.00	287.50
1	—	70	290.00	290.00
1	—	85	335.00	335.00
1	—	90	310.00	310.00
1	—	115	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	185.00	185.00
3	—	83	155.00–200.00	183.00
4	—	104	155.00–220.00	183.73
5	—	93	155.00–225.00	194.41
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	155.00	155.00
1	—	110	90.00	90.00
2	—	103	70.00–130.00	99.27
3	—	82	65.00–110.00	86.22
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	295.00	295.00
1	—	100	280.00	280.00
1	—	65	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	200.00–240.00	220.54
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	30.00	30.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,710	62.00–68.50	66.11
3	—	1,718	68.50–69.00	68.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,274	52.00–61.00	55.72
4	—	1,126	63.00–65.00	63.58
4	—	1,080	29.00–49.00	38.52
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	68.00–69.50	68.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,354	57.00–66.00	63.02
3	—	1,280	66.00–69.00	67.79
1	—	1,210	47.00	47.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	94.00–95.00	94.31
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,548	97.00–104.00	99.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,272	111.00–114.00	112.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,357	112.00–118.50	116.39
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,364	117.50–120.00	118.90
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,332	96.00–110.00	105.44
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,471	118.00–125.00	121.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,464	112.00–119.00	116.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	93.50	93.50
1	—	920	60.00	60.00
7	—	1,483	76.50–91.00	84.98

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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