Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold mostly steady. Slaughter

holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 higher.

Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 lower.

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	—	Average	1,903	99.63	1,896	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,499	77.85	1,167	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,580	73.40	1,160	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	71.98	889	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,325	68.90	913	17
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,248	90.19	1,126	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,450	80.97	1,174	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,255	73.00	916	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,512	97.72	1,478	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,491	90.88	1,355	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,246	81.29	1,013	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,399	124.23	1,738	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,225	119.61	1,465	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,510	112.90	1,705	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,441	126.00	1,816	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,372	121.42	1,666	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,350	112.50	1,519	12

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	147.43/cwt	35
Bulls	Number 2	90	106.17/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	96	72.17/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	75	30.26/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	89	107.86/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	85	15.00/cwt	1

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	—	—	1,800	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,764	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,512	97.72/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,478	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	72	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	350	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	76.67/cwt	65.00–90.00	58	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	76.75/cwt	76.00–77.50	1,301	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,510	112.90/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,705	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	72.73/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,132	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,450	80.97/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,174	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,499	77.85/cwt	74.50–81.50	1,167	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,399	124.23/cwt	123.00–126.50	1,738	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,444	75.56/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,091	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,246	81.29/cwt	76.00–85.50	1,013	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,299	67.80/cwt	62.00–72.00	881	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,248	90.19/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,126	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	614	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	119.61/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,465	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	70.16/cwt	68.00–73.00	857	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	120.07/cwt	100.00–130.00	109	8
Bulls	Utility	—	73	28.86/cwt	5.00–70.00	21	3
Bulls	Utility	—	85	42.50/cwt	5.00–80.00	36	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	80	65.00/cwt	50.00–80.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	173	1
Bulls	Utility	—	60	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	221	1
Steers	Select	—	1,350	112.50/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,519	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	34.76/cwt	25.00–45.00	36	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	77.06/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,010	5
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	280	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,491	90.88/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,355	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	141.89/cwt	130.00–155.00	146	8
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,255	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	916	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,441	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,816	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	102.62/cwt	85.00–120.00	94	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	292.56/cwt	290.00–295.00	301	2
Bulls	—	—	1,937	100.17/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,940	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	113.42/cwt	100.00–125.00	93	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	121.42/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,666	21
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	73.33/cwt	60.00–100.00	70	3
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	290	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	270	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	115.91/cwt	105.00–130.00	96	11
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	93	162.16/cwt	150.00–175.00	151	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	90.00/cwt	85.00–95.00	75	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	118.41/cwt	105.00–135.00	122	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	35.00/cwt	20.00–50.00	26	2

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 344Last week 160Year ago 157

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 127Last week 96Year ago 95

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold mostly steady. Slaughter

holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 higher.

Compared to last week holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 lower.

All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,937	98.00–103.00	100.17
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,512	92.00–105.00	97.72
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,246	76.00–85.50	81.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,491	88.00–93.00	90.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	40.00	40.00
6	—	1,444	74.00–78.00	75.56
10	—	1,299	62.00–72.00	67.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,695	76.00–77.50	76.75
10	—	1,557	70.00–75.50	72.73
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,499	74.50–81.50	77.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	63.00	63.00
9	—	1,222	68.00–73.00	70.16
5	—	1,311	74.00–79.00	77.06
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	112.00–114.00	112.90
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,399	123.00–126.50	124.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,225	116.00–123.00	119.61
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	76.00–85.00	80.97
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	87.00–93.00	90.19
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	73.00	73.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,350	106.00–117.00	112.50
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,441	125.00–127.00	126.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,372	118.00–124.50	121.42

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	65.00	65.00
2	—	80	50.00–80.00	65.00
2	—	75	20.00–50.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	65.00–90.00	76.67
8	—	92	85.00–120.00	102.62
6	—	82	100.00–125.00	113.42
6	—	103	105.00–135.00	118.41
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	91	100.00–130.00	120.07
1	—	115	150.00	150.00
8	—	103	130.00–155.00	141.89
11	—	83	105.00–130.00	115.91
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	5.00–70.00	28.86
2	—	85	5.00–80.00	42.50
1	—	60	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	25.00–45.00	34.76
1	—	120	90.00	90.00
3	—	95	60.00–100.00	73.33
3	—	83	85.00–95.00	90.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	290.00–295.00	292.56
1	—	90	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	290.00	290.00
2	—	93	150.00–175.00	162.16

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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