Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2021-11-30

Middleburg

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Nov 30
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 168▼ 25 vs year ago 298 · −8.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
147 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 121▼ 3 vs year ago 150 · −2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 5.00-

10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

All prices per cwt.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average2,13659.891,2795thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67362.121,0394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57356.1688312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38353.3373830
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,33045.9561121
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,30573.009531thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,546116.941,8086thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,495105.491,5772thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,30584.471,1025thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,251139.541,7464thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,218128.071,56012
HeifersSelectAverage1,158122.031,4132thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,546142.722,2069thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,425135.061,92512
SteersSelectAverage1,388124.371,7266thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 193158.06/cwt42
BullsNumber 292108.37/cwt12
BullsNumber 38763.36/cwt6
BullsUtility788.73/cwt8
HeifersNumber 195171.35/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

47 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——2,09270.55/cwt67.00–73.001,4763
Bulls——2,20343.89/cwt37.00–54.009672
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38452.35/cwt48.00–57.0072528
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37567.01/cwt60.00–79.009212
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57356.16/cwt52.00–59.0088312
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35646.59/cwt40.00–51.0063214
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,546116.94/cwt115.00–120.001,8086
SteersChoice and Prime—1,546142.72/cwt140.00–145.502,2069
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16036.59/cwt35.00–39.004244
SteersSelect—1,388124.37/cwt118.00–129.001,7266
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,30573.00/cwt73.00–73.009531
Dairy SteersSelect—1,30584.47/cwt69.00–94.001,1025
Dairy SteersChoice—1,495105.49/cwt98.00–114.001,5772
CowsLean 85-90%—1,43855.42/cwt54.00–57.007973
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,67362.12/cwt62.00–62.501,0394
HeifersChoice—1,218128.07/cwt124.00–136.001,56012
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,251139.54/cwt137.00–143.001,7464
HeifersSelect—1,158122.03/cwt119.00–125.001,4132
SteersChoice—1,425135.06/cwt132.00–139.001,92512
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—100273.33/cwt250.00–320.002733
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—75317.50/cwt310.00–325.002382
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—80330.00/cwt330.00–330.002641
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—80110.00/cwt110.00–110.00881
BullsNumber 3—9392.97/cwt75.00–110.00862
BullsNumber 1—84115.13/cwt100.00–120.00977
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—93249.73/cwt240.00–260.002322
BullsNumber 1—100117.00/cwt100.00–125.001175
HeifersNumber 1—12324.90/cwt20.00–30.00312
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—92147.73/cwt110.00–220.001363
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—90310.00/cwt310.00–310.002791
BullsUtility—8510.00/cwt10.00–10.0092
BullsNumber 2—94116.41/cwt95.00–130.001097
BullsUtility—7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsUtility—555.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—73274.83/cwt270.00–280.002012
BullsUtility—637.40/cwt5.00–10.0052
BullsNumber 3—8352.12/cwt40.00–65.00432
BullsNumber 3—10060.00/cwt60.00–60.00601
BullsNumber 1—113129.88/cwt115.00–137.001473
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—100250.00/cwt250.00–250.002501
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—95220.00/cwt220.00–220.002091
BullsNumber 1—93128.41/cwt120.00–140.0011917
BullsNumber 3—7030.00/cwt30.00–30.00211
BullsNumber 2—100122.50/cwt120.00–125.001232
BullsNumber 2—8280.20/cwt70.00–90.00663
BullsUtility—10010.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsUtility—9510.00/cwt10.00–10.00101

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.