Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold mostly steady.

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

2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,615	70.94	1,145	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,436	66.00	948	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	57.95	899	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,399	55.75	780	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,203	42.34	509	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,520	82.00	1,246	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,425	80.00	1,140	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,510	114.21	1,725	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	108.24	1,594	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,448	89.61	1,298	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,319	137.69	1,816	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	129.75	1,640	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,040	105.00	1,092	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,497	144.25	2,159	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,396	132.59	1,851	33
Steers	Select	Average	1,136	116.27	1,321	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	180.58/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	93	76.19/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 3	87	38.13/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	82	8.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	86	184.36/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 2	78	12.50/cwt	2

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	—	—	1,766	74.07/cwt	67.00–86.00	1,308	7
Bulls	—	—	1,350	65.46/cwt	62.00–68.00	884	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	46.44/cwt	40.00–52.00	561	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,439	53.09/cwt	48.00–58.00	764	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	828	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	57.95/cwt	55.00–61.00	899	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	108.24/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,594	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,040	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,092	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,448	89.61/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,298	2
Steers	Select	—	1,136	116.27/cwt	107.00–123.00	1,321	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,396	132.59/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,851	33
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,520	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,246	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,425	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,140	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,436	66.00/cwt	60.00–80.00	948	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	35.78/cwt	31.00–38.00	427	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,497	144.25/cwt	140.50–148.50	2,159	16
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,319	137.69/cwt	135.00–140.50	1,816	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,510	114.21/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,264	129.75/cwt	124.00–136.50	1,640	17
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	95	160.00/cwt	100.00–220.00	152	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	221	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	336	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	287.50/cwt	265.00–310.00	288	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	162	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	140.00/cwt	130.00–150.00	154	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	46.30/cwt	30.00–55.00	42	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	39.85/cwt	30.00–50.00	33	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	27.41/cwt	25.00–30.00	20	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	101.44/cwt	85.00–120.00	84	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	297.60/cwt	290.00–300.00	280	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	115.24/cwt	105.00–125.00	119	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	92.50/cwt	50.00–135.00	79	4
Bulls	Utility	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	127	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	157.89/cwt	150.00–175.00	161	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	267.42/cwt	265.00–270.00	222	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	203	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	139.19/cwt	85.00–175.00	129	7
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	80	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	160	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	180	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	260.00/cwt	245.00–275.00	234	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	62.81/cwt	50.00–105.00	57	18

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 365Last week 273Year ago 297

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 83Last week 147Year ago 110

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold mostly steady.

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

2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher.

All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,766	67.00–86.00	74.07
4	—	1,350	62.00–68.00	65.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,209	40.00–52.00	46.44
5	—	1,194	31.00–38.00	35.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,439	48.00–58.00	53.09
1	—	1,075	77.00	77.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,551	55.00–61.00	57.95
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	60.00–80.00	66.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	106.00–111.00	108.24
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	83.00–94.00	89.61
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,510	112.00–117.00	114.21
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,319	135.00–140.50	137.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,264	124.00–136.50	129.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,136	107.00–123.00	116.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,396	126.00–139.00	132.59
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,497	140.50–148.50	144.25
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	82.00	82.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	80.00	80.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	100.00–220.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	260.00	260.00
1	—	120	280.00	280.00
2	—	100	265.00–310.00	287.50
4	—	94	290.00–300.00	297.60
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	135.00	135.00
2	—	103	105.00–125.00	115.24
4	—	85	50.00–135.00	92.50
1	—	110	115.00	115.00
18	—	91	50.00–105.00	62.81
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	130.00–150.00	140.00
4	—	83	85.00–120.00	101.44
5	—	102	150.00–175.00	157.89
1	—	125	162.00	162.00
7	—	93	85.00–175.00	139.19
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	91	30.00–55.00	46.30
4	—	84	30.00–50.00	39.85
1	—	115	20.00	20.00
2	—	73	25.00–30.00	27.41
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	265.00–270.00	267.42
2	—	90	245.00–275.00	260.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	15.00	15.00
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	200.00	200.00
1	—	100	180.00	180.00

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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