Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 1052 lb Feeder Dairy Calf deleted

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 lower.

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	—	Low	1,536	70.58	1,084	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,702	65.48	1,114	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	59.95	949	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,416	54.29	769	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,359	40.52	551	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,620	107.00	1,733	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,498	106.07	1,589	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,295	80.00	1,036	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,488	111.06	1,653	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,586	99.95	1,585	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,795	90.02	1,616	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,374	132.76	1,824	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,287	123.35	1,588	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,286	107.14	1,378	7thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,532	137.34	2,104	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,394	129.78	1,809	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,313	116.98	1,536	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	172.25/cwt	27
Bulls	Number 2	93	97.24/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	88	34.28/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	73	8.30/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	93	169.09/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	70	10.00/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	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	257.50/cwt	190.00–325.00	206	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	252	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	290	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	123	234.69/cwt	220.00–250.00	289	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,374	132.76/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,824	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	123.35/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,588	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,488	111.06/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,653	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	129.78/cwt	123.00–136.00	1,809	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,702	65.48/cwt	62.00–71.00	1,114	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,304	46.13/cwt	42.00–50.00	602	9
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,498	106.07/cwt	90.00–125.00	1,589	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,620	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,733	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,532	137.34/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,104	11
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,795	90.02/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,616	2
Steers	Select	—	1,313	116.98/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,286	107.14/cwt	99.00–112.50	1,378	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,586	99.95/cwt	93.00–105.00	1,585	6
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,295	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,036	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,523	23.70/cwt	10.00–31.00	361	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,727	64.17/cwt	63.50–65.00	1,108	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,416	54.29/cwt	50.00–60.50	769	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	58.14/cwt	54.00–63.00	884	7
Bulls	—	—	1,493	60.60/cwt	55.00–69.00	905	4
Bulls	—	—	1,547	73.08/cwt	63.00–91.00	1,131	16
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	147.71/cwt	130.00–155.00	154	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	160.67/cwt	155.00–167.00	185	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	57.50/cwt	50.00–65.00	63	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	30.00/cwt	25.00–35.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	112.00/cwt	55.00–135.00	105	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	186	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	115	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	265	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	105	155.00/cwt	110.00–200.00	163	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	33.04/cwt	20.00–50.00	31	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	132.50/cwt	120.00–145.00	139	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	143	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	204	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	158	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	152.62/cwt	100.00–240.00	142	9
Bulls	Utility	—	73	8.30/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	60.56/cwt	45.00–125.00	50	6
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	120	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	240	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	83	230.91/cwt	200.00–260.00	192	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	115	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	115	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	93	102.43/cwt	100.00–105.00	95	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	28.59/cwt	10.00–50.00	24	6

How this sale compares

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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

Tue Dec 14, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 305Last week 365Year ago 318

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 113Last week 83Year ago 156

Correction: 1052 lb Feeder Dairy Calf deleted

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	190.00–325.00	257.50
1	—	90	280.00	280.00
1	—	100	290.00	290.00
2	—	123	220.00–250.00	234.69
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	130.00–155.00	147.71
3	—	115	155.00–167.00	160.67
1	—	85	135.00	135.00
9	—	93	100.00–240.00	152.62
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	110	50.00–65.00	57.50
2	—	75	25.00–35.00	30.00
3	—	93	20.00–50.00	33.04
6	—	83	10.00–50.00	28.59
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	55.00–135.00	112.00
1	—	120	155.00	155.00
2	—	105	120.00–145.00	132.50
1	—	110	130.00	130.00
6	—	82	45.00–125.00	60.56
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	110.00–200.00	155.00
2	—	93	100.00–105.00	102.43
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	5.00–10.00	8.30
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	265.00	265.00
1	—	85	240.00	240.00
1	—	75	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	25.00	25.00
1	—	85	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	200.00	200.00
2	—	83	200.00–260.00	230.91
1	—	115	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,374	127.00–136.00	132.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,287	116.00–128.00	123.35
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,286	99.00–112.50	107.14
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,488	105.00–116.00	111.06
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,795	89.00–91.00	90.02
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,586	93.00–105.00	99.95
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,394	123.00–136.00	129.78
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,532	135.00–141.00	137.34
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,313	110.00–123.00	116.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,702	62.00–71.00	65.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,304	42.00–50.00	46.13
3	—	1,523	10.00–31.00	23.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,727	63.50–65.00	64.17
7	—	1,521	54.00–63.00	58.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,416	50.00–60.50	54.29
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,498	90.00–125.00	106.07
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	107.00	107.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	55.00–69.00	60.60
16	—	1,547	63.00–91.00	73.08

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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