Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower on a light test.

Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 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	1,533	79.00	1,211	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,608	66.50	1,069	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	57.63	883	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,458	56.57	825	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,285	46.45	597	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	81.00	903	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,495	112.19	1,677	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,268	97.94	1,242	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,368	76.94	1,053	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,318	134.85	1,777	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,270	127.50	1,619	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,335	81.11	1,083	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,486	138.12	2,052	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,324	130.56	1,729	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	116.49	1,363	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	168.38/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	89	83.91/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	83	29.30/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	87	8.38/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	96	227.50/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	—	1,714	81.88/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,403	4
Bulls	—	—	1,590	93.23/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,482	2
Bulls	—	—	1,324	69.01/cwt	65.00–75.00	914	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	54.24/cwt	50.00–63.00	769	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,600	64.72/cwt	63.50–66.00	1,036	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	57.63/cwt	53.00–62.00	883	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	127.50/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,619	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	335	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,608	66.50/cwt	65.50–67.50	1,069	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,115	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	903	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,268	97.94/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,242	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,495	112.19/cwt	111.50–113.00	1,677	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,368	76.94/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,053	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,323	48.01/cwt	43.50–54.00	635	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,318	134.85/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,777	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,335	81.11/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,083	2
Steers	Select	—	1,170	116.49/cwt	100.00–124.00	1,363	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,324	130.56/cwt	126.00–137.50	1,729	8
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,486	138.12/cwt	134.50–141.00	2,052	17
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	272	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	75	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	199	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	161	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	138.03/cwt	125.00–150.00	144	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	36.67/cwt	30.00–50.00	33	3
Bulls	Utility	—	93	7.57/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	250	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	24.83/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	98	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	95.95/cwt	60.00–130.00	89	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	264	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	145	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	225	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	174	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	336	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	260.00/cwt	210.00–310.00	234	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	124.41/cwt	85.00–150.00	113	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	22.73/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	81	77.62/cwt	50.00–105.00	63	4

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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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 180Last week 305Year ago 111

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 113Year ago 149

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

Slaughter holsteins sold 2.00-4.00 lower on a light test.

Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

All prices per cwt.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
2	—	93	5.00–10.00	7.57
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	320.00	320.00
1	—	105	320.00	320.00
2	—	90	210.00–310.00	260.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	265.00	265.00
1	—	85	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	140.00–145.00	142.44
5	—	104	125.00–150.00	138.03
1	—	120	145.00	145.00
7	—	91	85.00–150.00	124.41
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	30.00–50.00	36.67
2	—	73	20.00–30.00	24.83
2	—	83	15.00–30.00	22.73
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	85.00	85.00
2	—	93	60.00–130.00	95.95
4	—	81	50.00–105.00	77.62
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	250.00	250.00
1	—	110	240.00	240.00
1	—	85	170.00	170.00
1	—	90	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,714	78.00–84.00	81.88
2	—	1,590	91.50–95.00	93.23
4	—	1,324	65.00–75.00	69.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,418	50.00–63.00	54.24
2	—	1,600	63.50–66.00	64.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,532	53.00–62.00	57.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	34.00	34.00
8	—	1,323	43.50–54.00	48.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,608	65.50–67.50	66.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	124.00–131.00	127.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	132.00–137.50	134.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	75.00–87.00	81.11
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	96.00–99.00	97.94
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	111.50–113.00	112.19
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	70.00–84.00	76.94
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	100.00–124.00	116.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,324	126.00–137.50	130.56
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,486	134.50–141.00	138.12

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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