Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher with instances of 6.00-8.00 higher.

Compared to last week's sale holstein bull calves sold steady-5.00 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	1,621	90.47	1,466	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,430	79.30	1,134	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,406	71.50	1,006	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,619	69.86	1,131	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,186	54.10	642	21
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,430	87.00	1,244	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,684	116.79	1,967	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,670	112.50	1,879	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,313	135.65	1,781	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	131.40	1,749	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,317	122.44	1,613	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,490	138.90	2,070	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	134.69	1,876	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,359	125.94	1,712	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	93	140.40/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 2	94	113.41/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	88	68.16/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	65	10.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	96	112.78/cwt	9

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,801	86.11/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,551	4
Bulls	—	—	1,260	99.19/cwt	98.50–100.00	1,250	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,683	79.41/cwt	78.50–80.50	1,336	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	41.12/cwt	24.00–52.00	409	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,313	135.65/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,781	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	66.83/cwt	62.00–73.00	899	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	134.69/cwt	132.00–137.50	1,876	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,490	138.90/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,070	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	69.11/cwt	65.00–73.00	824	2
Steers	Select	—	1,359	125.94/cwt	118.50–130.00	1,712	9
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,430	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	131.40/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,749	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,670	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,879	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,684	116.79/cwt	115.50–118.50	1,967	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	77.10/cwt	74.50–80.00	1,141	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,635	70.05/cwt	64.00–74.00	1,145	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,317	122.44/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,613	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,430	79.30/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,134	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	715	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,236	55.56/cwt	48.00–65.00	687	15
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	224	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	264	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	75	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	126.88/cwt	120.00–135.00	118	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	119.85/cwt	110.00–130.00	99	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	132	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	266	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	260	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	109.03/cwt	100.00–115.00	101	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	149	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	111.61/cwt	100.00–120.00	115	3
Bulls	Utility	—	65	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	115	195.00/cwt	150.00–240.00	224	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	109	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	130.60/cwt	125.00–140.00	108	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	95.00/cwt	85.00–105.00	95	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	68.33/cwt	15.00–125.00	57	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	126.40/cwt	110.00–135.00	130	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	71	57.02/cwt	20.00–100.00	40	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	59.07/cwt	30.00–85.00	56	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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Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 278Year ago 258

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 111Last week 104Year ago 90

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold steady-1.00 higher.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-3.00 higher.

Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher with instances of 6.00-8.00 higher.

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

All prices per cwt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,801	83.00–88.00	86.11
2	—	1,260	98.50–100.00	99.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	78.50–80.50	79.41
4	—	1,635	64.00–74.00	70.05
1	—	1,430	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	995	24.00–52.00	41.12
2	—	1,193	65.00–73.00	69.11
15	—	1,236	48.00–65.00	55.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,345	62.00–73.00	66.83
5	—	1,480	74.50–80.00	77.10
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,430	75.00–85.00	79.30
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,313	132.00–137.50	135.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,331	125.00–136.00	131.40
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	118.00–126.00	122.44
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,393	132.00–137.50	134.69
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,490	136.00–141.00	138.90
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,359	118.50–130.00	125.94
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	112.50	112.50
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,684	115.50–118.50	116.79

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	280.00	280.00
1	—	110	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	93	120.00–135.00	126.88
3	—	110	130.00–140.00	135.00
8	—	83	125.00–140.00	130.60
4	—	103	110.00–135.00	126.40
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	83	110.00–130.00	119.85
1	—	115	115.00	115.00
5	—	93	100.00–115.00	109.03
3	—	103	100.00–120.00	111.61
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	65	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	95.00	95.00
2	—	100	85.00–105.00	95.00
2	—	83	15.00–125.00	68.33
4	—	71	20.00–100.00	57.02
4	—	94	30.00–85.00	59.07
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	15.00	15.00
1	—	75	10.00	10.00
1	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	280.00	280.00
1	—	100	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	115	150.00–240.00	195.00

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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