Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold firm. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold weak. Slaughter dairy cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold firm. No comparison on all other commodities. Buyer demand was moderate on light supply for the slaughter cattle sales. Feeder dairy calves sold unevenly steady. Buyer demand was good to moderate on a moderate supply for the feeder dairy calf sale.

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	1,533	139.80	2,143	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,822	126.37	2,302	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,473	118.51	1,746	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,194	114.69	1,369	16
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,557	113.07	1,761	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,243	104.40	1,297	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,550	165.70	2,568	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,488	148.30	2,207	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,400	182.84	2,560	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	180.23	2,406	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,526	189.14	2,886	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	182.93	2,645	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,314	174.82	2,297	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	579.17/cwt	96
Bulls	Number 2	83	517.35/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 1	85	809.81/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,313	125.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,646	2
Bulls	—	—	1,708	143.54/cwt	142.00–146.00	2,452	2
Bulls	—	—	1,578	150.53/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,375	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,645	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	105.17/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,102	5
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,526	189.14/cwt	187.00–191.00	2,886	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,488	148.30/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,207	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,550	165.70/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,568	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,561	119.78/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,870	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,553	104.13/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,617	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	113.01/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,305	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	180.23/cwt	179.00–181.00	2,406	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,400	182.84/cwt	182.00–184.00	2,560	5
Steers	Select	—	1,314	174.82/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,297	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,293	104.86/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,356	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,558	114.34/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,781	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,446	182.93/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,645	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	127.48/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,644	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	114.19/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,419	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	123.01/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,849	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,822	126.37/cwt	122.00–132.00	2,302	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	95.33/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,220	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	866.47/cwt	835.00–900.00	797	5
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	102	524.97/cwt	460.00–560.00	535	25
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	73	685.80/cwt	575.00–750.00	501	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	850	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	110–120	112	758.21/cwt	750.00–775.00	849	3
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	80	462.50/cwt	400.00–500.00	370	4
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	103	374.39/cwt	350.00–400.00	386	2
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	111	490.45/cwt	460.00–535.00	544	8
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	92	543.19/cwt	500.00–575.00	500	26
Heifers	Number 1	70–80	75	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	431	2
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	83	579.74/cwt	535.00–610.00	481	16
Bulls	Number 1	120–130	122	447.67/cwt	400.00–485.00	546	3
Bulls	Number 1	70–80	74	603.26/cwt	535.00–635.00	446	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	100	830.00/cwt	825.00–835.00	830	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	917.12/cwt	885.00–960.00	761	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	967.27/cwt	960.00–975.00	803	2

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 189Last week 301Year ago 312

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 157Last week 136Year ago 132

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	120.00–130.00	125.33
2	—	1,708	142.00–146.00	143.54
2	—	1,578	147.00–154.00	150.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	114.00	114.00
2	—	1,503	122.00–124.00	123.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,048	102.00–108.00	105.17
4	—	1,290	125.00–131.00	127.48
7	—	1,243	111.00–117.00	114.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,822	122.00–132.00	126.37
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,526	187.00–191.00	189.14
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,314	170.00–179.00	174.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,446	180.00–186.00	182.93
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,488	144.00–152.00	148.30
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,550	161.00–168.00	165.70
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,561	117.00–123.00	119.78
4	—	1,553	100.00–108.00	104.13
7	—	1,558	111.00–116.00	114.34
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,155	110.00–116.00	113.01
6	—	1,293	102.00–106.00	104.86
6	—	1,280	90.00–98.00	95.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,335	179.00–181.00	180.23
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,400	182.00–184.00	182.84

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	83	960.00–975.00	967.27
5	90–100	92	835.00–900.00	866.47
2	100–110	103	825.00	825.00
3	110–120	112	750.00–775.00	758.21
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	70–80	74	535.00–635.00	603.26
16	80–90	83	535.00–610.00	579.74
26	90–100	92	500.00–575.00	543.19
25	100–110	102	460.00–560.00	524.97
8	110–120	111	460.00–535.00	490.45
3	120–130	122	400.00–485.00	447.67
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	73	575.00–750.00	685.80
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	80	400.00–500.00	462.50
2	100–110	103	350.00–400.00	374.39
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	575.00	575.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	83	885.00–960.00	917.12
2	100–110	100	825.00–835.00	830.00

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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