Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold weak. Slaughter dairy cows sold weak. Slaughter bulls sold weak. No comparison on all other commodities. Buyer demand was light to moderate on a heavy supply for the slaughter cattle sale. Feeder dairy calves sold weak. Buyer demand was 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,531	174.24	2,668	5thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,473	124.88	1,840	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,486	116.29	1,728	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,159	103.28	1,197	16
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,846	109.48	2,021	17
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,547	105.99	1,640	21
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,270	103.11	1,310	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,584	158.20	2,506	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,454	151.89	2,208	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,457	185.67	2,705	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,288	181.55	2,338	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,233	175.30	2,161	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,655	193.28	3,199	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	185.12	2,632	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,325	175.41	2,324	24

Feeder Dairy Calves

2 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	625.97/cwt	100
Bulls	Number 2	104	495.62/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,415	116.92/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,654	3
Bulls	—	—	1,560	136.83/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,135	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	114.62/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,719	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	113.70/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,472	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,233	175.30/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,161	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,571	102.84/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,616	7
Steers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,818	190.45/cwt	189.00–192.00	3,462	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	101.02/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,172	3
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,808	102.69/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,857	6
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,867	113.18/cwt	110.00–118.00	2,113	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,531	174.24/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,668	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,584	158.20/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,506	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	104.33/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,239	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,529	95.05/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,453	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,537	112.58/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,730	10
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,304	93.12/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,214	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,319	114.68/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,513	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,288	181.55/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,338	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,457	185.67/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,705	7
Steers	Select	—	1,325	175.41/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,324	24
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,632	193.68/cwt	190.00–198.00	3,161	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	185.12/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,632	24
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,454	151.89/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,208	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	93.48/cwt	90.00–98.00	942	5
Bulls	Number 1	120–130	125	492.50/cwt	475.00–510.00	616	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	102	806.96/cwt	675.00–860.00	823	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	93	890.81/cwt	850.00–935.00	828	8
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	101	579.80/cwt	535.00–625.00	586	24
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	112	541.95/cwt	500.00–560.00	607	16
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	84	635.95/cwt	575.00–675.00	534	17
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	93	610.37/cwt	575.00–660.00	568	22
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	104	495.62/cwt	475.00–510.00	515	7
Bulls	Number 1	70–80	73	604.15/cwt	550.00–660.00	441	6

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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 245Last week 193Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 156Last week 165Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	110.00–120.00	116.92
2	—	1,560	135.00–140.00	136.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,500	110.00–119.00	114.62
2	—	1,430	120.00–126.00	122.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	110.00–119.00	113.70
7	—	1,188	100.00–109.00	104.33
5	—	1,008	90.00–98.00	93.48
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,233	170.00–179.00	175.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,288	180.00–184.00	181.55
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,457	184.00–189.00	185.67
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,571	100.00–108.00	102.84
4	—	1,529	90.00–98.00	95.05
10	—	1,537	110.00–119.00	112.58
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	98.00–106.00	101.02
4	—	1,304	90.00–96.00	93.12
4	—	1,319	112.00–116.00	114.68
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,808	100.00–108.00	102.69
11	—	1,867	110.00–118.00	113.18
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,818	189.00–192.00	190.45
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,325	170.00–179.00	175.41
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,632	190.00–198.00	193.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,422	180.00–189.00	185.12
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,531	172.00–177.00	174.24
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,584	156.00–163.00	158.20
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,454	149.00–155.00	151.89

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	70–80	73	550.00–660.00	604.15
17	80–90	84	575.00–675.00	635.95
22	90–100	93	575.00–660.00	610.37
24	100–110	101	535.00–625.00	579.80
16	110–120	112	500.00–560.00	541.95
2	120–130	125	475.00–510.00	492.50
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
8	90–100	93	850.00–935.00	890.81
5	100–110	102	675.00–860.00	806.96
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	100–110	104	475.00–510.00	495.62

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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