Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-26

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 steady. Slaughter dairy cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold weak. Slaughter dairy bulls sold firm. Buyer demand was moderate on a light supply for the slaughter cattle sales. Feeder dairy calves sold firm. 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	—	High	1,413	155.10	2,191	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	111.68	1,301	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,509	111.26	1,679	6thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,550	149.92	2,324	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,535	111.07	1,704	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,217	93.99	1,144	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,549	158.99	2,463	7thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,396	184.36	2,574	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	180.02	2,337	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,157	176.45	2,042	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,543	196.52	3,032	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,504	183.96	2,767	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,354	173.93	2,355	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

2 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	695.11/cwt	84
Heifers	Number 1	93	876.31/cwt	11

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,478	164.22/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,427	3
Bulls	—	—	1,364	148.26/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,022	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	115.38/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,765	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,157	176.45/cwt	174.00–178.00	2,042	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	114.85/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,250	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	105.34/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,390	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,277	105.12/cwt	88.00–116.00	1,342	11
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	85.56/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,022	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,543	196.52/cwt	192.00–200.00	3,032	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,504	183.96/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,767	12
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,550	149.92/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,324	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,553	120.03/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,864	3
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,538	111.72/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,718	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,519	104.77/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,591	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,549	158.99/cwt	158.00–161.00	2,463	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	103.01/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,512	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	76.05/cwt	74.00–78.00	826	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,396	184.36/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,574	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	180.02/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,337	8
Steers	Select	—	1,354	173.93/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,355	6
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	93	689.30/cwt	600.00–725.00	641	31
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	84	985.83/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	828	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	919.18/cwt	875.00–950.00	846	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	102	826.72/cwt	800.00–860.00	843	5
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	102	613.10/cwt	560.00–635.00	625	21
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	113	540.22/cwt	500.00–585.00	610	7
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	83	712.02/cwt	660.00–750.00	591	12
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	84	1,006.49/cwt	985.00–1,075.00	845	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	847.20/cwt	835.00–860.00	873	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	903.00/cwt	875.00–950.00	831	3
Heifers	Number 1	100–110	100	605.00/cwt	600.00–610.00	605	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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Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

Tue Nov 26, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 265Year ago 248

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 148Last week 140Year ago 160

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,478	161.00–168.00	164.22
4	—	1,364	144.00–152.00	148.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	110.00–121.00	115.38
2	—	1,468	100.00–106.00	103.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	110.00–118.00	114.85
3	—	1,320	102.00–108.00	105.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	174.00–178.00	176.45
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,396	183.00–187.00	184.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,298	178.00–182.00	180.02
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,277	88.00–116.00	105.12
6	—	1,195	80.00–88.00	85.56
4	—	1,086	74.00–78.00	76.05
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,553	119.00–121.00	120.03
7	—	1,538	108.00–117.00	111.72
5	—	1,519	104.00–108.00	104.77
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,543	192.00–200.00	196.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,504	180.00–189.00	183.96
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,354	171.00–179.00	173.93
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	144.00–156.00	149.92
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,549	158.00–161.00	158.99

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	80–90	83	660.00–750.00	712.02
31	90–100	93	600.00–725.00	689.30
21	100–110	102	560.00–635.00	613.10
7	110–120	113	500.00–585.00	540.22
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	84	975.00–1,000.00	985.83
3	90–100	92	875.00–950.00	919.18
5	100–110	102	800.00–860.00	826.72
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	84	985.00–1,075.00	1,006.49
3	90–100	92	875.00–950.00	903.00
2	100–110	103	835.00–860.00	847.20
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–110	100	600.00–610.00	605.00

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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