Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold steady. Slaughter dairy/beef steers sold firm. Slaughter heifers sold firm. Slaughter dairy cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady. No comparison on slaughter dairy bulls. Buyer demand was good to moderate on a light supply for the slaughter cattle sale. Feeder dairy calves sold unevenly steady. 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	Choice and Prime	Average	1,535	212.30	3,259	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,598	193.87	3,098	3thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,918	171.50	3,289	4thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	2,018	161.79	3,265	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,842	139.12	2,563	11
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,544	134.42	2,076	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,174	121.99	1,433	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,667	164.75	2,747	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,551	206.82	3,208	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,595	208.29	3,323	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	194.19	2,864	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,446	187.09	2,705	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	776.98/cwt	62
Bulls	Number 2	91	660.50/cwt	18
Heifers	Number 1	83	972.78/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	80	903.33/cwt	3

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	—	—	2,010	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,317	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,249	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,600	213.50/cwt	211.00–215.00	3,416	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	194.19/cwt	190.00–199.00	2,864	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,530	129.72/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,985	6
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,819	136.02/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,474	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	114.23/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,129	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	107.13/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,123	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	124.81/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,548	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,323	137.57/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,820	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,548	204.42/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,164	10
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,928	158.96/cwt	156.00–162.00	3,065	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,593	166.40/cwt	164.00–168.00	2,651	7
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,554	137.56/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,138	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,598	193.87/cwt	191.00–197.00	3,098	3
Dairy Bulls	—	—	2,018	161.79/cwt	158.00–167.00	3,265	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,543	205.10/cwt	200.00–209.00	3,165	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,568	210.26/cwt	210.00–211.00	3,297	4
Steers	Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight	—	1,808	199.00/cwt	198.00–200.00	3,598	2
Steers	Select	—	1,446	187.09/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,705	4
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	142.83/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,671	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,535	212.30/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,259	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	93	804.29/cwt	750.00–850.00	748	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	83	823.18/cwt	800.00–885.00	683	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	1,017.41/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	844	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	951.80/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	876	14
Bulls	Number 1	120–130	123	567.35/cwt	560.00–575.00	698	2
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	113	617.13/cwt	575.00–675.00	697	6
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	95	575.00/cwt	500.00–600.00	546	5
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	93	697.80/cwt	675.00–735.00	649	15
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	82	524.49/cwt	500.00–575.00	430	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	75	902.50/cwt	880.00–925.00	677	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	992.86/cwt	960.00–1,050.00	844	7
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	80	903.33/cwt	875.00–935.00	723	3
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	100	578.33/cwt	560.00–600.00	578	3
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	84	739.96/cwt	685.00–760.00	622	7
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	102	670.12/cwt	625.00–710.00	684	10
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	110–120	110	858.33/cwt	825.00–900.00	944	3

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 232Year ago 261

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 134Last week 175Year ago 133

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,010	165.00	165.00
2	—	1,825	178.00	178.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,600	211.00–215.00	213.50
10	—	1,548	200.00–210.00	204.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,475	190.00–199.00	194.19
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,808	198.00–200.00	199.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,446	185.00–188.00	187.09
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,530	124.00–135.00	129.72
9	—	1,554	136.00–140.00	137.56
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,819	132.00–139.00	136.02
5	—	1,870	142.00–144.00	142.83
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	110.00–118.00	114.23
2	—	1,048	106.00–108.00	107.13
5	—	1,240	122.00–128.00	124.81
2	—	1,323	136.00–139.00	137.57
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,928	156.00–162.00	158.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,593	164.00–168.00	166.40
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,598	191.00–197.00	193.87
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,535	208.00–215.00	212.30
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,018	158.00–167.00	161.79
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,543	200.00–209.00	205.10
4	—	1,568	210.00–211.00	210.26

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	83	800.00–885.00	823.18
3	90–100	93	750.00–850.00	804.29
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	83	950.00–1,050.00	1,017.41
14	90–100	92	850.00–1,000.00	951.80
3	110–120	110	825.00–900.00	858.33
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	80–90	84	685.00–760.00	739.96
15	90–100	93	675.00–735.00	697.80
10	100–110	102	625.00–710.00	670.12
6	110–120	113	575.00–675.00	617.13
2	120–130	123	560.00–575.00	567.35
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	82	500.00–575.00	524.49
5	90–100	95	500.00–600.00	575.00
3	100–110	100	560.00–600.00	578.33
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	880.00–925.00	902.50
7	80–90	85	960.00–1,050.00	992.86
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	80	875.00–935.00	903.33

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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