Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2019-05-14

Middleburg

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, May 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Slaughter Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 150▲ 286 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
87 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 94▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold mostly steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,51872.881,10610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60264.491,03313
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27257.1372720
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14842.1048350
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,48484.111,2488thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,43279.271,13515
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,36469.5394914
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,371111.541,52910
HeifersChoiceAverage1,285108.531,39512
HeifersSelectAverage1,18593.231,1053thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,496115.801,7325thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,451110.951,61018
SteersSelectLow1,353102.051,38017

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1106122.33/cwt15
BullsNumber 29482.63/cwt17
BullsNumber 39042.84/cwt14
BullsUtility737.48/cwt8
HeifersNumber 110575.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 27525.00/cwt1

Every lot

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,15093.11/cwt87.00–97.001,0714
Steers—Select1,415104.80/cwt100.00–108.501,48313
Steers—Choice1,451110.95/cwt108.00–115.001,61018
Steers—Choice and Prime1,496115.80/cwt115.00–116.501,7325
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,18593.23/cwt83.00–100.001,1053
Heifers—Choice1,285108.53/cwt105.50–111.001,39512
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,371111.54/cwt109.00–114.501,52910
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26160.25/cwt52.00–66.007605
Bulls——1,73580.25/cwt75.00–86.001,3922
Bulls——1,80289.01/cwt88.00–90.501,6043
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95924.06/cwt12.00–34.002317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10939.58/cwt31.00–45.0043918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19654.71/cwt51.00–59.0065415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20647.43/cwt45.00–52.0057221
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34857.00/cwt54.00–63.507684
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43961.67/cwt58.00–64.508876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50164.38/cwt62.00–68.509665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72269.39/cwt65.00–73.501,1956
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,85552.00/cwt52.00–52.009651
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,31661.67/cwt55.00–67.008125
Dairy Steers—Select1,39173.90/cwt71.00–80.001,0289
Dairy Steers—Choice1,43279.27/cwt76.00–83.001,13515
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,48484.11/cwt82.00–89.001,2488
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 27525.00/cwt25.00–25.00191
Heifers—Number 110575.00/cwt75.00–75.00791
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility655.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
Bulls—Number 37330.00/cwt30.00–30.00222
Bulls—Utility747.84/cwt5.00–10.0067
Bulls—Number 27555.00/cwt55.00–55.00411
Bulls—Number 38141.23/cwt40.00–45.00334
Bulls—Number 28572.50/cwt60.00–85.00624
Bulls—Number 29376.89/cwt60.00–105.00726
Bulls—Number 39345.07/cwt30.00–60.00424
Bulls—Number 195115.00/cwt115.00–115.001091
Bulls—Number 210295.69/cwt75.00–115.00985
Bulls—Number 1103125.64/cwt115.00–135.001298
Bulls—Number 310349.84/cwt20.00–70.00513
Bulls—Number 2110120.00/cwt120.00–120.001321
Bulls—Number 311045.00/cwt45.00–45.00501
Bulls—Number 1113119.15/cwt115.00–125.001356

This sale against other markets

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.