Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2020-03-17

Middleburg

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Mar 17
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week slaughter steers sold 3.00-4.00 lower.

Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold

3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Compared to last week's sale, Holstein bull calves

sold steady-5.00 higher. All prices per cwt.

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—Low1,66080.921,3435thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,01072.021,4482thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,75669.311,21714
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41865.5993020
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22853.5865829
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,58283.551,32210
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,50078.691,1805thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,366106.071,4496thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,401101.641,4249thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,31587.431,1503thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,403111.171,5606thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,410105.121,48217
SteersSelectAverage1,44889.811,3002thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197109.57/cwt29
BullsNumber 29163.19/cwt19
BullsNumber 38835.37/cwt17
BullsUtility838.75/cwt4
HeifersNumber 18563.33/cwt6

Every lot

41 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,403111.17/cwt109.50–114.501,5606
Steers—Choice1,410105.12/cwt100.00–109.501,48217
Steers—Select1,44889.81/cwt80.00–100.001,3002
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,31587.43/cwt80.00–91.001,1503
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,366106.07/cwt105.00–108.501,4496
Heifers—Choice1,401101.64/cwt97.00–105.001,4249
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43066.00/cwt66.00–66.009441
Bulls——1,61079.34/cwt75.00–86.001,2772
Bulls——1,82589.96/cwt86.00–94.001,6422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06139.52/cwt34.00–47.004196
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20253.28/cwt47.00–59.0064013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36163.76/cwt61.00–66.5086813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36362.42/cwt60.00–65.0085110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52468.98/cwt67.00–74.001,0517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75172.36/cwt70.00–74.501,2675
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75967.62/cwt62.00–71.001,1899
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,01072.02/cwt71.00–73.001,4482
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,50078.69/cwt74.00–82.001,1805
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,58283.55/cwt81.00–86.001,32210
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross80160.00/cwt150.00–170.001282
Heifers—Number 18315.00/cwt15.00–15.00122
Heifers—Number 19315.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross70190.00/cwt190.00–190.001331
Bulls—Utility7010.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
Bulls—Number 37532.50/cwt25.00–35.00244
Bulls—Number 18167.46/cwt65.00–70.00554
Bulls—Number 28247.43/cwt35.00–65.00397
Bulls—Utility8310.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
Bulls—Number 38437.01/cwt15.00–65.00317
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross85190.00/cwt190.00–190.001621
Bulls—Number 39037.50/cwt35.00–40.00342
Bulls—Number 29164.71/cwt50.00–75.00597
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross93180.41/cwt165.00–195.001682
Bulls—Number 19382.07/cwt65.00–115.00766
Bulls—Utility955.00/cwt5.00–5.0051
Bulls—Number 310048.50/cwt42.00–55.00492
Bulls—Number 210187.65/cwt70.00–105.00894
Bulls—Number 1104114.47/cwt105.00–125.0011910
Bulls—Number 211065.00/cwt65.00–65.00721
Bulls—Number 1112105.94/cwt95.00–120.001195
Bulls—Number 311320.11/cwt15.00–25.00232

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.