Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2019-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher on a light supply. Slaughter holsteins sold steady-1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 higher. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $87.30/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$87.30

34 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$38.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.03

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	113.18	617	11thin
Medium and Large 2	542	74.92	406	23

One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

87.30

—

PA average8 barns · 310 hd

87.33

−0.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale - 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	215	58.52/cwt	50.00–72.00	126	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	433	67.81/cwt	45.00–80.00	294	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	970	71.96/cwt	70.00–74.00	698	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	890	69.50/cwt	68.00–71.00	619	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	520	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	348	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	144	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	300	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	75	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	250	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	86.51/cwt	86.00–87.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	108.32/cwt	97.00–120.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	196	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	123.96/cwt	123.00–127.00	793	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	71.41/cwt	62.00–80.00	396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	73.20/cwt	60.00–95.00	345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	83.77/cwt	77.00–97.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	73.43/cwt	70.00–77.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	85.97/cwt	82.00–90.00	286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	238	88.57/cwt	82.00–95.00	211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	665	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	354	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	200	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	154	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1

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 Feeder Cattle Sale - Middleburg, PA

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	215	50.00–72.00	58.52
3	—	433	45.00–80.00	67.81
2	—	970	70.00–74.00	71.96
2	—	890	68.00–71.00	69.50
2	—	520	67.00	67.00
1	—	390	37.00	37.00
1	—	300	25.00	25.00
1	—	250	77.00	77.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	86.00–87.00	86.51
2	—	625	97.00–120.00	108.32
1	—	680	117.00	117.00
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
1	—	505	92.00	92.00
1	—	365	95.00	95.00
1	—	325	85.00	85.00
1	—	245	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	123.00–127.00	123.96
2	—	677	123.00	123.00
2	—	415	125.00–130.00	127.44
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	285	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	555	62.00–80.00	71.41
4	—	471	60.00–95.00	73.20
3	—	675	77.00–97.00	83.77
2	—	515	70.00–77.00	73.43
2	—	333	82.00–90.00	85.97
2	—	238	82.00–95.00	88.57
1	—	1,010	56.00	56.00
1	—	860	72.00	72.00
1	—	775	68.00	68.00
1	—	705	65.00	65.00
1	—	255	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	115.00	115.00
1	—	215	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	85.00–87.00	86.00
1	—	755	82.00	82.00
1	—	365	97.00	97.00
1	—	200	77.00	77.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	100.00	100.00

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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