Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2020-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction to Feeder Cattle head count entry

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $97.35/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$97.35

122 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$463

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$5.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.09

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	100.49	556	50
Medium and Large 2	422	95.17	402	72

One grade step is worth $5.32/cwt here — about $154 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 sale122 hd

97.35

—

PA average6 barns · 341 hd

93.25

+4.09

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

55 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	—	520	60.72/cwt	57.00–62.00	316	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	131.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	493	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	106.13/cwt	100.00–112.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	138.50/cwt	132.00–140.00	663	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	637	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	796	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	123.38/cwt	75.00–140.00	411	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	696	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	136.61/cwt	127.00–140.00	594	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	118.25/cwt	82.00–132.00	549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	601	123.77/cwt	120.00–135.00	744	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	850	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	133.21/cwt	125.00–147.00	683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	120.04/cwt	115.00–136.00	688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	144.63/cwt	132.00–147.00	856	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	423	38.85/cwt	32.00–45.00	164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	134.77/cwt	117.00–150.00	451	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	144.26/cwt	130.00–150.00	677	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	86.15/cwt	50.00–105.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	107.21/cwt	92.00–115.00	556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	111.37/cwt	110.00–112.00	365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	106.19/cwt	82.00–115.00	466	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	96.17/cwt	75.00–105.00	353	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	98.13/cwt	92.00–110.00	557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	91.11/cwt	82.00–110.00	381	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	95.81/cwt	72.00–127.00	449	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	93.95/cwt	80.00–100.00	275	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	120.45/cwt	92.00–132.00	734	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	82.35/cwt	77.00–85.00	390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	80.27/cwt	75.00–85.00	422	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	144.83/cwt	140.00–150.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	113.99/cwt	112.00–117.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	140.18/cwt	127.00–145.00	751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	126.16/cwt	115.00–137.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	128.87/cwt	107.00–145.00	611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	134.03/cwt	125.00–142.00	574	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	925	61.48/cwt	57.00–66.00	569	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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale - Middleburg, PA

Sat Apr 4, 2020

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Correction to Feeder Cattle head count entry

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	57.00–62.00	60.72
1	—	850	58.00	58.00
2	—	423	32.00–45.00	38.85
2	—	925	57.00–66.00	61.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	130.00–135.00	131.85
2	—	670	100.00–112.00	106.13
8	—	637	125.00	125.00
4	—	333	75.00–140.00	123.38
1	—	225	125.00	125.00
11	—	435	127.00–140.00	136.61
4	—	464	82.00–132.00	118.25
1	—	260	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	132.00–140.00	138.50
1	—	540	132.00	132.00
3	—	696	112.00	112.00
4	—	601	120.00–135.00	123.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	125.00–147.00	133.21
4	—	573	115.00–136.00	120.04
1	—	275	145.00	145.00
9	—	335	117.00–150.00	134.77
5	—	383	147.00	147.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
2	—	675	115.00–137.00	126.16
5	—	474	107.00–145.00	128.87
17	—	428	125.00–142.00	134.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	592	132.00–147.00	144.63
3	—	420	150.00	150.00
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
7	—	469	130.00–150.00	144.26
3	—	673	140.00	140.00
1	—	850	97.00	97.00
2	—	378	140.00–150.00	144.83
4	—	726	112.00–117.00	113.99
8	—	536	127.00–145.00	140.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	72.00	72.00
3	—	661	50.00–105.00	86.15
8	—	519	92.00–115.00	107.21
1	—	355	85.00	85.00
3	—	568	92.00–110.00	98.13
7	—	418	82.00–110.00	91.11
11	—	469	72.00–127.00	95.81
1	—	280	97.00	97.00
2	—	990	92.00	92.00
4	—	716	100.00	100.00
9	—	609	92.00–132.00	120.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	95.00	95.00
3	—	328	110.00–112.00	111.37
10	—	439	82.00–115.00	106.19
20	—	367	75.00–105.00	96.17
2	—	727	100.00	100.00
6	—	590	107.00	107.00
14	—	293	80.00–100.00	93.95
1	—	605	70.00	70.00
3	—	473	77.00–85.00	82.35
12	—	526	75.00–85.00	80.27

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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