Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Single head small bull deleted

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be Friday January 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.05/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$110.05

84 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$19.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	118.45	619	47
Medium and Large 2	478	99.39	475	37

One grade step is worth $19.06/cwt here — about $144 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 sale84 hd

110.05

—

PA average6 barns · 239 hd

113.38

−3.33

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

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	133.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	150.26/cwt	135.00–157.00	805	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	885	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,015	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	883	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	640	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	512	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	500	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	117.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	111.28/cwt	80.00–125.00	312	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	545	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	283	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	240	66.00/cwt	47.00–85.00	158	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	575	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	96.89/cwt	82.00–130.00	402	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	117.20/cwt	112.00–120.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	108.32/cwt	100.00–122.00	506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	273	94.26/cwt	77.00–110.00	257	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	124.76/cwt	102.00–145.00	661	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	109.80/cwt	92.00–152.00	634	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	87.57/cwt	85.00–90.00	320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	133.85/cwt	125.00–137.00	861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	99.48/cwt	97.00–102.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	109.71/cwt	95.00–120.00	621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	101.20/cwt	90.00–112.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	92.57/cwt	75.00–110.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	135.83/cwt	135.00–137.00	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	84.99/cwt	72.00–105.00	439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	136.07/cwt	130.00–142.00	729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.82/cwt	110.00–127.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	723	91.55/cwt	75.00–110.00	662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	355	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	167	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	900	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	720	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	315	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	236	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	225	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	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

Fri Dec 16, 2022

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

Receipts 187Last week 269Year ago 370

Correction: Single head small bull deleted

The next Feeder Cattle Sale will be Friday January 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	708	130.00–135.00	133.30
7	—	643	125.00–137.00	133.85
3	—	358	150.00	150.00
1	—	880	87.00	87.00
2	—	670	125.00	125.00
4	—	536	130.00–142.00	136.07
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	77.00–110.00	94.26
1	—	355	47.00	47.00
1	—	900	80.00	80.00
1	—	315	75.00	75.00
1	—	225	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	75.00	75.00
1	—	675	125.00	125.00
3	—	570	110.00–127.00	115.82
4	—	723	75.00–110.00	91.55
1	—	440	92.00	92.00
1	—	295	127.00	127.00
2	—	385	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
2	—	475	110.00–115.00	112.50
7	—	536	135.00–157.00	150.26
1	—	635	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	142.00	142.00
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
1	—	610	145.00	145.00
5	—	467	100.00–122.00	108.32
1	—	415	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	87.00	87.00
4	—	640	80.00	80.00
1	—	500	82.00	82.00
1	—	575	77.00	77.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	463	130.00	130.00
5	—	381	115.00–120.00	117.35
14	—	530	102.00–145.00	124.76
15	—	577	92.00–152.00	109.80
2	—	673	90.00–112.00	101.20
2	—	633	75.00–110.00	92.57
5	—	425	135.00–137.00	135.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	280	80.00–125.00	111.28
7	—	415	82.00–130.00	96.89
3	—	467	112.00–120.00	117.20
1	—	600	85.00	85.00
1	—	305	115.00	115.00
3	—	900	77.00	77.00
4	—	365	85.00–90.00	87.57
2	—	725	97.00–102.00	99.48
5	—	566	95.00–120.00	109.71
4	—	516	72.00–105.00	84.99
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	52.00	52.00
2	—	240	47.00–85.00	66.00

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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