Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-04-02

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Apr 2
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
88 head
377 vs last sale 465 399 vs year ago 487 · 81.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 1.32 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 4.51 lower and slaughter heifers averaged .64 higher. Slaughter breaker cows averaged 9.28 higher, boners averaged 8.61 higher and lean cows averaged .22 higher. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 36.78 lower aqnd under 95 lbs averaged 6.41 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
300–400 lb bulls averaged $225.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$225.00
1 head · 300 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.00
vs PA average

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 3300225.006751thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
225.00
PA average2 barns · 3 hd
205.00
+20.00
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

4 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300275225.00/cwt225.00–225.006191
Dairy HeifersMedium 3300–350340230.00/cwt230.00–230.007821
BullsMedium 3300–350300225.00/cwt225.00–225.006751
BullsMedium 3250–300260225.00/cwt225.00–225.005851

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.