Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on October 18th @6PM

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.62/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$232.62

40 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$16.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.99

vs PA average

−4.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	235.46	1,296	33
Medium and Large 2	515	219.24	1,129	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

232.62

—

PA average2 barns · 56 hd

229.63

+2.99

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−4.39

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

36 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	350–400	380	214.87/cwt	210.00–220.00	817	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	473	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,112	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	528	184.88/cwt	180.00–190.00	976	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	446	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	981	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	636	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,253	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	700–750	736	218.53/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	207.52/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	207.49/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	190.72/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	220.92/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	249.99/cwt	240.00–255.00	822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	284.47/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,627	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	224.81/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	233.75/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,036	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	220.55/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,067	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	239.15/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,378	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	232.38/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,229	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	310.21/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	279.09/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	241.01/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	309.20/cwt	305.00–310.00	971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	227.76/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,075	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	287.41/cwt	285.00–290.00	957	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	267.62/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,277	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	203.99/cwt	200.00–205.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	219.24/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	206.38/cwt	200.00–215.00	869	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	233.73/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,220	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	198.37/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,422	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	269.82/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,368	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	318.23/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,492	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,622	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	301.43/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,145	3

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 →

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The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on October 18th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	210.00–220.00	214.87
3	400–450	446	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	473	235.00	235.00
2	500–550	528	180.00–190.00	184.88
3	600–650	636	197.00	197.00
7	700–750	736	210.00–222.00	218.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	240.00–255.00	249.99
12	400–450	443	225.00–240.00	233.75
12	450–500	484	215.00–230.00	220.55
18	500–550	529	225.00–240.00	232.38
15	550–600	576	235.00–245.00	239.15
8	600–650	631	220.00–230.00	224.81
6	650–700	671	210.00–225.00	220.92
4	700–750	727	205.00–215.00	207.49
2	800–850	808	205.00–210.00	207.52
4	900–950	916	187.00–192.00	190.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	200.00–215.00	206.38
5	450–500	458	200.00–205.00	203.99
7	500–550	515	215.00–220.00	219.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	314	305.00–310.00	309.20
3	350–400	380	295.00–310.00	301.43
4	450–500	476	300.00–317.00	310.21
5	500–550	508	275.00–285.00	279.09
14	550–600	572	282.00–290.00	284.47
3	600–650	638	235.00	235.00
5	650–700	674	240.00–245.00	241.01
7	700–750	719	225.00–232.00	227.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	285.00–290.00	287.41
6	450–500	477	260.00–270.00	267.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	522	230.00–240.00	233.73
4	550–600	597	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	275.00	275.00
5	450–500	469	317.00–320.00	318.23
4	500–550	507	255.00–275.00	269.82
6	600–650	624	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	717	195.00–200.00	198.37

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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