Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale will be held Friday, October 18th at 6:00pm.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $197.86/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$197.86

33 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$695

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$137.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.00

vs PA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	247.70	1,318	21
Large 3	564	110.64	623	12thin

One grade step is worth $137.06/cwt here — about $695 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 sale33 hd

197.86

—

PA average3 barns · 80 hd

218.87

−21.00

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

34 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	Large 3	450–500	493	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	505	2
Bulls	Large 3	700–750	728	116.02/cwt	115.00–117.00	845	2
Bulls	Large 3	500–550	532	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	558	3
Bulls	Large 3	650–700	655	110.50/cwt	110.00–112.00	724	4
Bulls	Large 3	550–600	574	112.55/cwt	100.00–117.00	646	9
Bulls	Large 3	600–650	625	108.02/cwt	100.00–115.00	675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	319.94/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,060	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	244.51/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,274	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	227.49/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	257.92/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	223.91/cwt	217.00–230.00	943	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	225.97/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,512	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	254.61/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,136	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	248.34/cwt	245.00–250.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	222.52/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,415	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	215.68/cwt	205.00–220.00	897	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	210.46/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,000	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	259.91/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,222	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	219.52/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,133	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	291.45/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	215.02/cwt	210.00–225.00	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	208.13/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,001	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	267.56/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	287.43/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	290.07/cwt	275.00–295.00	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	288.92/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	240.53/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,246	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	240.70/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,957	7

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 Oct 5, 2024

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

Receipts 371Last week 456Year ago 296

The next Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale will be held Friday, October 18th at 6:00pm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	100.00–105.00	102.51
3	500–550	532	100.00–110.00	104.92
9	550–600	574	100.00–117.00	112.55
10	600–650	625	100.00–115.00	108.02
4	650–700	655	110.00–112.00	110.50
2	700–750	728	115.00–117.00	116.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	446	250.00–260.00	254.61
16	500–550	521	242.00–250.00	244.51
5	550–600	568	255.00–260.00	257.92
5	650–700	669	220.00–235.00	225.97
2	700–750	740	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	205.00–220.00	215.68
11	450–500	475	210.00–215.00	210.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	275.00–295.00	290.07
5	450–500	459	280.00–295.00	288.92
3	500–550	516	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	575	285.00–290.00	287.43
15	600–650	644	315.00–330.00	319.94
7	800–850	813	235.00–245.00	240.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	402	255.00	255.00
6	450–500	470	255.00–265.00	259.91
2	500–550	527	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	590	260.00–275.00	267.56
7	600–650	619	290.00–295.00	291.45
4	750–800	798	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	245.00–250.00	248.34
4	350–400	378	270.00	270.00
10	500–550	518	235.00–245.00	240.53
6	600–650	636	215.00–225.00	222.52
4	650–700	685	225.00–230.00	227.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	210.00–225.00	215.02
22	400–450	421	217.00–230.00	223.91
6	450–500	481	205.00–215.00	208.13
20	500–550	516	215.00–225.00	219.52

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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