Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on Nov 15th @6 pm

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.35/cwt on 15 head.

Average price

$220.35

15 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$18.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.98

vs PA average

−37.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	227.82	1,265	9thin
Medium and Large 2	556	209.14	1,163	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.68/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale15 hd

220.35

—

PA average3 barns · 60 hd

199.36

+20.98

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−37.46

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

41 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	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	293.31/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	293.39/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,247	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	263.78/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	217.54/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	212.32/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,769	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	275.96/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	231.36/cwt	225.00–240.00	868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	220.15/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	190.99/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	281.83/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	244.11/cwt	230.00–250.00	752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	256.49/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	227.48/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,426	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	270.22/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,411	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	287.59/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,366	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	267.66/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	252.97/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	278.36/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	229.07/cwt	205.00–235.00	1,668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	250.08/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	195.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	206.87/cwt	195.00–210.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	234.32/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,083	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	208.67/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,179	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	237.69/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,027	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	213.37/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	186.58/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	226.23/cwt	215.00–245.00	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	261.74/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	236.04/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,263	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	211.14/cwt	200.00–215.00	904	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	242.16/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,277	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	239.19/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,139	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	210.07/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	730	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 →

Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale - Middleburg, PA

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The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on Nov 15th @6 pm

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	290.00–295.00	293.31
3	400–450	425	290.00–295.00	293.39
5	450–500	478	275.00–280.00	275.96
2	500–550	525	280.00–290.00	285.00
4	550–600	581	260.00–265.00	263.78
4	600–650	602	265.00	265.00
5	650–700	657	250.00–265.00	252.97
2	750–800	757	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	235.00–240.00	239.19
2	500–550	515	225.00–260.00	242.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	308	230.00–250.00	244.11
11	350–400	375	225.00–240.00	231.36
11	400–450	432	230.00–240.00	237.69
9	450–500	462	225.00–245.00	234.32
5	500–550	535	220.00–240.00	236.04
4	550–600	581	215.00–220.00	217.54
10	600–650	627	220.00–235.00	227.48
2	650–700	695	225.00	225.00
5	700–750	728	205.00–235.00	229.07
5	800–850	821	190.00–195.00	190.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	195.00–210.00	206.87
3	350–400	356	205.00	205.00
4	400–450	428	200.00–215.00	211.14
3	450–500	480	205.00–220.00	213.37
2	500–550	538	205.00–215.00	210.07
4	550–600	565	202.00–215.00	208.67
4	600–650	608	210.00	210.00
3	700–750	711	180.00–190.00	186.58
2	750–800	780	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	270.00–295.00	281.83
4	450–500	475	275.00–295.00	287.59
7	500–550	522	265.00–280.00	270.22
6	600–650	632	260.00–285.00	278.36
3	650–700	677	250.00–265.00	256.49
4	700–750	706	255.00–272.00	267.66
2	750–800	773	215.00–225.00	220.15
9	800–850	833	212.00–215.00	212.32
4	900–950	915	215.00–245.00	226.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	255.00–265.00	261.74
2	600–650	610	245.00–255.00	250.08
3	650–700	687	190.00–200.00	195.04

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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