Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to October's Feeder Cattle Sale; Feeder Steers 300-500 lbs. traded 5.00-10.00 higher, 500-700 lb. Steers sold mostly 5.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower with later selling calves selling up to 20.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.41/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$213.41

46 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$33.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.17

vs PA average

−51.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	225.09	1,244	30
Medium and Large 2	558	191.50	1,069	16thin

One grade step is worth $33.59/cwt here — about $175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale46 hd

213.41

—

PA average2 barns · 106 hd

216.58

−3.17

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−51.69

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

63 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	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	280.77/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,210	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	303.86/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	271.97/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,431	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	260.75/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	224.81/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	263.10/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,752	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	292.08/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,349	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,918	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	478	132.96/cwt	115.00–150.00	636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	244.92/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,452	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	264.95/cwt	255.00–275.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	278.41/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	262.03/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	192.04/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,093	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	205.42/cwt	185.00–240.00	783	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	257.90/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,640	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,054	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,245	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	222.33/cwt	190.00–235.00	1,363	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	173.49/cwt	155.00–195.00	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	200.05/cwt	190.00–210.00	956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Large 3	400–450	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	1
Bulls	Large 3	350–400	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Bulls	Large 3	450–500	482	104.40/cwt	102.00–110.00	503	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	230.05/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,505	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	218.54/cwt	195.00–265.00	1,160	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	236.59/cwt	200.00–265.00	1,379	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	206.79/cwt	185.00–215.00	883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	233.05/cwt	205.00–260.00	1,324	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	221.07/cwt	205.00–240.00	1,050	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	223.19/cwt	195.00–290.00	1,386	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	248.52/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,173	3
Bulls	Large 3	500–550	525	96.20/cwt	95.00–100.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	228.40/cwt	220.00–235.00	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	212.71/cwt	175.00–225.00	1,948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	189.89/cwt	185.00–205.00	999	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,101	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	199.95/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	252.56/cwt	245.00–260.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	262.06/cwt	250.00–275.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	823	209.61/cwt	195.00–217.00	1,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	236.79/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	232.83/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	211.34/cwt	190.00–235.00	1,112	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	942	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	672	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 Nov 15, 2024

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

Receipts 428Last week 320Year ago 396

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
7	400–450	431	240.00–295.00	280.77
3	450–500	472	230.00–260.00	248.52
8	500–550	531	195.00–265.00	218.54
13	550–600	583	200.00–265.00	236.59
4	600–650	621	195.00–290.00	223.19
8	650–700	654	215.00–245.00	230.05
1	700–750	745	195.00	195.00
2	850–900	857	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	255.00	255.00
2	350–400	387	175.00	175.00
1	400–450	445	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	530	155.00	155.00
1	550–600	570	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	100.00	100.00
1	400–450	410	165.00	165.00
10	450–500	482	102.00–110.00	104.40
4	500–550	525	95.00–100.00	96.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	382	300.00–315.00	303.86
4	400–450	422	295.00	295.00
9	450–500	462	285.00–300.00	292.08
6	500–550	526	255.00–280.00	271.97
7	550–600	583	245.00–280.00	262.03
16	600–650	636	235.00–280.00	257.90
8	650–700	666	250.00–275.00	263.10
6	700–750	716	250.00–265.00	260.75
1	750–800	785	235.00	235.00
2	800–850	813	205.00	205.00
2	850–900	892	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	280.00	280.00
3	300–350	318	255.00–275.00	264.95
3	350–400	367	275.00–280.00	278.41
3	450–500	472	220.00–255.00	232.83
3	500–550	525	230.00–240.00	236.79
4	550–600	593	225.00–265.00	244.92
5	650–700	686	220.00–245.00	224.81
1	750–800	795	225.00	225.00
3	800–850	823	195.00–217.00	209.61
2	900–950	942	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	130.00	130.00
4	450–500	478	115.00–150.00	132.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	381	185.00–240.00	205.42
9	400–450	427	185.00–215.00	206.79
4	450–500	478	190.00–210.00	200.05
4	500–550	526	185.00–205.00	189.89
12	550–600	569	187.00–200.00	192.04
3	600–650	613	155.00–195.00	173.49
1	650–700	655	170.00	170.00
1	700–750	710	155.00	155.00
2	750–800	792	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	260.00	260.00
2	250–300	285	250.00–275.00	262.06
2	300–350	318	245.00–260.00	252.56
9	400–450	429	220.00–235.00	228.40
17	450–500	475	205.00–240.00	221.07
11	500–550	526	190.00–235.00	211.34
19	550–600	568	205.00–260.00	233.05
10	600–650	613	190.00–235.00	222.33
1	650–700	670	195.00	195.00
2	700–750	728	195.00–205.00	199.95
1	750–800	785	205.00	205.00
4	900–950	916	175.00–225.00	212.71

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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