Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.90/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$286.90

31 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$32.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.14

vs PA average

−34.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	294.31	1,568	24
Medium and Large 2	540	261.50	1,412	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.81/cwt here — about $155 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 sale31 hd

286.90

—

PA average2 barns · 86 hd

271.76

+15.14

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−34.48

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

30 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	535	292.04/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,562	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	275.86/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	299.17/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,553	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	266.61/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	274.03/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,239	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	382.10/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	304.99/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	309.68/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,087	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	800–850	827	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,695	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	831	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,013	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	909	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,227	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	268.31/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,390	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	320.62/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,751	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	306.45/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,234	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	310.63/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,516	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	300.65/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,864	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,254	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	365.39/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,465	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	257.67/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	248.72/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,816	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,077	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	249.04/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,686	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	289.39/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,343	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	311.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,341	16

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 Apr 5, 2025

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

Receipts 442Last week 521Year ago 559

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	535	290.00–295.00	292.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	310.00–320.00	311.95
17	450–500	488	300.00–320.00	310.63
19	500–550	519	290.00–305.00	299.17
5	550–600	585	270.00–290.00	275.86
8	600–650	620	295.00–310.00	300.65
9	700–750	727	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	776	250.00	250.00
5	850–900	891	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	359	300.00	300.00
16	450–500	464	285.00–290.00	289.39
3	500–550	507	260.00–275.00	266.61
4	550–600	565	250.00–265.00	257.67
15	650–700	677	240.00–255.00	249.04
4	700–750	730	240.00–255.00	248.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	401	365.00–370.00	365.39
5	450–500	481	370.00–385.00	382.10
8	500–550	546	320.00–325.00	320.62
5	600–650	625	300.00–310.00	304.99
5	650–700	674	300.00–325.00	309.68
9	700–750	729	290.00–312.00	306.45
5	750–800	775	305.00	305.00
10	800–850	817	270.00–290.00	274.03
6	850–900	884	265.00–275.00	268.31
7	900–950	902	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	355.00	355.00
8	700–750	732	275.00	275.00
9	900–950	909	245.00	245.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	827	205.00	205.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	831	197.00	197.00

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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