Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2025-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.77/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$336.77

14 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$16.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

+15.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	341.48	1,841	10thin
Medium and Large 2	542	325.00	1,762	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale14 hd

336.77

—

PA average1 barns · 14 hd

336.77

+0.00

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+15.59

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

38 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	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	353.34/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,755	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	342.51/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	304.85/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,914	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	353.23/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	275.88/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	921	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	608	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,520	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	943	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,942	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,465	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	886	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	254.96/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,993	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	917	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	812	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	341.48/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,997	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	248.83/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	287.59/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	242.40/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	234.35/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,816	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,098	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,248	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,368	6

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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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	391	350.00–355.00	353.34
4	450–500	459	340.00–345.00	342.51
3	500–550	525	312.00	312.00
7	550–600	585	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	673	247.00	247.00
2	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	416	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	456	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	407	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	465	350.00–355.00	353.23
5	550–600	594	327.00	327.00
12	600–650	628	290.00–310.00	304.85
3	650–700	680	317.00	317.00
4	700–750	706	250.00–260.00	254.96
4	750–800	764	285.00–295.00	287.59
4	800–850	816	275.00	275.00
4	850–900	878	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	307	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	481	325.00	325.00
6	550–600	580	270.00–295.00	275.88
2	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
2	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	812	215.00	215.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	608	250.00	250.00
5	750–800	755	225.00	225.00
7	850–900	886	205.00	205.00
4	900–950	943	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	539	340.00–345.00	341.48
3	600–650	635	260.00	260.00
4	650–700	680	245.00–260.00	248.83
3	700–750	738	270.00	270.00
8	750–800	775	230.00–240.00	234.35
13	800–850	839	250.00	250.00
9	950–1000	951	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	391	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	542	325.00	325.00
4	700–750	730	240.00–250.00	242.40
4	900–950	917	180.00	180.00

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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