Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2025-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on June 20th @6PM

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.45/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$375.45

24 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$29.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−9.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	381.61	2,128	19thin
Medium and Large 2	572	352.03	2,014	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.58/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale24 hd

375.45

—

PA average1 barns · 24 hd

375.45

+0.00

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−9.15

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

50 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 2	500–550	535	354.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,899	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	350.10/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	343.68/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,117	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	332.77/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	353.94/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,487	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	281.60/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,458	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	408.94/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	363.68/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	314.91/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	318.51/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,946	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	376.36/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	283.08/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	318.98/cwt	317.00–325.00	2,536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	366.51/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	291.31/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	343.72/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,784	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	377.54/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	208.05/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,157	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	377.44/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	254.94/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	264.96/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,149	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	398.76/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,086	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	310.10/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	293.04/cwt	290.00–297.00	2,236	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	393.31/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	281.67/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	310.08/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,229	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	307.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,085	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	292.44/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,696	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	511	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,456	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	617	229.81/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	352.03/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	284.44/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,014	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	321.22/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	311.33/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	366.18/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,157	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	329.40/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,227	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	486	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	298.91/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	266.74/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	420.02/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,474	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	721	202.42/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,459	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Receipts 475Last week 294Year ago 391

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on June 20th @6PM

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	345.00–355.00	350.10
2	500–550	535	350.00–360.00	354.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	351	410.00–425.00	420.02
4	400–450	418	370.00–385.00	376.36
2	450–500	458	370.00–385.00	377.54
4	500–550	522	370.00–380.00	377.44
4	550–600	587	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	726	245.00–260.00	254.94
2	750–800	765	255.00	255.00
3	900–950	916	200.00–212.00	208.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	360.00–375.00	363.68
9	450–500	474	405.00–415.00	408.94
9	500–550	523	390.00–405.00	398.76
10	550–600	589	360.00–377.00	366.18
4	600–650	616	340.00–350.00	343.68
10	650–700	676	320.00–335.00	329.40
9	700–750	719	300.00–315.00	310.08
4	750–800	795	317.00–325.00	318.98
3	800–850	822	280.00–285.00	281.67
9	850–900	873	270.00–295.00	281.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	390.00–395.00	393.31
5	550–600	572	345.00–355.00	352.03
4	600–650	621	325.00	325.00
7	650–700	679	300.00–310.00	307.09
9	700–750	708	280.00–290.00	284.44
3	750–800	763	290.00–297.00	293.04
3	800–850	828	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	360.00–375.00	366.51
6	400–450	420	345.00–360.00	353.94
7	450–500	475	325.00–340.00	332.77
8	500–550	519	335.00–345.00	343.72
10	550–600	592	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	611	310.00–325.00	318.51
4	650–700	663	310.00–320.00	314.91
8	700–750	733	275.00–290.00	283.08
4	750–800	761	280.00–295.00	291.31
9	800–850	811	255.00–270.00	264.96
3	900–950	918	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	315.00–325.00	321.22
4	450–500	476	305.00–320.00	311.33
7	500–550	511	305.00–315.00	310.10
4	550–600	580	285.00–295.00	292.44
5	600–650	628	290.00–305.00	298.91
3	700–750	732	260.00–270.00	266.74
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	511	285.00	285.00
3	600–650	617	220.00–235.00	229.81
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	350.00	350.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
4	700–750	721	195.00–205.00	202.42

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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