Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.07/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$395.07

42 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$25.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs PA average

−9.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	405.95	2,164	24
Medium and Large 2	551	380.56	2,099	18thin

One grade step is worth $25.39/cwt here — about $65 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 sale42 hd

395.07

—

PA average1 barns · 42 hd

395.07

+0.00

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−9.57

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

43 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	300–350	337	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,365	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	350.13/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	305.09/cwt	275.00–335.00	2,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	381.64/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,015	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	261.92/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,528	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,423	159.50/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	457.40/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	290.70/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,079	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	356.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,335	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	280.06/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,148	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,296	160.41/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	404.20/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,272	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	298.82/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,712	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	406.67/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,119	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	462.54/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	284.07/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	283.91/cwt	270.00–325.00	2,569	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	306.20/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,330	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	344.12/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,502	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	315.18/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	384.49/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,057	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	282.10/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,195	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	399.97/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	336.48/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	313.44/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	382.50/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	281.67/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	353.66/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	375.64/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,149	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	274.86/cwt	250.00–300.00	2,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	824	305.92/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	308.32/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,598	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

Fri Sep 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 695Last week 312Year ago 456

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	337	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	422	345.00–355.00	350.13
4	550–600	581	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	410	275.00–285.00	280.06
3	550–600	586	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	603	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	460.00–470.00	462.54
6	400–450	429	455.00–465.00	457.40
6	450–500	468	425.00	425.00
17	500–550	521	400.00–417.00	406.67
7	550–600	562	400.00–410.00	404.20
7	600–650	609	335.00–345.00	336.48
5	650–700	681	410.00	410.00
6	700–750	727	340.00–355.00	344.12
8	750–800	761	300.00–310.00	306.20
5	800–850	820	335.00	335.00
6	850–900	858	275.00–335.00	305.09
4	900–950	905	270.00–325.00	283.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	481	390.00–405.00	399.97
10	500–550	535	380.00–390.00	384.49
8	550–600	572	370.00–385.00	375.64
6	600–650	639	280.00–295.00	284.07
3	700–750	715	310.00–325.00	315.18
7	750–800	778	280.00–285.00	282.10
5	800–850	824	300.00–310.00	305.92
2	850–900	885	250.00–300.00	274.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	350.00–360.00	356.00
4	400–450	443	345.00	345.00
9	450–500	461	415.00	415.00
12	500–550	528	370.00–385.00	381.64
16	550–600	573	295.00–310.00	298.82
5	600–650	641	255.00	255.00
5	650–700	662	250.00–265.00	261.92
7	700–750	715	280.00–295.00	290.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	310.00–320.00	313.44
3	400–450	417	305.00–310.00	308.32
4	450–500	465	380.00–385.00	382.50
4	500–550	516	345.00–360.00	353.66
6	550–600	582	280.00–285.00	281.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,423	155.00–165.00	159.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,296	155.00–165.00	160.41

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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