Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady to 1.00 lower; slaughter heifers sold steady; slaughter dairy steers sold weak on a light comparison. Slaughter breaker cows sold steady to 1.00 higher; slaughter boner cows sold steady to 1.00 lower; slaughter lean cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder dairy bull calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with no comparison on feeder dairy heifer calves. Overall, buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $101.70/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,169.31 against this barn's trailing median of $1,271.01.

Average price

$101.70

22 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$50.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.07

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	115.34	623	16thin
Large 3	479	65.33	313	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.01/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

33 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $1,707.20, low $923.61, median $1,271.01 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

101.70

—

PA average5 barns · 552 hd

80.63

+21.07

This barn, trailing median33 sales

1,271.01

−1,169.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,410	89.75	1,265	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,593	67.72	1,079	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	59.38	777	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,186	49.14	583	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	High	1,461	85.45	1,249	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,268	76.10	965	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,233	62.00	764	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,557	87.30	1,359	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	79.21	1,137	12
Heifers	Choice and Prime	High	1,372	112.11	1,538	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,208	99.68	1,204	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,468	113.85	1,671	29
Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	107.04	1,568	11
Steers	Select	Low	1,589	94.23	1,497	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	108	108.50/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	95	64.78/cwt	37
Bulls	Number 3	83	29.74/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	80	12.81/cwt	25
Heifers	Number 3	85	72.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	90	63.57/cwt	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	77	9.67/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

92 lots · USDA AMS · Middleburg Livestock Auction - 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	—	628	116.04/cwt	105.00–120.00	729	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,285	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	861	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	768	62.67/cwt	55.00–70.00	481	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	313	62.48/cwt	60.00–65.00	196	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,045	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	468	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	560	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	403	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	890	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	552	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	63.42/cwt	61.00–66.00	860	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	51.06/cwt	49.00–54.00	685	4
Bulls	Large 3	—	915	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	686	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	280	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	266	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,130	63.65/cwt	62.00–67.00	719	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,115	110.98/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,237	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,475	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,460	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,577	85.86/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,354	12
Bulls	Large 3	—	200	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	134	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	260	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	130	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,233	62.00/cwt	57.00–66.00	764	2
Steers	Select	—	1,688	88.83/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,323	114.34/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,513	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,467	113.63/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,667	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	870	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	653	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	945	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	122.55/cwt	115.00–125.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	542	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	111.01/cwt	110.00–112.00	342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	10.11/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	80	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	65.00/cwt	50.00–75.00	72	3
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	70	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	56	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	100	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	65	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	175	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	70	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	112	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	68.36/cwt	50.00–75.00	70	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	135	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	100.02/cwt	85.00–110.00	104	14
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	92.33/cwt	80.00–107.00	88	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,388	111.37/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,546	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,477	93.05/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	60	7.00/cwt	7.00–7.00	4	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	3
Bulls	Number 3Jersey	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	31.53/cwt	27.00–35.00	26	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	62.13/cwt	57.00–63.50	954	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	58.83/cwt	55.00–60.50	751	20
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	37.30/cwt	30.00–45.00	35	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	62.59/cwt	50.00–75.00	57	18
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	52.00/cwt	45.00–60.00	44	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	57.65/cwt	56.00–59.50	722	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,241	53.04/cwt	52.00–55.00	658	7
Bulls	Utility	—	105	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	330	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	172	1
Bulls	—	—	1,410	89.75/cwt	87.00–92.50	1,265	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,208	99.68/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,204	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	107.04/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,568	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,268	76.10/cwt	72.00–78.00	965	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,478	116.83/cwt	116.00–117.50	1,727	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,458	82.06/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,196	4
Bulls	Utility	—	74	14.33/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	7
Bulls	Utility	—	92	14.02/cwt	10.00–15.00	13	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,435	79.21/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,137	12
Steers	Select	—	1,490	99.62/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,484	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	66.41/cwt	64.00–69.50	1,037	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	71.94/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,198	25
Bulls	Number 1	—	130	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	111	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	102.01/cwt	95.00–110.00	114	7
Bulls	Utility	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	131	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	43.13/cwt	40.00–46.00	492	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	36.50/cwt	34.00–38.00	365	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	25.00/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	188.38/cwt	185.00–195.00	213	3
Bulls	Utility	—	81	13.87/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	9

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

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Feeder CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 248Last week 220Year ago 259

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 106Year ago 124

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	105.00–120.00	116.04
4	—	571	115.00–125.00	122.55
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	87.00	87.00
1	—	270	115.00	115.00
2	—	308	110.00–112.00	111.01
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	60.00–65.00	62.48
1	—	915	75.00	75.00
1	—	200	67.00	67.00
1	—	260	50.00	50.00
1	—	870	75.00	75.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	67.00	67.00
2	—	768	55.00–70.00	62.67
1	—	1,045	67.00	67.00
1	—	560	72.00	72.00
1	—	890	62.00	62.00
1	—	280	95.00	95.00
3	—	1,130	62.00–67.00	63.65
1	—	330	52.00	52.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	102.00	102.00
1	—	520	90.00	90.00
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
1	—	570	95.00	95.00
1	—	335	107.00	107.00
2	—	615	110.00	110.00
1	—	280	102.00	102.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	107.00–115.00	110.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	128.00	128.00
1	—	450	105.00	105.00
1	—	515	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	72.00	72.00
1	—	740	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,356	61.00–66.00	63.42
4	—	1,341	49.00–54.00	51.06
20	—	1,277	55.00–60.50	58.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,535	57.00–63.50	62.13
38	—	1,561	64.00–69.50	66.41
25	—	1,665	70.00–75.50	71.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	56.00–59.50	57.65
7	—	1,241	52.00–55.00	53.04
6	—	1,140	40.00–46.00	43.13
2	—	1,000	34.00–38.00	36.50
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	99.00	99.00
4	—	1,458	79.00–84.00	82.06
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	57.00–66.00	62.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	72.00–78.00	76.10
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,577	83.00–89.00	85.86
3	—	1,477	91.00–95.00	93.05
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,435	77.00–82.00	79.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,688	85.00–92.00	88.83
2	—	1,490	98.00–101.00	99.62
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,467	110.00–115.50	113.63
2	—	1,478	116.00–117.50	116.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,465	105.00–109.00	107.04
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	114.00–115.00	114.34
9	—	1,388	109.00–113.00	111.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	98.00–101.00	99.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	87.00–92.50	89.75

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	73	5.00–15.00	10.11
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
1	—	60	7.00	7.00
3	—	82	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	80.00	80.00
1	—	100	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	175.00	175.00
1	—	70	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
3	—	92	20.00–30.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	110	50.00–75.00	65.00
9	—	102	50.00–75.00	68.36
1	—	135	50.00	50.00
18	—	91	50.00–75.00	62.59
5	—	85	45.00–60.00	52.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	104	85.00–110.00	100.02
3	—	95	80.00–107.00	92.33
1	—	130	85.00	85.00
7	—	112	95.00–110.00	102.01
1	—	125	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	65	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	83	27.00–35.00	31.53
2	—	93	30.00–45.00	37.30
1	—	75	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	10.00	10.00
7	—	74	10.00–20.00	14.33
5	—	92	10.00–15.00	14.02
3	—	62	5.00	5.00
9	—	81	10.00–20.00	13.87
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	113	185.00–195.00	188.38

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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How this sale compares

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