Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady. Dairy steers sold strong. Heifers sold steady. Dairy heifers sold strong. Slaughter breaker cows sold steady; boner cows sold weak; lean cows sold steady. Overall, feeder dairy calves sold weak. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply for both the slaughter cattle sales and the feeder dairy calf sale.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.58/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −1,157.92 against this barn's trailing median of $1,271.50.

Average price

$113.58

19 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$45.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.19

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	137.66	862	6thin
Medium and Large 2	644	114.67	739	6thin
Large 3	546	92.00	503	7thin

One grade step is worth $45.66/cwt here — about $359 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

32 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $1,707.20, low $923.61, median $1,271.50 across 32 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 sale19 hd

113.58

—

PA average7 barns · 762 hd

163.77

−50.19

This barn, trailing median32 sales

1,271.50

−1,157.92

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	1,640	107.28	1,759	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,563	86.71	1,356	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,416	76.39	1,082	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,266	60.55	767	36
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,459	125.04	1,824	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,270	118.97	1,511	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,613	103.02	1,662	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	High	1,479	128.70	1,904	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	123.35	1,733	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,311	104.17	1,366	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Low	1,423	143.30	2,040	24
Heifers	Choice	High	1,235	129.31	1,597	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,243	120.59	1,499	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,512	148.76	2,249	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	143.44	2,109	31
Steers	Select	High	1,270	121.67	1,546	21

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	205.54/cwt	58
Bulls	Number 2	87	148.53/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	86	88.01/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	80	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	94	232.45/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	88	185.00/cwt	3

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
Steers	Select	—	1,388	136.89/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,900	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,229	95.64/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,175	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,358	109.05/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,481	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	118.97/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,511	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,447	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,958	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,489	126.71/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,887	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,512	148.76/cwt	146.00–151.50	2,249	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,405	123.35/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,733	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	94.12/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,529	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	70.63/cwt	69.00–74.00	790	6
Bulls	—	—	1,378	111.70/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,539	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	76.88/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,049	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,616	70.55/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,140	7
Bulls	—	—	2,425	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	2,280	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	380	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	830	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	134.91/cwt	130.00–140.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	585	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	146.98/cwt	142.00–152.00	974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	654	120.26/cwt	115.00–122.00	787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	126.02/cwt	125.00–127.00	668	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	430	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	452	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	228	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	995	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	135.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	498	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	260	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	325	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	137.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	255	38.50/cwt	37.00–40.00	98	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	640	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	429	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	355	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	408	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	740	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	644	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	475	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	428	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	98	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	280	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	258.33/cwt	210.00–290.00	284	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	143	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	127	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	255	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	294	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	222	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	154.92/cwt	150.00–165.00	129	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	105	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	194.55/cwt	185.00–200.00	218	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	244	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	75	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	138.57/cwt	110.00–160.00	125	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	194.57/cwt	170.00–210.00	183	15
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	67	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	94.82/cwt	70.00–105.00	79	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	153.33/cwt	150.00–160.00	130	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	85	202.50/cwt	200.00–205.00	172	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	284.86/cwt	280.00–290.00	265	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	165	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	192.25/cwt	170.00–205.00	196	15
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	60	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	165.00/cwt	150.00–180.00	157	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	286.97/cwt	280.00–295.00	270	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	80	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	144	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,330	64.97/cwt	62.00–68.00	864	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,221	49.87/cwt	46.00–53.00	609	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,321	56.82/cwt	54.00–60.00	751	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	84.79/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,071	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	86.75/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,384	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	81.95/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,173	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,328	136.86/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,818	6
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,415	136.64/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,933	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,237	115.48/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,428	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,425	144.63/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,061	20
Heifers	Select	—	1,250	127.16/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,590	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	125.53/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,491	12
Steers	Select	—	1,328	121.94/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,619	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,470	143.44/cwt	139.00–148.50	2,109	31
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,459	125.04/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,824	7
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,613	103.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,662	3
Steers	Select	—	1,139	111.88/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,274	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	205	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	164	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	415	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	320	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	935	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,029	1

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 61Last week 52Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 288Last week 199Year ago 268

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 98Last week 97Year ago 116

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,388	135.00–139.00	136.89
8	—	1,328	118.00–127.00	121.94
8	—	1,139	110.00–115.00	111.88
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,512	146.00–151.50	148.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,470	139.00–148.50	143.44
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,229	92.00–100.00	95.64
7	—	1,358	104.00–114.00	109.05
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	135.00–136.00	135.34
10	—	1,489	123.00–130.00	126.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,405	118.00–127.00	123.35
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	113.00–124.00	118.97
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	120.00–128.00	125.04
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,613	100.00–105.00	103.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,624	91.00–97.00	94.12
24	—	1,595	84.00–90.00	86.75
8	—	1,431	79.00–83.00	81.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,119	69.00–74.00	70.63
14	—	1,330	62.00–68.00	64.97
9	—	1,221	46.00–53.00	49.87
7	—	1,321	54.00–60.00	56.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,364	74.00–80.00	76.88
7	—	1,616	70.00–72.00	70.55
4	—	1,263	84.00–85.00	84.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	108.00–115.00	111.70
1	—	2,425	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	134.00–140.00	136.86
12	—	1,188	122.00–130.00	125.53
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,415	135.00–139.00	136.64
20	—	1,425	141.00–149.00	144.63
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,237	110.00–120.00	115.48
7	—	1,250	125.00–130.00	127.16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	97.00	97.00
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
1	—	475	90.00	90.00
1	—	205	80.00	80.00
1	—	415	77.00	77.00
1	—	935	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
1	—	570	150.00	150.00
1	—	540	122.00	122.00
1	—	620	130.00	130.00
2	—	663	142.00–152.00	146.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	654	115.00–122.00	120.26
1	—	700	87.00	87.00
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	85.00	85.00
1	—	360	115.00	115.00
1	—	995	90.00	90.00
1	—	465	112.00	112.00
1	—	900	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	130.00–140.00	134.91
2	—	530	125.00–127.00	126.02
2	—	368	130.00–140.00	135.24
3	—	483	135.00–140.00	137.36
2	—	575	125.00	125.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	105.00	105.00
2	—	228	105.00–115.00	109.95
1	—	260	125.00	125.00
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
1	—	740	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	37.00–40.00	38.50
1	—	640	67.00	67.00
1	—	355	115.00	115.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	130.00	130.00
1	—	110	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	150.00	150.00
2	—	85	200.00–205.00	202.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	300.00	300.00
1	—	105	280.00	280.00
2	—	93	280.00–290.00	284.86
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	280.00	280.00
3	—	110	210.00–290.00	258.33
1	—	80	305.00	305.00
5	—	94	280.00–295.00	286.97
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	120	185.00	185.00
4	—	83	150.00–165.00	154.92
12	—	112	185.00–200.00	194.55
15	—	94	170.00–210.00	194.57
15	—	102	170.00–205.00	192.25
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	135.00–145.00	140.00
7	—	90	110.00–160.00	138.57
3	—	85	150.00–160.00	153.33
1	—	100	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	100.00	100.00
1	—	95	70.00	70.00
5	—	83	70.00–105.00	94.82
1	—	100	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	150.00–180.00	165.00
1	—	80	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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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