Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks weighted average prices slaughter steers averaged 1.93 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 4.32 lower and slaughter heifers averaged 6.98 higher. Slaughter cows: Breakers averaged .82 lower, boners averaged 5.78 higher and lean cows averaged 1.99 lower. Holstien bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 24.13 lower and under 95 lbs averaged 24.13 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $98.69/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,175.31 against this barn's trailing median of $1,274.00.

Average price

$98.69

24 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$673

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$50.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.43

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	136.00	972	2thin
Medium and Large 2	698	111.80	780	8thin
Large 3	348	85.86	299	14thin

One grade step is worth $50.14/cwt here — about $673 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 $986.89, median $1,274.00 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 sale24 hd

98.69

—

PA average5 barns · 882 hd

97.25

+1.43

This barn, trailing median33 sales

1,274.00

−1,175.31

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	—	Low	1,240	80.43	997	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,638	83.88	1,374	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,589	81.96	1,302	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,455	76.86	1,119	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,225	61.58	754	14
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,577	130.90	2,064	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	115.39	1,628	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,123	91.19	1,024	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	149.34	2,165	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	139.76	1,930	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,585	125.00	1,981	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,495	153.69	2,298	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,346	144.27	1,942	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	120.71/cwt	236
Bulls	Number 2	95	73.92/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	88	42.50/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	85	8.33/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	93	206.70/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	85	25.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	85	15.00/cwt	1

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	81.27/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,211	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	47.21/cwt	44.00–51.00	491	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	61.69/cwt	52.00–73.00	756	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	81.96/cwt	72.00–87.00	1,302	9
Bulls	—	—	1,040	70.97/cwt	70.00–72.00	738	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	89.89/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	108.42/cwt	90.00–127.00	605	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	905	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.70/cwt	100.00–130.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	108.97/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	115.12/cwt	105.00–125.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	185	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	110	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	170	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	196	1
Heifers	Large 3	—	415	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	122.36/cwt	110.00–135.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,130	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,105	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	961	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	897	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	235	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	270	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	100.00/cwt	85.00–115.00	595	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	530	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	508	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	210	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	252	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	780	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	757	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	350	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	315	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	205	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	82	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	130	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	65	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	335	74.70/cwt	55.00–85.00	250	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	271	102.79/cwt	60.00–137.00	279	5
Bulls	Utility	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	77.79/cwt	50.00–100.00	72	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	50.06/cwt	30.00–65.00	41	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	42.12/cwt	30.00–50.00	39	5
Bulls	Utility	—	110	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	6	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	107.33/cwt	100.00–120.00	121	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	82.50/cwt	70.00–95.00	70	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	118.53/cwt	70.00–120.00	113	205
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	32.16/cwt	10.00–50.00	23	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	123	244.90/cwt	240.00–250.00	301	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	120	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	275	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	86.79/cwt	50.00–105.00	89	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	97.25/cwt	85.00–125.00	98	11
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	40.14/cwt	35.00–45.00	37	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	115	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	98	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	261	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	264	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	294	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,346	144.27/cwt	137.00–149.50	1,942	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,495	153.69/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,298	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,411	115.39/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,628	7
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,577	130.90/cwt	126.00–138.00	2,064	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,123	91.19/cwt	81.00–100.00	1,024	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	74.65/cwt	65.00–79.00	1,073	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,981	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,343	70.83/cwt	67.00–75.00	951	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,638	83.88/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,374	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	139.76/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,930	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	149.34/cwt	145.00–151.50	2,165	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	257	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	130	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	312	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	57.50/cwt	50.00–65.00	58	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	93.75/cwt	90.00–100.00	113	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	36.73/cwt	25.00–55.00	30	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	120	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	90	270.00/cwt	260.00–280.00	243	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	20	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	259	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 58Last week 225Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 248Year ago 230

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 150Last week 130Year ago 99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	79.00–85.00	81.27
6	—	1,438	65.00–79.00	74.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	44.00–51.00	47.21
9	—	1,226	52.00–73.00	61.69
3	—	1,343	67.00–75.00	70.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,589	72.00–87.00	81.96
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,638	79.00–88.00	83.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	70.00–72.00	70.97
2	—	1,440	85.00–94.00	89.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,346	137.00–149.50	144.27
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,495	152.00–155.00	153.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,411	110.00–120.00	115.39
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,577	126.00–138.00	130.90
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,123	81.00–100.00	91.19
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,381	130.00–144.00	139.76
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	145.00–151.50	149.34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	90.00–127.00	108.42
2	—	628	100.00–130.00	114.70
2	—	1,175	107.00–111.00	108.97
2	—	430	105.00–125.00	115.12
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	67.00	67.00
1	—	185	127.00	127.00
1	—	350	90.00	90.00
1	—	205	40.00	40.00
1	—	130	50.00	50.00
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
3	—	335	55.00–85.00	74.70
5	—	271	60.00–137.00	102.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	122.00	122.00
1	—	415	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	135.00	135.00
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	825	137.00	137.00
2	—	770	132.00	132.00
1	—	735	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	322	135.00	135.00
2	—	578	130.00	130.00
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
1	—	110	155.00	155.00
1	—	365	105.00	105.00
1	—	170	115.00	115.00
2	—	460	110.00–135.00	122.36
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,025	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	130.00	130.00
2	—	595	85.00–115.00	100.00
1	—	535	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	87.00	87.00
1	—	740	125.00	125.00
1	—	235	115.00	115.00
1	—	870	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	65.00	65.00
1	—	210	120.00	120.00
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
1	—	780	97.00	97.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	10.00	10.00
2	—	80	5.00–10.00	7.50
1	—	110	5.00	5.00
2	—	75	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	93	50.00–100.00	77.79
5	—	82	30.00–65.00	50.06
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
6	—	103	50.00–105.00	86.79
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	92	30.00–50.00	42.12
3	—	73	10.00–50.00	32.16
1	—	120	80.00	80.00
2	—	100	50.00–65.00	57.50
6	—	82	25.00–55.00	36.73
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	113	100.00–120.00	107.33
2	—	85	70.00–95.00	82.50
205	—	95	70.00–120.00	118.53
11	—	101	85.00–125.00	97.25
4	—	120	90.00–100.00	93.75
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	123	240.00–250.00	244.90
1	—	105	280.00	280.00
1	—	90	285.00	285.00
1	—	130	240.00	240.00
1	—	85	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	150.00	150.00
1	—	100	275.00	275.00
1	—	85	40.00	40.00
1	—	115	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	35.00–45.00	40.14
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	290.00	290.00
1	—	120	220.00	220.00
1	—	80	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	260.00–280.00	270.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	25.00	25.00
1	—	90	25.00	25.00

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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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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