Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2022-08-02

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Aug 2
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 58▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 225▼ 48 vs year ago 220 · −21.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
111 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 150▲ 1 vs year ago 110 · +0.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks weighted average price's slaughter steers averaged 1.47 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 2.42 higher, slaughter heifers averaged 6.46 higher. Slaughter cows: Breakers averaged 8.86 higher, boners 3.25 higher, and lean cows averaged 8.76 higher.

Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 23.37 higher , calves under 95 lbs averaged 25.82 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.45/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,158.56 against this barn's trailing median of $1,271.01.
Average price
$112.45
6 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 2
$53.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.06
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2365123.684524thin
Large 3120110.001321thin
Large 263570.004451thin
One grade step is worth $53.68/cwt here — about $7 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
172114511180910median 1271.0101/1303/1705/1907/1409/15
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 sale6 hd
112.45
—
PA average5 barns · 708 hd
108.39
+4.06
This barn, trailing median33 sales
1,271.01
−1,158.56
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,609106.571,7147thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,48996.331,4345thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60190.821,4544thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39978.471,09717
CowsLean 85-90%High1,31970.1392515
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,13596.001,0901thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,455127.871,8616thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,495117.811,76110
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,401105.971,4857thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,372146.222,0063thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,433140.842,0184thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,260113.871,4352thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,415150.722,1337thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,393142.801,98913
SteersSelectAverage1,473128.721,8966thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198163.50/cwt38
BullsNumber 29594.16/cwt13
BullsNumber 38545.11/cwt9
BullsUtility806.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 195144.38/cwt8
HeifersNumber 29215.98/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

77 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 3—12070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 3—8337.12/cwt25.00–50.00312
BullsNumber 1—94126.53/cwt120.00–140.001197
BullsNumber 1—112121.64/cwt120.00–125.001363
BullsNumber 3—7327.59/cwt10.00–50.00204
BullsNumber 2—9295.45/cwt50.00–120.00889
BullsNumber 2—105110.00/cwt105.00–115.001162
BullsNumber 2—11095.00/cwt95.00–95.001051
BullsUtility—605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility—755.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsNumber 1—103122.65/cwt115.00–132.0012612
BullsNumber 1—8290.00/cwt80.00–100.00743
BullsUtility—10510.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsMedium and Large 2—443109.86/cwt85.00–135.004872
BullsLarge 2—63570.00/cwt70.00–70.004451
BullsLarge 3—120110.00/cwt110.00–110.001321
BullsMedium and Large 2—370115.00/cwt115.00–115.004261
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425105.00/cwt105.00–105.004461
BullsMedium and Large 2—205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
Dairy SteersMedium 3—45095.00/cwt95.00–95.004281
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Dairy SteersMedium 3—66095.00/cwt95.00–95.006271
Dairy SteersLarge 3—55382.49/cwt80.00–85.004562
Dairy SteersLarge 3—63397.59/cwt75.00–120.006182
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—41893.17/cwt70.00–115.003892
Dairy SteersLarge 3—178128.66/cwt100.00–155.002292
Dairy SteersMedium 3—265117.00/cwt117.00–117.003101
Dairy SteersLarge 3—745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Dairy SteersMedium 3—240117.00/cwt117.00–117.002811
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2—68595.00/cwt95.00–95.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1—250140.00/cwt140.00–140.003501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—37075.00/cwt75.00–75.002781
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—88590.00/cwt90.00–90.007971
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—11590.00/cwt90.00–90.001041
Bulls——1,631104.17/cwt100.00–113.001,6994
Bulls——1,723125.65/cwt124.00–127.002,1652
Bulls——1,29078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0061
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,56883.51/cwt83.00–84.001,3092
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60190.82/cwt84.00–95.001,4544
CowsLean 85-90%—1,39578.35/cwt75.00–81.001,0932
Dairy SteersSelect—1,401105.97/cwt94.00–114.001,4857
Dairy SteersChoice—1,495117.81/cwt112.00–125.001,76110
SteersChoice and Prime—1,415150.72/cwt149.00–153.002,1337
BullsNumber 2—8550.00/cwt50.00–50.00431
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—90190.00/cwt190.00–190.001711
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—93300.00/cwt300.00–300.002792
BullsNumber 1—120105.00/cwt105.00–105.001261
BullsNumber 3—9375.68/cwt50.00–100.00702
HeifersNumber 2—10312.44/cwt10.00–15.00132
HeifersNumber 2—9025.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
HeifersNumber 1—10070.00/cwt70.00–70.00701
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—130250.00/cwt250.00–250.003251
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—95290.00/cwt290.00–290.002761
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—7045.00/cwt45.00–45.00321
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—85110.00/cwt100.00–120.00942
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—120100.00/cwt100.00–100.001201
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—75180.00/cwt180.00–180.001351
HeifersNumber 2—8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00122
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—115275.00/cwt275.00–275.003161
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—115260.00/cwt260.00–260.002991
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—105250.00/cwt250.00–250.002631
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—125240.00/cwt240.00–240.003001
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—7070.00/cwt70.00–70.00491
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84307.61/cwt300.00–320.002584
SteersSelect—1,473128.72/cwt115.00–135.001,8966
CowsLean 85-90%—1,52050.00/cwt50.00–50.007601
HeifersSelect—1,260113.87/cwt102.00–125.001,4352
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,48996.33/cwt92.00–101.001,4345
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28970.44/cwt64.00–77.0090812
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37677.80/cwt72.00–82.001,07115
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,455127.87/cwt125.00–130.501,8616
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,372146.22/cwt144.00–148.002,0063
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,13596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0901
HeifersChoice—1,433140.84/cwt135.00–144.002,0184
SteersChoice—1,393142.80/cwt137.00–147.001,98913

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.