Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 1.38 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 3.44 lower and slaughter heifers averaged 7.05 lower.

Slaughter cows: breakers averaged 7.60 lower, boners averaged 1.07 lower and lean averaged 3.65 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged .88 higher, under 95 lbs averaged2.52 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $119.53/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,154.47 against this barn's trailing median of $1,274.00.

Average price

$119.53

25 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$58.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.07

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	157.00	874	7thin
Medium and Large 2	809	107.48	870	13thin
Large 3	601	98.40	591	5thin

One grade step is worth $58.60/cwt here — about $282 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 sale25 hd

119.53

—

PA average4 barns · 467 hd

124.60

−5.07

This barn, trailing median33 sales

1,274.00

−1,154.47

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	1,510	100.75	1,521	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,738	89.12	1,549	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	80.64	1,175	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	79.38	975	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,226	63.19	775	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,330	126.00	1,676	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	103.21	1,285	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,155	98.00	1,132	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,437	129.73	1,864	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	118.62	1,748	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,353	107.69	1,457	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,290	145.26	1,874	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	133.72	1,744	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,060	106.04	1,124	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,520	152.61	2,320	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	146.06	2,162	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,225	124.00	1,519	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	158.55/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 2	90	111.72/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	81	67.53/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	84	184.04/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	78	33.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,155	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,132	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,330	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,676	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	77.35/cwt	69.00–83.00	924	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	79.38/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,157	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	87.50/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,197	2
Bulls	—	—	1,534	100.04/cwt	86.00–108.00	1,535	12
Bulls	—	—	1,588	113.86/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,808	3
Bulls	—	—	980	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	910	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	865	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	812	106.71/cwt	92.00–120.00	866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	169.91/cwt	160.00–175.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	225	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	405	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	272	100.80/cwt	87.00–117.00	274	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	117.64/cwt	110.00–125.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	678	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,045	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	961	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	268	87.43/cwt	85.00–90.00	234	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	590	116.00/cwt	107.00–125.00	684	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	545	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	273	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	140	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	119	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	175	85.97/cwt	85.00–87.00	150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	389	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	166	95.61/cwt	80.00–110.00	159	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	305	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	259	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	532	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	569	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	230	106.63/cwt	95.00–115.00	245	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	95.66/cwt	95.00–97.00	832	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	625	91.00/cwt	82.00–100.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	121.34/cwt	120.00–122.00	864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	140	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	168	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	960	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	864	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	127.88/cwt	120.00–132.00	143	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	65.15/cwt	60.00–70.00	54	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	65	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	42	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	80.00/cwt	60.00–100.00	74	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	53.33/cwt	35.00–70.00	37	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	127.48/cwt	120.00–132.00	120	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	131	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	75	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	82	129.23/cwt	120.00–135.00	106	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	103.33/cwt	85.00–125.00	93	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	112.13/cwt	100.00–125.00	92	5
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	70	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	42	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	95	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	162	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	83	111.06/cwt	65.00–160.00	92	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	204	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	286.25/cwt	260.00–310.00	266	3
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	105	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	116	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	55	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	281	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	95	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	100	131.71/cwt	120.00–137.00	132	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	312	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	320	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	264	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,520	152.61/cwt	149.00–156.50	2,320	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,267	62.41/cwt	54.00–71.00	791	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	73.28/cwt	71.00–76.00	876	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	49.00/cwt	40.00–53.00	560	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,738	89.12/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,549	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	86.33/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,256	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,437	129.73/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,864	6
Steers	Select	—	1,225	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,519	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	146.06/cwt	133.00–151.50	2,162	23
Heifers	Select	—	1,060	106.04/cwt	97.00–116.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,290	145.26/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,874	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	133.72/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,744	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,474	118.62/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,748	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,353	107.69/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,457	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,245	103.21/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,285	2

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 Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

Tue Aug 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 65Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 216Last week 333Year ago 251

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 114Last week 121Year ago 108

Compared to last week's weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 1.38 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 3.44 lower and slaughter heifers averaged 7.05 lower.

Slaughter cows: breakers averaged 7.60 lower, boners averaged 1.07 lower and lean averaged 3.65 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged .88 higher, under 95 lbs averaged2.52 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	98.00	98.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	126.00	126.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	99.00–107.00	103.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	69.00–83.00	77.35
2	—	1,368	86.00–89.00	87.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,457	75.00–84.00	79.38
2	—	1,455	85.00–88.00	86.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,267	54.00–71.00	62.41
5	—	1,195	71.00–76.00	73.28
3	—	1,143	40.00–53.00	49.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,738	86.00–91.00	89.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,534	86.00–108.00	100.04
3	—	1,588	111.00–116.00	113.86
1	—	980	70.00	70.00
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,520	149.00–156.50	152.61
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,480	133.00–151.50	146.06
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,437	128.00–134.00	129.73
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,474	112.00–124.00	118.62
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	105.00–110.00	107.69
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	97.00–116.00	106.04
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	144.00–148.00	145.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,304	125.00–143.00	133.72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	492	190.00	190.00
1	—	550	175.00	175.00
1	—	225	180.00	180.00
3	—	712	120.00–122.00	121.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
2	—	910	95.00	95.00
6	—	812	92.00–120.00	106.71
3	—	870	95.00–97.00	95.66
1	—	545	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
2	—	625	82.00–100.00	91.00
1	—	140	120.00	120.00
1	—	960	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	190.00	190.00
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
3	—	358	160.00–175.00	169.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	90.00	90.00
1	—	745	92.00	92.00
2	—	673	110.00–125.00	117.64
2	—	495	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	272	87.00–117.00	100.80
4	—	166	80.00–110.00	95.61
1	—	305	85.00	85.00
2	—	532	107.00	107.00
3	—	230	95.00–115.00	106.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	862	140.00	140.00
1	—	340	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	92.00	92.00
2	—	268	85.00–90.00	87.43
2	—	590	107.00–125.00	116.00
1	—	545	50.00	50.00
1	—	140	85.00	85.00
2	—	175	85.00–87.00	85.97

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	120.00–132.00	127.88
5	—	94	120.00–132.00	127.48
6	—	82	120.00–135.00	129.23
1	—	120	115.00	115.00
7	—	100	120.00–137.00	131.71
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	60.00–70.00	65.15
1	—	65	65.00	65.00
4	—	93	60.00–100.00	80.00
3	—	70	35.00–70.00	53.33
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	120.00	120.00
2	—	105	125.00	125.00
1	—	75	100.00	100.00
3	—	90	85.00–125.00	103.33
5	—	82	100.00–125.00	112.13
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	60.00	60.00
1	—	95	170.00	170.00
1	—	85	240.00	240.00
1	—	105	110.00	110.00
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	260.00–310.00	286.25
1	—	120	260.00	260.00
1	—	100	320.00	320.00
1	—	85	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	65.00–160.00	111.06
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
1	—	55	10.00	10.00
1	—	95	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	330.00	330.00

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

Middleburg Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

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