Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's graded average prices, slaughter steers averaged 1.06 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 4.06 higher, slaughter heifers averaged 2.57 lower. Slaughter cows; breakers averaged 2.53 lower, boners averaged 3.14 lower, and lean cows averaged 2.28 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 15.76 lower and calves under 95 lbs averaged 48.89 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.61/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,129.39 against this barn's trailing median of $1,274.00.

Average price

$144.61

22 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$75.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.64

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	452	170.02	769	7thin
Medium and Large 2	489	142.19	695	12thin
Large 3	485	95.00	461	3thin

One grade step is worth $75.02/cwt here — about $307 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 sale22 hd

144.61

—

PA average7 barns · 797 hd

132.97

+11.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

1,274.00

−1,129.39

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	—	High	1,512	95.54	1,444	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,725	88.64	1,529	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	85.33	1,402	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,429	76.75	1,096	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,258	60.10	756	21
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,480	126.00	1,865	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,151	89.11	1,026	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,537	128.20	1,970	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	116.56	1,664	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,158	102.41	1,186	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,444	148.23	2,140	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,203	135.46	1,630	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,130	92.00	1,040	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,521	155.96	2,372	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,368	147.39	2,016	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,313	125.77	1,651	11

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	167.64/cwt	42
Bulls	Number 2	89	91.57/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	87	62.54/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	90	11.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	97	155.00/cwt	13

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	—	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	175.00/cwt	155.00–195.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	910	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	212.08/cwt	205.00–220.00	562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	875	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	1
Heifers	Large 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Bulls	—	—	1,795	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,939	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	96.27/cwt	82.00–115.00	1,463	11
Bulls	—	—	1,135	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	851	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	85.33/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,402	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,646	83.08/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,367	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,725	88.64/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,529	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,537	128.20/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,970	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,428	116.56/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,664	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,158	102.41/cwt	89.00–111.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,203	135.46/cwt	132.00–141.00	1,630	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,521	155.96/cwt	153.00–159.50	2,372	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	100.29/cwt	78.00–112.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	651	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	760	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	456	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	520	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	390	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	485	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	315	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	78.53/cwt	75.00–82.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	157.50/cwt	155.00–160.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	965	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	936	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	410	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	410	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	590	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	507	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	180	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	288	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	528	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	155	187.10/cwt	175.00–200.00	290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	732	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	401	160.81/cwt	85.00–180.00	645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	400	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	420	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	115.99/cwt	60.00–140.00	109	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	101	143.79/cwt	135.00–150.00	145	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	116.44/cwt	60.00–145.00	107	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	84.07/cwt	55.00–120.00	79	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	132.50/cwt	120.00–145.00	159	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	39.04/cwt	25.00–60.00	32	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	143.00/cwt	140.00–145.00	157	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	80	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	56	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	56.36/cwt	45.00–70.00	47	4
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	75	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	38	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	123	125.20/cwt	115.00–135.00	154	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	87.50/cwt	75.00–100.00	88	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	12.50/cwt	5.00–20.00	13	2
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	160	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	270	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	90	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	204	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	319	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	115	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	75	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	220.00/cwt	170.00–270.00	165	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	170	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	55	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	41	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	70	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	60	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	125	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	188	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	115	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	104	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	130	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	110	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	253	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	93	139.38/cwt	80.00–185.00	130	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	334	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	91	318.02/cwt	310.00–320.00	289	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	301.60/cwt	220.00–340.00	250	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,130	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,444	148.23/cwt	146.00–154.50	2,140	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,259	62.26/cwt	56.00–67.00	784	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	48.36/cwt	39.00–54.00	559	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,428	70.29/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,004	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	73.94/cwt	68.00–80.00	985	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,368	147.39/cwt	137.00–153.00	2,016	14
Steers	Select	—	1,313	125.77/cwt	110.00–134.00	1,651	11
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,151	89.11/cwt	74.00–102.00	1,026	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,865	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 75Last week 172Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 229Last week 0Year ago 260

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 139Last week 219Year ago 123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	185.00	185.00
1	—	430	175.00	175.00
2	—	265	205.00–220.00	212.08
2	—	632	137.00	137.00
1	—	560	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	102.00	102.00
1	—	875	94.00	94.00
2	—	155	175.00–200.00	187.10
2	—	732	86.00	86.00
5	—	401	85.00–180.00	160.81
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	90.00	90.00
1	—	400	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	125.00	125.00
1	—	650	122.00	122.00
2	—	295	155.00–195.00	175.00
1	—	755	130.00	130.00
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
2	—	325	155.00–160.00	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	122.00	122.00
3	—	770	78.00–112.00	100.29
1	—	295	145.00	145.00
1	—	685	95.00	95.00
1	—	350	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	60.00	60.00
1	—	520	75.00	75.00
1	—	485	65.00	65.00
1	—	180	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	75.00–82.00	78.53
1	—	965	97.00	97.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	100.00	100.00
1	—	590	86.00	86.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	108.00	108.00
11	—	1,520	82.00–115.00	96.27
1	—	1,135	75.00	75.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,643	82.00–88.00	85.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,646	80.00–85.00	83.08
9	—	1,332	68.00–80.00	73.94
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,725	85.00–91.00	88.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,259	56.00–67.00	62.26
5	—	1,155	39.00–54.00	48.36
3	—	1,428	69.00–72.00	70.29
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,537	124.00–134.00	128.20
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	112.00–124.00	116.56
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,158	89.00–111.00	102.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	132.00–141.00	135.46
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,444	146.00–154.50	148.23
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,521	153.00–159.50	155.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,368	137.00–153.00	147.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,313	110.00–134.00	125.77
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,151	74.00–102.00	89.11
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	126.00	126.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	70	50.00	50.00
1	—	100	140.00	140.00
5	—	94	60.00–140.00	115.99
4	—	83	45.00–70.00	56.36
1	—	110	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	101	135.00–150.00	143.79
8	—	92	60.00–145.00	116.44
2	—	120	120.00–145.00	132.50
4	—	110	140.00–145.00	143.00
1	—	80	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	55.00–120.00	84.07
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
6	—	83	25.00–60.00	39.04
1	—	100	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	50.00	50.00
2	—	123	115.00–135.00	125.20
2	—	100	75.00–100.00	87.50
1	—	110	230.00	230.00
3	—	93	80.00–185.00	139.38
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	5.00–20.00	12.50
2	—	75	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	290.00	290.00
5	—	91	310.00–320.00	318.02
3	—	83	220.00–340.00	301.60
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	270.00	270.00
1	—	120	170.00	170.00
1	—	110	290.00	290.00
2	—	75	170.00–270.00	220.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	90.00	90.00
1	—	85	200.00	200.00
1	—	55	75.00	75.00
1	—	70	85.00	85.00
1	—	125	150.00	150.00
1	—	115	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	65.00	65.00
1	—	120	90.00	90.00

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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How this sale compares

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