Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 4.73 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 4.96 lower and slaughter heifers averaged 3.52 higher. Slaughter cows: Breakers averaged 1.74 lower, boners averaged 2.09 higher and lean cows averaged 1.10 lower. Holstein bulls calves under 95 lbs averaged 31.83 higher and over 95 lbs averaged 14.58 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $95.53/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,175.48 against this barn's trailing median of $1,271.01.

Average price

$95.53

15 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$95.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.02

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	245	150.00	368	1thin
Large 3	568	112.50	638	2thin
Medium and Large 2	627	94.90	595	10thin
Small 3	333	54.50	181	2thin

One grade step is worth $95.50/cwt here — about $186 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 $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 sale15 hd

95.53

—

PA average6 barns · 497 hd

139.55

−44.02

This barn, trailing median33 sales

1,271.01

−1,175.48

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	1,565	91.49	1,432	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,578	89.22	1,408	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	81.65	1,323	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,331	75.74	1,008	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,244	58.14	723	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,595	116.00	1,850	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,430	124.50	1,780	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,626	111.60	1,815	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,533	99.45	1,525	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,284	149.87	1,924	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,244	138.98	1,729	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,143	122.37	1,399	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	155.13	2,249	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,317	142.66	1,879	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,153	128.58	1,483	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	170.08/cwt	35
Bulls	Number 2	88	136.29/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	81	82.48/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	74	11.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	98	178.33/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	75	15.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

83 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	Choice and Prime	—	1,595	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,850	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,317	142.66/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,879	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	155.13/cwt	149.00–159.50	2,249	12
Steers	Select	—	1,153	128.58/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,483	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,284	149.87/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,924	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,533	99.45/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,525	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,430	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,780	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	91.49/cwt	82.00–99.00	1,432	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	64.40/cwt	64.00–65.00	897	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	85.78/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,252	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,229	61.16/cwt	54.00–67.00	752	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	83.59/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,342	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	76.03/cwt	69.00–82.00	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,130	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	390	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	160	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	459	1
Bulls	Small 3	—	275	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	120.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	526	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	455	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	296	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	930	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	114.26/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,072	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	950	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	800	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	528	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	440	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	286	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	575	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	335	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	413	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	275	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	316	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	150.95/cwt	130.00–167.00	139	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	42.50/cwt	40.00–45.00	34	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	127.70/cwt	120.00–135.00	119	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	73	78.98/cwt	50.00–135.00	58	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	158.39/cwt	155.00–160.00	163	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	188	1
Bulls	Utility	—	50	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	128.03/cwt	80.00–145.00	106	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	130.37/cwt	100.00–162.00	120	7
Bulls	Utility	—	95	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	75	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	116	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	140	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	280	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	80	137.50/cwt	85.00–190.00	110	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	103	100.30/cwt	50.00–125.00	103	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	74	146.53/cwt	130.00–165.00	108	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	147.49/cwt	125.00–160.00	150	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	70	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	45	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	221	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	70	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	49	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	120	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	288	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	135	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	169	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	43	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	100	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	240	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	224	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	150.11/cwt	145.00–155.00	170	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	148.27/cwt	135.00–160.00	125	6
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	110	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	264	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	367.57/cwt	365.00–370.00	342	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	354	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	240	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,244	138.98/cwt	129.00–146.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,143	122.37/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,399	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,194	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,578	89.22/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,408	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	47.72/cwt	44.00–50.00	621	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	809	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,626	111.60/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,815	4

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 Sep 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 75Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 195Last week 229Year ago 250

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 128Last week 139Year ago 104

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	116.00	116.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,317	135.00–149.00	142.66
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,450	149.00–159.50	155.13
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,153	122.00–133.00	128.58
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,284	145.00–157.00	149.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,244	129.00–146.00	138.98
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	122.00–123.00	122.37
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	94.00–104.00	99.45
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	124.50	124.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	109.00–115.00	111.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,565	82.00–99.00	91.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	64.00–65.00	64.40
2	—	1,460	85.00–87.00	85.78
9	—	1,289	69.00–82.00	76.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,229	54.00–67.00	61.16
5	—	1,302	44.00–50.00	47.72
1	—	1,140	71.00	71.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,606	75.00–87.00	83.59
1	—	1,705	70.00	70.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,578	85.00–94.00	89.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
1	—	230	125.00	125.00
1	—	740	82.00	82.00
3	—	438	115.00–125.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	132.00	132.00
1	—	410	112.00	112.00
4	—	938	112.00–115.00	114.26
1	—	240	140.00	140.00
1	—	855	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	122.00	122.00
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
1	—	160	130.00	130.00
3	—	508	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,015	114.00	114.00
2	—	562	95.00	95.00
1	—	435	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	57.00	57.00
1	—	275	52.00	52.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
1	—	275	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	65.00	65.00
1	—	930	92.00	92.00
1	—	440	65.00	65.00
1	—	575	47.00	47.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	155.00	155.00
1	—	625	152.00	152.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	66.00	66.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	65	15.00	15.00
1	—	50	5.00	5.00
1	—	95	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	92	130.00–167.00	150.95
3	—	103	155.00–160.00	158.39
1	—	120	157.00	157.00
1	—	75	155.00	155.00
2	—	113	145.00–155.00	150.11
6	—	84	135.00–160.00	148.27
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	40.00–45.00	42.50
2	—	93	120.00–135.00	127.70
3	—	73	50.00–135.00	78.98
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	83	80.00–145.00	128.03
7	—	92	100.00–162.00	130.37
4	—	74	130.00–165.00	146.53
3	—	102	125.00–160.00	147.49
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	140	200.00	200.00
2	—	80	85.00–190.00	137.50
4	—	103	50.00–125.00	100.30
1	—	110	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	365.00–370.00	367.57
1	—	120	295.00	295.00
1	—	75	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	70	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	45.00	45.00
1	—	95	45.00	45.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	260.00	260.00
1	—	70	70.00	70.00
1	—	120	240.00	240.00
1	—	135	125.00	125.00
1	—	100	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	300.00	300.00
1	—	80	280.00	280.00

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