Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

.Compared to last week's weighted average prices slaughter steers averaged 2.16 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 3.71 higher and slaughter heifers averaged .24 lower. Slaughter cows: Breakers averaged 6.02 lower, boners averaged 4.46 lower and lean cows averaged 1.80 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 9.41 lower and under 95 lbs averaged 9.69 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $87.36/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,186.63 against this barn's trailing median of $1,274.00.

Average price

$87.36

30 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$69.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.01

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	435	142.00	618	1thin
Medium and Large 2	474	93.67	444	18thin
Large 3	437	72.08	315	11thin

One grade step is worth $69.92/cwt here — about $302 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 sale30 hd

87.36

—

PA average8 barns · 569 hd

116.37

−29.01

This barn, trailing median33 sales

1,274.00

−1,186.63

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	1,601	90.64	1,451	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,748	80.47	1,407	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,574	73.31	1,154	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	69.17	927	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,111	55.40	615	17
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,233	87.73	1,082	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,401	131.12	1,837	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	119.80	1,711	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,333	94.60	1,261	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,365	147.00	2,007	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,332	139.17	1,854	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,213	113.34	1,375	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,517	152.84	2,319	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,407	145.05	2,041	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,300	122.61	1,594	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	185.65/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	92	111.31/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	85	40.00/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	70	10.04/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	87	93.96/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

94 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 2	—	316	88.35/cwt	82.00–100.00	279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	90.83/cwt	82.00–100.00	708	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	162	48.30/cwt	40.00–55.00	78	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	820	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	104.08/cwt	84.00–124.00	633	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	520	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	71.59/cwt	52.00–92.00	347	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	121.93/cwt	110.00–127.00	287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	450	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	347	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	925	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	116.82/cwt	112.00–118.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	93.63/cwt	85.00–102.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	85.21/cwt	75.00–90.00	267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	148.04/cwt	140.00–157.00	345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	230	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	175	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	84.55/cwt	82.00–87.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	123.56/cwt	105.00–142.00	912	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	460	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	262	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	375	70.41/cwt	60.00–82.00	264	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	955	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	117.08/cwt	114.00–120.00	902	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	430	59.88/cwt	55.00–65.00	257	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	568	63.36/cwt	57.00–70.00	360	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	297	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	101.22/cwt	95.00–107.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	824	116.19/cwt	100.00–132.00	957	4
Bulls	Large 3	—	210	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	88.73/cwt	75.00–102.00	326	3
Bulls	Large 3	—	735	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	573	2
Bulls	Large 3	—	970	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	776	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	395	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	304	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	310	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	264	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	45	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	131.49/cwt	120.00–145.00	122	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	141.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	144	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	37.50/cwt	25.00–50.00	28	2
Bulls	Utility	—	85	12.50/cwt	10.00–15.00	11	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	82	109.33/cwt	85.00–135.00	90	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	53	1
Bulls	Utility	—	63	7.60/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	116.60/cwt	110.00–120.00	97	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	131.00/cwt	122.00–140.00	131	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	85	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	85	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	263	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	92	211.82/cwt	130.00–260.00	195	3
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	65	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	105	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	263	1
Bulls	Utility	—	55	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	36.89/cwt	15.00–60.00	34	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	73	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	51	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	98	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	121.21/cwt	110.00–140.00	110	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	94.85/cwt	82.00–105.00	1,613	7
Bulls	—	—	1,253	67.10/cwt	60.00–77.00	841	3
Bulls	—	—	1,775	111.22/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,974	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	69.17/cwt	63.00–74.00	927	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,621	74.38/cwt	69.00–79.00	1,206	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,403	1
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,401	131.12/cwt	123.00–137.00	1,837	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,428	119.80/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,711	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,333	94.60/cwt	64.00–112.00	1,261	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	69.85/cwt	69.00–71.00	856	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	43.97/cwt	20.00–52.00	477	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	145.05/cwt	136.00–149.00	2,041	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,517	152.84/cwt	148.00–156.50	2,319	17
Steers	Select	—	1,300	122.61/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,594	4
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,233	87.73/cwt	83.00–95.00	1,082	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	58.23/cwt	53.00–64.00	641	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,748	80.47/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,407	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	66.91/cwt	65.00–69.00	949	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,213	113.34/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	139.17/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,854	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,007	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	297	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	287.30/cwt	280.00–310.00	267	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	269.84/cwt	250.00–300.00	275	3

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 92Last week 52Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 269Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 107Last week 99Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	316	82.00–100.00	88.35
2	—	780	82.00–100.00	90.83
1	—	820	68.00	68.00
2	—	608	84.00–124.00	104.08
2	—	485	52.00–92.00	71.59
3	—	235	110.00–127.00	121.93
1	—	290	100.00	100.00
1	—	925	88.00	88.00
3	—	367	75.00–102.00	88.73
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	162	40.00–55.00	48.30
1	—	520	98.00	98.00
1	—	450	77.00	77.00
1	—	210	75.00	75.00
2	—	735	78.00	78.00
1	—	970	80.00	80.00
1	—	395	77.00	77.00
1	—	310	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	112.00–118.00	116.82
2	—	810	118.00	118.00
2	—	233	140.00–157.00	148.04
1	—	710	105.00	105.00
2	—	770	114.00–120.00	117.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	85.00	85.00
2	—	660	85.00–102.00	93.63
1	—	920	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	72.00	72.00
2	—	718	90.00–92.00	91.00
3	—	313	75.00–90.00	85.21
1	—	215	107.00	107.00
2	—	515	82.00–87.00	84.55
1	—	440	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	97.00	97.00
2	—	430	55.00–65.00	59.88
2	—	568	57.00–70.00	63.36
1	—	330	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	92.00	92.00
2	—	738	105.00–142.00	123.56
1	—	305	102.00	102.00
2	—	468	95.00–107.00	101.22
4	—	824	100.00–132.00	116.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	132.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	57.00	57.00
2	—	375	60.00–82.00	70.41
1	—	955	88.00	88.00
1	—	610	58.00	58.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	50.00	50.00
2	—	75	25.00–50.00	37.50
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
1	—	85	25.00	25.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	93	120.00–145.00	131.49
9	—	102	140.00–145.00	141.53
3	—	83	110.00–120.00	116.60
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	10.00–15.00	12.50
2	—	63	5.00–10.00	7.60
1	—	55	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	82	85.00–135.00	109.33
1	—	75	70.00	70.00
1	—	120	100.00	100.00
2	—	100	122.00–140.00	131.00
1	—	115	85.00	85.00
5	—	91	110.00–140.00	121.21
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	130.00–260.00	211.82
1	—	65	120.00	120.00
1	—	105	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	270.00	270.00
4	—	93	280.00–310.00	287.30
3	—	102	250.00–300.00	269.84
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	100.00	100.00
2	—	73	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	15.00–60.00	36.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,701	82.00–105.00	94.85
3	—	1,253	60.00–77.00	67.10
2	—	1,775	108.00–114.50	111.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,340	63.00–74.00	69.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,621	69.00–79.00	74.38
1	—	1,670	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,418	65.00–69.00	66.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	69.00–71.00	69.85
5	—	1,084	20.00–52.00	43.97
10	—	1,101	53.00–64.00	58.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,748	78.00–84.00	80.47
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,401	123.00–137.00	131.12
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,428	115.00–126.00	119.80
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,333	64.00–112.00	94.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,407	136.00–149.00	145.05
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,517	148.00–156.50	152.84
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,300	110.00–129.00	122.61
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	83.00–95.00	87.73
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	108.00–120.00	113.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,332	132.00–145.00	139.17
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	147.00	147.00

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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