Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2022-12-06

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Dec 6
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 65▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
247 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 252▼ 118 vs year ago 365 · −32.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
129 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 128▲ 46 vs year ago 83 · +55.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 4.10 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 3.26 lower, slaughter heifers averaged 2.13 lower. Slaughter Cows: breakers averaged 8.09 lower, boners averaged 3.23 lower and lean cows averaged 6.36 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 35.26 higher, calves under 95 lbs averaged 19.26 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $93.81/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −873.41 against this barn's trailing median of $967.22.
Average price
$93.81
19 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−33.22
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500110.005503thin
Medium and Large 265790.7859616thin
One grade step is worth $19.22/cwt here — about −$46 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

32 sales
16401278917556median 967.2201/2003/3105/2607/2109/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,625.53, low $570.37, median $967.22 across 32 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 sale19 hd
93.81
—
PA average8 barns · 541 hd
127.03
−33.22
This barn, trailing median32 sales
967.22
−873.41
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—Low1,68982.451,3939thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67974.541,2524thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74168.811,1988thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,50768.701,03611
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31149.3064619
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,650125.002,0631thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,440107.711,5513thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,510127.681,9283thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,383120.351,6643thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,28497.621,2534thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,474146.542,16011
HeifersChoiceAverage1,380139.261,92214
HeifersSelectAverage1,215113.411,3782thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,505151.202,27618
SteersChoiceAverage1,395141.191,97021
SteersSelectAverage1,372129.001,77010

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197159.00/cwt34
BullsNumber 292128.29/cwt11
BullsNumber 39672.44/cwt5
BullsUtility8013.43/cwt3
HeifersNumber 190191.09/cwt11

Every lot, as filed

80 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
HeifersSelect—1,215113.41/cwt104.00–121.001,3782
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,74168.81/cwt64.00–74.501,1988
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,650125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0631
SteersChoice and Prime—1,505151.20/cwt145.00–156.002,27618
SteersSelect—1,372129.00/cwt122.00–135.001,77010
Dairy SteersChoice—1,383120.35/cwt118.00–123.001,6643
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,510127.68/cwt127.00–129.001,9283
Dairy SteersSelect—1,28497.62/cwt90.00–106.001,2534
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,440107.71/cwt95.00–118.001,5513
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35854.35/cwt50.00–57.0073810
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25943.68/cwt30.00–52.005509
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,67974.54/cwt72.00–77.001,2524
HeifersChoice—1,380139.26/cwt131.00–146.001,92214
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,474146.54/cwt143.00–149.002,16011
SteersChoice—1,395141.19/cwt135.00–146.001,97021
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105305.00/cwt300.00–310.003202
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—95210.00/cwt120.00–300.002002
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—113198.67/cwt140.00–260.002242
BullsNumber 3—8092.50/cwt65.00–120.00742
BullsNumber 1—94145.84/cwt130.00–160.001376
BullsNumber 1—120145.00/cwt135.00–155.001742
HeifersNumber 1—8035.00/cwt35.00–35.00281
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—92300.00/cwt300.00–300.002763
HeifersNumber 1—9040.00/cwt40.00–40.00361
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—105100.00/cwt100.00–100.001051
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred—75180.00/cwt170.00–190.001352
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—85315.00/cwt310.00–320.002682
HeifersNumber 1—11537.00/cwt37.00–37.00431
BullsNumber 3—11376.11/cwt15.00–140.00862
BullsNumber 2—93126.04/cwt80.00–145.001176
BullsUtility—9310.14/cwt5.00–15.0092
BullsUtility—5520.00/cwt20.00–20.00111
BullsNumber 1—75135.00/cwt135.00–135.001011
BullsNumber 1—115150.00/cwt150.00–150.001731
BullsNumber 2—105140.00/cwt135.00–145.001472
BullsNumber 2—75125.00/cwt125.00–125.00941
BullsNumber 2—85125.00/cwt115.00–135.001062
BullsNumber 3—9525.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
BullsNumber 1—81117.53/cwt25.00–140.00958
BullsNumber 1—103158.84/cwt145.00–170.0016410
Bulls——1,70366.29/cwt60.00–72.001,1293
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33871.18/cwt70.00–72.009522
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,54568.15/cwt64.00–72.001,0539
Bulls——1,68290.53/cwt84.00–99.001,5236
HeifersMedium and Large 2—41299.11/cwt92.00–110.004083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—36070.00/cwt70.00–70.002521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—81096.00/cwt96.00–96.007781
BullsMedium and Large 2—86092.00/cwt92.00–92.007911
BullsMedium and Large 2—76884.84/cwt75.00–95.006522
BullsLarge 3—38580.00/cwt80.00–80.003081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62388.63/cwt82.00–92.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—65555.00/cwt55.00–55.003601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—79790.00/cwt90.00–90.007172
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525102.00/cwt102.00–102.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—47560.00/cwt60.00–60.002851
SteersMedium and Large 1—730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—702106.00/cwt106.00–106.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—63595.00/cwt95.00–95.006031
SteersMedium and Large 2—807103.42/cwt82.00–114.008353
SteersMedium and Large 2—94596.00/cwt96.00–96.009071
Dairy SteersLarge 3—820104.00/cwt104.00–104.008531
SteersMedium and Large 2—650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481
SteersMedium and Large 2—637124.36/cwt107.00–130.007924
SteersMedium and Large 2—560107.46/cwt105.00–110.006022
SteersMedium and Large 1—360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—52585.00/cwt85.00–85.004461
Dairy SteersLarge 3—66585.00/cwt85.00–85.005651
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—63060.00/cwt60.00–60.003781
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—55361.39/cwt42.00–72.003393
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—88065.50/cwt65.00–66.005762
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—69062.00/cwt62.00–62.004281
SteersMedium and Large 2—360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—1,02887.09/cwt80.00–94.008952
BullsLarge 3—32575.00/cwt75.00–75.002441
BullsMedium and Large 1—575107.00/cwt107.00–107.006151
BullsMedium and Large 2—625127.00/cwt127.00–127.007941
BullsMedium and Large 2—435102.00/cwt102.00–102.004441
BullsMedium and Large 2—345127.00/cwt127.00–127.004381

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.