Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2023-01-10

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Jan 10
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
3 vs last sale 70 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
318 head
25 vs last sale 293 40 vs year ago 278 · +14.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
138 head
16 vs last sale 122 34 vs year ago 104 · +32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices, Slaughter steers averaged .28 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 2.60 lower and slaughter heifers averaged 1.53 lower. Slaughter cows: breakers averaged 2.69 lower boners averaged 1.35 higher and lean cows averaged .33 lower.

Holstien bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 26.43 lower, under 95 lbs averaged 6.32 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $106.88/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits 1,167.12 against this barn's trailing median of $1,274.00.
Average price
$106.88
21 head · 341 lb average
Value per head Derived
$364
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$462
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$90.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
50.21
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1383155.165942thin
Medium and Large 2413123.5951012thin
Large 320664.431327thin
One grade step is worth $90.73/cwt here — about $462 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
172114721222973median 1274.0012/1602/2404/2806/2308/18
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 sale21 hd
106.88
PA average6 barns · 946 hd
157.09
−50.21
This barn, trailing median33 sales
1,274.00
−1,167.12
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
BullsHigh1,52597.501,4879thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78086.051,5329thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58681.561,29417
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,48174.461,10314
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21056.6568522
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,20397.841,1772thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,524123.831,8875thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,524114.981,7527thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,43794.061,35211
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,436152.022,1837thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,320143.151,89011
HeifersSelectAverage1,085110.001,1941thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,532153.952,35910
SteersChoiceAverage1,453146.542,12936
SteersSelectAverage1,266126.001,59513

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196185.06/cwt33
BullsNumber 296143.37/cwt8
BullsNumber 39165.63/cwt12
BullsUtility7418.16/cwt5
HeifersNumber 189172.95/cwt18

Every lot, as filed

86 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
BullsLarge 334545.00/cwt45.00–45.001551
BullsLarge 321588.50/cwt72.00–105.001902
BullsLarge 316657.26/cwt55.00–65.00954
BullsMedium and Large 2420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2210130.00/cwt130.00–130.002731
BullsMedium and Large 277070.00/cwt70.00–70.005391
Dairy HeifersLarge 322080.68/cwt60.00–95.001773
Dairy HeifersLarge 317057.35/cwt55.00–60.00972
Dairy SteersLarge 31,015100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0151
Dairy SteersLarge 377086.05/cwt82.00–90.006632
Dairy SteersLarge 345560.00/cwt60.00–60.002731
Dairy SteersLarge 316075.00/cwt75.00–75.001201
Dairy SteersLarge 311350.00/cwt50.00–50.00574
SteersMedium and Large 2935122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1411
SteersMedium and Large 268292.00/cwt92.00–92.006272
SteersMedium and Large 1675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Dairy SteersLarge 332075.00/cwt75.00–75.002401
Dairy HeifersLarge 383092.00/cwt92.00–92.007641
Dairy HeifersLarge 374577.00/cwt77.00–77.005741
Dairy HeifersLarge 388072.00/cwt72.00–72.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 1480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2257137.19/cwt100.00–155.003536
BullsMedium and Large 291090.00/cwt90.00–90.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1383155.16/cwt150.00–160.005942
BullsMedium and Large 2505150.00/cwt150.00–150.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 216595.00/cwt95.00–95.001571
HeifersMedium and Large 2355102.00/cwt102.00–102.003621
HeifersMedium and Large 226092.00/cwt92.00–92.002391
HeifersMedium and Large 1425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
SteersMedium and Large 2300140.00/cwt140.00–140.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
Dairy SteersLarge 320070.00/cwt70.00–70.001401
SteersMedium and Large 2245105.00/cwt105.00–105.002571
HeifersMedium and Large 240585.00/cwt85.00–85.003441
BullsMedium and Large 259560.00/cwt60.00–60.003571
HeifersMedium and Large 1520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67285.97/cwt85.00–88.001,4373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44472.38/cwt62.00–79.001,04511
Bulls1,455112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6301
Bulls1,53495.69/cwt80.00–105.001,4688
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78086.05/cwt83.00–90.001,5329
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56880.62/cwt75.00–87.001,26414
Dairy SteersChoice1,524114.98/cwt111.00–120.001,7527
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,524123.83/cwt121.00–126.001,8875
HeifersChoice and Prime1,436152.02/cwt150.00–153.002,1837
SteersChoice and Prime1,532153.95/cwt152.00–157.002,35910
SteersSelect1,266126.00/cwt90.00–140.001,59513
SteersChoice1,453146.54/cwt141.00–153.002,12936
Dairy SteersSelect1,43794.06/cwt70.00–111.001,35211
Dairy HeifersSelect1,20397.84/cwt94.00–103.001,1772
HeifersChoice1,320143.15/cwt134.00–147.501,89011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61882.07/cwt81.00–84.001,3283
CowsLean 85-90%1,26060.68/cwt55.00–68.0076513
BullsNumber 38236.84/cwt15.00–65.00306
BullsNumber 294141.28/cwt125.00–185.001336
BullsNumber 2103149.63/cwt135.00–165.001542
BullsNumber 1101167.39/cwt145.00–185.001698
BullsNumber 183157.58/cwt155.00–160.001312
BullsUtility6315.40/cwt5.00–25.00102
BullsUtility7015.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 1Crossbred7090.00/cwt90.00–90.00631
BullsUtility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
BullsNumber 1113169.87/cwt135.00–185.001925
BullsNumber 312585.00/cwt85.00–85.001061
BullsNumber 3105115.00/cwt115.00–115.001211
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83324.55/cwt310.00–340.002692
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross125230.00/cwt230.00–230.002881
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred90170.00/cwt90.00–250.001532
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross75270.00/cwt270.00–270.002031
BullsNumber 39391.62/cwt20.00–135.00854
BullsUtility8030.00/cwt30.00–30.00241
HeifersNumber 113525.00/cwt25.00–25.00341
HeifersNumber 17510.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
HeifersNumber 18316.29/cwt15.00–20.00144
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred75130.00/cwt130.00–130.00981
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred82257.96/cwt200.00–320.002123
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93310.00/cwt310.00–310.002882
BullsNumber 1120175.00/cwt175.00–175.002101
BullsNumber 192163.55/cwt110.00–190.001509
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross75240.00/cwt240.00–240.001801
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95300.00/cwt280.00–320.002852
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85330.00/cwt330.00–330.002812
BullsNumber 1Crossbred93183.24/cwt120.00–250.001702
HeifersSelect1,085110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1941
CowsLean 85-90%1,15370.91/cwt69.00–73.008182
CowsLean 85-90%1,13245.09/cwt37.00–52.005107

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.