Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2023-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 1.39 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 1.06 lower and heifers averaged 1.46 lower. Slaughter cows: breakers averaged 2.70 higher, boners averaged 1.18 lower and lean cows averaged 3.00 higher. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 64.65 higher and under 95 lbs averaged 64.57 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.11/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −846.42 against this barn's trailing median of $970.54.

Average price

$124.11

27 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.86

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	390	160.67	627	3thin
Medium and Large 2	598	119.54	714	24

One grade step is worth $41.12/cwt here — about −$88 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

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,625.53, low $570.37, median $970.54 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 sale27 hd

124.11

—

PA average6 barns · 309 hd

166.97

−42.86

This barn, trailing median33 sales

970.54

−846.42

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	1,524	105.14	1,602	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,693	101.68	1,721	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,625	90.85	1,476	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,518	84.18	1,278	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	62.23	732	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	120.54	1,525	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,445	131.54	1,901	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,370	125.26	1,716	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,588	112.34	1,784	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,481	163.03	2,414	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	154.67	2,105	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,237	122.28	1,513	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,513	165.34	2,502	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	157.17	2,246	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,354	145.73	1,973	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	294.95/cwt	37
Bulls	Number 2	97	267.64/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	90	145.07/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	80	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	96	248.69/cwt	11

Every lot, as filed

91 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	—	—	1,524	105.14/cwt	92.00–113.00	1,602	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,732	101.38/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	895	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	190	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	428	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	515	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	144.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	126.47/cwt	125.00–128.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	828	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	125.85/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,101	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	144.02/cwt	132.00–150.00	755	6
Bulls	Large 3	—	260	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	195	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	902	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	650	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	553	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,135	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,339	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	790	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	112.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	745	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	555	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	109.05/cwt	90.00–120.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	114.61/cwt	100.00–130.00	554	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	865	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	908	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	866	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,057	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	940	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	978	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	957	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,053	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	153.73/cwt	85.00–260.00	141	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	177.20/cwt	125.00–235.00	147	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	287.71/cwt	270.00–300.00	299	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	275	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	263.13/cwt	240.00–280.00	218	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	143.23/cwt	100.00–230.00	148	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	260.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	242	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	262.35/cwt	255.00–270.00	323	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	271.95/cwt	245.00–285.00	307	5
Bulls	Utility	—	80	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	259	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	95	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	285	1
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	105	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	368	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	410.18/cwt	400.00–420.00	377	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	110	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	60	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	110	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	429	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	105	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	100	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	81	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	77	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	440	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	72	76.74/cwt	55.00–95.00	55	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	280.40/cwt	235.00–300.00	264	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	284.00/cwt	265.00–305.00	293	11
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	437	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	425.00/cwt	420.00–430.00	446	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	103	322.93/cwt	240.00–410.00	333	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	913	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	90.72/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,261	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,547	82.73/cwt	76.00–87.00	1,280	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	91.56/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,451	13
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,588	112.34/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,784	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,370	125.26/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,361	154.67/cwt	143.00–161.00	2,105	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,429	157.17/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,246	21
Steers	Select	—	1,354	145.73/cwt	130.00–154.00	1,973	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,513	165.34/cwt	162.00–171.00	2,502	14
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,445	131.54/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,901	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	120.54/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,525	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	74.19/cwt	69.00–78.00	922	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	42.28/cwt	10.00–64.00	411	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,588	86.22/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,369	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,693	101.68/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,721	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,237	122.28/cwt	104.00–130.00	1,513	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,481	163.03/cwt	158.00–169.50	2,414	11

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 48Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 245Last week 230Year ago 295

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 113Last week 115Year ago 92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,524	92.00–113.00	105.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,732	99.00–103.00	101.38
1	—	1,825	50.00	50.00
13	—	1,585	86.00–96.00	91.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	90.00–92.00	90.72
9	—	1,547	76.00–87.00	82.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	69.00–78.00	74.19
6	—	973	10.00–64.00	42.28
2	—	1,588	85.00–87.00	86.22
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,693	98.00–107.00	101.68
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,588	108.00–118.00	112.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	123.00–128.00	125.26
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	128.00–136.00	131.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,361	143.00–161.00	154.67
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,237	104.00–130.00	122.28
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,481	158.00–169.50	163.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,429	153.00–164.00	157.17
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,354	130.00–154.00	145.73
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,513	162.00–171.00	165.34
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	120.00–121.00	120.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	128.00	128.00
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
1	—	520	142.00	142.00
1	—	270	215.00	215.00
1	—	195	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	190	225.00	225.00
2	—	458	140.00–150.00	144.92
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
6	—	524	132.00–150.00	144.02
1	—	275	185.00	185.00
1	—	835	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	142.00	142.00
1	—	260	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	225	150.00	150.00
1	—	555	137.00	137.00
2	—	408	125.00–128.00	126.47
3	—	828	110.00	110.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
2	—	685	110.00	110.00
3	—	875	110.00–135.00	125.85
3	—	713	110.00–115.00	112.35
5	—	513	90.00–120.00	109.05
2	—	483	100.00–130.00	114.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	142.00	142.00
2	—	345	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
1	—	745	102.00	102.00
4	—	866	122.00	122.00
1	—	940	104.00	104.00
2	—	957	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,135	118.00	118.00
1	—	790	105.00	105.00
1	—	555	95.00	95.00
1	—	865	105.00	105.00
1	—	150	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	137.00	137.00
1	—	710	122.00	122.00
1	—	220	145.00	145.00
1	—	605	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	205.00	205.00
1	—	380	200.00	200.00
1	—	560	150.00	150.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	85.00–260.00	153.73
3	—	83	125.00–235.00	177.20
4	—	103	100.00–230.00	143.23
1	—	110	235.00	235.00
3	—	72	55.00–95.00	76.74
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	270.00–300.00	287.71
1	—	110	250.00	250.00
4	—	93	250.00–270.00	260.14
1	—	75	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	83	240.00–280.00	263.13
2	—	123	255.00–270.00	262.35
5	—	113	245.00–285.00	271.95
8	—	94	235.00–300.00	280.40
11	—	103	265.00–305.00	284.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	390.00	390.00
2	—	103	240.00–410.00	322.93
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	460.00	460.00
2	—	105	420.00–430.00	425.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	300.00	300.00
1	—	105	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	400.00–420.00	410.18
1	—	110	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	100.00	100.00
1	—	75	80.00	80.00
1	—	105	95.00	95.00
1	—	90	90.00	90.00
1	—	85	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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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