Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-01-30

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Jan 30
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
11 vs last sale 38 46 vs year ago 95 · 48.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
321 head
60 vs last sale 261 50 vs year ago 271 · +18.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
136 head
3 vs last sale 133 17 vs year ago 119 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices slaughter steers averaged .73 lower, slaughter holsteins averaged 4.58 lower and slaughter heifers averaged 1.48 lower. Slaughter breaker cows averaged 3.65 lower lower, boners averaged 7.36 lower and lean cows averaged 2.74 higher. Holstein bull calves over 95 pounds averaged 34.62 lower and under 95 pounds averaged 34.62 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.42/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits 823.12 against this barn's trailing median of $970.54.
Average price
$147.42
13 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
131.64
vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576168.009683thin
Medium and Large 2677141.2495610thin
One grade step is worth $26.76/cwt here — about $12 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
16401278917556median 970.5412/1602/2404/2806/2308/18
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 sale13 hd
147.42
PA average3 barns · 143 hd
279.05
−131.64
This barn, trailing median33 sales
970.54
−823.12
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
BullsAverage1,703120.892,05920
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,555103.381,6087thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54595.981,48310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40692.661,30314
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,35985.431,16117
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,255118.001,4811thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,614164.452,6544thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,603139.842,2424thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,508117.291,76911
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,436175.192,5167thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,377168.482,32013
HeifersSelectAverage1,218149.141,8172thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,664177.372,95211
SteersChoiceAverage1,553169.502,63253
SteersSelectAverage1,379153.082,1117thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1101472.45/cwt21
BullsNumber 2101417.25/cwt15
BullsNumber 396295.34/cwt18
BullsUtility93101.67/cwt6
HeifersNumber 280367.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 195312.00/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

78 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
HeifersSelect1,218149.14/cwt139.00–159.001,8172
HeifersChoice1,377168.48/cwt163.00–172.002,32013
HeifersChoice and Prime1,436175.19/cwt170.00–178.002,5167
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54595.98/cwt88.00–107.001,48310
Dairy SteersSelect1,508117.29/cwt109.00–132.001,76911
Dairy HeifersSelect1,255118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4811
SteersChoice and Prime1,630178.23/cwt175.00–181.002,9059
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,834167.10/cwt153.00–177.003,0655
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,818173.52/cwt172.00–175.003,1552
SteersChoice1,519169.79/cwt164.00–178.002,57947
Dairy SteersChoice1,603139.84/cwt134.00–154.002,2424
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,614164.45/cwt156.00–172.002,6544
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40692.66/cwt84.00–100.001,30314
CowsLean 85-90%85364.74/cwt60.00–68.005522
CowsLean 85-90%1,42997.83/cwt96.00–101.001,3984
CowsLean 85-90%1,42684.68/cwt70.00–90.001,20811
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,555103.38/cwt100.00–106.001,6087
Bulls1,703120.89/cwt98.00–136.002,05920
HeifersMedium and Large 2645145.00/cwt145.00–145.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 2560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 2672163.79/cwt152.00–170.001,1013
HeifersMedium and Large 1552172.00/cwt172.00–172.009492
BullsLarge 3678115.72/cwt96.00–135.007852
BullsLarge 3765106.00/cwt106.00–106.008111
Dairy HeifersLarge 3785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
HeifersMedium and Large 2845142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 2510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008671
HeifersMedium and Large 1625160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2853119.52/cwt112.00–127.001,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 249085.00/cwt85.00–85.004171
Dairy SteersLarge 31,210122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,4761
Dairy SteersLarge 31,145108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2371
Dairy HeifersLarge 3645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
BullsLarge 3995145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4431
BullsMedium and Large 2875126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1031
BullsLarge 354597.00/cwt97.00–97.005291
BullsMedium and Large 2800114.00/cwt114.00–114.009121
BullsMedium and Large 2573153.37/cwt140.00–170.008793
BullsMedium and Large 2355195.00/cwt195.00–195.006922
BullsNumber 1110410.00/cwt410.00–410.004511
BullsNumber 2130310.00/cwt310.00–310.004031
BullsNumber 2125310.00/cwt310.00–310.003881
BullsNumber 280385.00/cwt385.00–385.003081
BullsNumber 292395.71/cwt310.00–430.003645
BullsUtility6530.00/cwt30.00–30.00201
BullsNumber 2115385.00/cwt385.00–385.004431
BullsUtility10085.00/cwt85.00–85.00851
BullsUtility70160.00/cwt160.00–160.001121
BullsNumber 3110256.67/cwt120.00–350.002823
BullsNumber 3120317.50/cwt285.00–350.003812
BullsNumber 1102408.63/cwt385.00–425.004175
BullsNumber 3130160.00/cwt160.00–160.002081
BullsNumber 193416.07/cwt400.00–450.003873
BullsNumber 1130310.00/cwt310.00–310.004031
BullsNumber 1Crossbred120525.00/cwt525.00–525.006301
BullsNumber 1Jersey9090.00/cwt90.00–90.00811
BullsNumber 2101395.06/cwt385.00–410.003994
BullsNumber 374281.78/cwt250.00–300.002094
BullsNumber 393336.58/cwt225.00–410.003136
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross130535.00/cwt535.00–535.006961
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross95675.00/cwt675.00–675.006411
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross105635.00/cwt635.00–635.006671
BullsNumber 383302.27/cwt225.00–375.002512
HeifersNumber 2Crossbred70110.00/cwt110.00–110.00771
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90625.00/cwt625.00–625.005631
HeifersNumber 180120.00/cwt105.00–135.00962
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross120535.00/cwt535.00–535.006421
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross105625.00/cwt625.00–625.006561
BullsNumber 1Jersey80110.00/cwt110.00–110.00881
HeifersNumber 190160.00/cwt160.00–160.001441
BullsUtility95225.00/cwt225.00–225.002141
BullsUtility11355.00/cwt55.00–55.00622
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross115580.00/cwt560.00–600.006672
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95710.00/cwt685.00–735.006752
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100685.00/cwt685.00–685.006851
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80692.50/cwt685.00–700.005542
SteersSelect1,379153.08/cwt131.00–165.002,1117
SteersChoice1,720168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,8901

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.