Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-04-06

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Sat, Apr 6
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
559 head
▲ 471 vs last sale 88▲ 72 vs year ago 487 · +14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next feeder cattle sale will be Friday April 19, 2024 at 6:00PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $201.16/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$201.16
38 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.00
vs PA average
−69.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549203.191,1167thin
Medium and Large 2575200.701,15431
One grade step is worth $2.49/cwt here — about −$38 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale38 hd
201.16
—
PA average3 barns · 127 hd
210.15
−9.00
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−69.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

79 lots · USDA AMS · Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale - Middleburg, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250230.00/cwt230.00–230.005751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368255.00/cwt255.00–255.009382
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1401300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2034
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423256.34/cwt210.00–270.001,0846
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473229.75/cwt165.00–275.001,0873
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484274.32/cwt240.00–295.001,32815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528278.96/cwt245.00–290.001,47310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535236.18/cwt185.00–265.001,2645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571215.24/cwt170.00–260.001,2299
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610245.08/cwt235.00–255.001,4952
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4633
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,64415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5303
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730222.45/cwt200.00–230.001,6244
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834198.93/cwt185.00–210.001,6594
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2331
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225189.00/cwt165.00–195.004255
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265227.45/cwt185.00–295.006034
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282269.05/cwt260.00–290.007593
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320290.08/cwt285.00–300.009283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321302.57/cwt300.00–305.009714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375227.24/cwt180.00–260.008529
Heifers350–400Small 2380225.40/cwt205.00–230.008575
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387271.13/cwt245.00–280.001,0498
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413246.61/cwt170.00–275.001,01813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419230.33/cwt195.00–265.0096516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2487209.78/cwt155.00–265.001,0225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1496256.31/cwt225.00–260.001,27118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527205.98/cwt170.00–250.001,0863
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544198.32/cwt185.00–220.001,0799
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566201.09/cwt190.00–205.001,1384
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588201.67/cwt170.00–225.001,18622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629198.51/cwt185.00–225.001,24911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672184.66/cwt165.00–195.001,2416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674189.62/cwt175.00–202.001,2787
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720167.76/cwt155.00–180.001,2082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2592
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4061
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2848135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1453
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1876157.47/cwt155.00–165.001,3794
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275287.77/cwt280.00–295.007912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300315.00/cwt315.00–315.009451
Bulls300–350Large 3335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006031
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337294.84/cwt250.00–310.009946
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368266.61/cwt260.00–270.009813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374279.09/cwt225.00–305.001,0448
Bulls350–400Large 3385185.00/cwt185.00–185.007121
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425255.41/cwt205.00–300.001,0856
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431274.37/cwt210.00–300.001,18310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480245.73/cwt195.00–280.001,1806
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484256.40/cwt235.00–280.001,2414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523268.33/cwt265.00–270.001,4033
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525198.60/cwt125.00–227.001,0438
Bulls550–600Large 3555142.52/cwt140.00–145.007912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566250.07/cwt245.00–275.001,4158
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570236.67/cwt200.00–255.001,3493
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614216.69/cwt185.00–240.001,33010
Bulls600–650Large 3625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2686190.15/cwt175.00–195.001,3044
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3511
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3771
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2766158.25/cwt145.00–165.001,2123
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4802
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5121
Bulls800–850Large 3845127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0731
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2858167.54/cwt155.00–180.001,4372
Bulls950–1000Large 3975115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1211
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3470190.00/cwt190.00–190.008931
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3640165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0561
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3455205.00/cwt205.00–205.009331
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3500170.00/cwt170.00–170.008501
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3637165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0512
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3895130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1641
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3965143.45/cwt140.00–147.001,3842
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Large 3550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0181
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Large 3650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3001

This sale against other markets

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.