Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-05-17

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Fri, May 17
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Feeder Cattle receipts
391 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 301▲ 66 vs year ago 325 · +20.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 6▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next feeder cattle sale is Friday June 21, 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 $252.23/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$252.23
47 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,419
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs PA average
−17.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571256.931,46628
Medium and Large 2552247.111,36317thin
Large 1540230.001,2422thin
One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $224 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 sale47 hd
252.23
—
PA average2 barns · 61 hd
250.98
+1.26
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−17.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

88 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290235.00/cwt235.00–235.006821
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2782
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420339.52/cwt330.00–350.001,4262
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495285.03/cwt275.00–290.001,4116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530242.85/cwt210.00–260.001,2873
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585303.00/cwt285.00–330.001,7735
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608260.12/cwt230.00–290.001,5822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627278.32/cwt230.00–300.001,7459
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6201
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728219.88/cwt215.00–225.001,6012
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774239.07/cwt215.00–245.001,8505
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2781193.74/cwt190.00–195.001,5134
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815215.00/cwt200.00–230.001,7522
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,1764
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7262
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5561
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8602
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9601
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,074190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205280.00/cwt280.00–280.005742
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260223.45/cwt210.00–230.005813
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277265.48/cwt255.00–285.007353
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330165.00/cwt165.00–165.005451
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376253.29/cwt250.00–255.009523
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378247.59/cwt175.00–282.009363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0602
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442245.80/cwt210.00–260.001,08610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484235.76/cwt232.00–255.001,14116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514246.25/cwt230.00–250.001,2668
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521239.17/cwt210.00–255.001,2464
Heifers500–550Large 1540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579259.89/cwt225.00–280.001,50524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585247.88/cwt210.00–260.001,4509
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613213.48/cwt190.00–230.001,3094
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618242.54/cwt200.00–260.001,49932
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663236.28/cwt230.00–240.001,5674
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670232.09/cwt215.00–247.001,55521
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2662
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723220.66/cwt202.00–232.001,59511
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757213.94/cwt192.00–230.001,62014
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1232310.00/cwt310.00–310.007192
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270276.67/cwt245.00–305.007472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009771
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390205.00/cwt205.00–205.008001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2812
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490180.00/cwt180.00–180.008822
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0402
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568252.56/cwt250.00–255.001,4352
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5961
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610137.00/cwt137.00–137.008362
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5591
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6171
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775197.45/cwt195.00–200.001,5302
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1837200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6742
Bulls850–900Large 3850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009782
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1925220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0351
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8401
Bulls1200–1250Medium and Large 11,235167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,0621
Bulls1250–1300Medium and Large 11,285177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,2741
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Large 3315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Large 3425155.57/cwt125.00–220.006613
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 3600190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1401
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Large 3675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5191
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 3740185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3691
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Large 3890185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6471
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Medium 3316163.21/cwt160.00–170.005163
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007651
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3560205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1481
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3623210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3086
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3715155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1081
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3840177.49/cwt175.00–180.001,4912
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215215.00/cwt215.00–215.004621
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007201
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3536192.04/cwt185.00–207.001,0293
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3605172.48/cwt170.00–175.001,0442
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3685180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2331
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0361
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3865120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0381
Beef/Dairy Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2920130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1961
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,286122.12/cwt115.00–135.001,5705

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.