Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-09-20

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Fri, Sep 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
456 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 313▲ 393 vs year ago 63 · +623.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on October 18th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.62/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$232.62
40 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.99
vs PA average
−4.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550235.461,29633
Medium and Large 2515219.241,1297thin
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale40 hd
232.62
—
PA average2 barns · 56 hd
229.63
+2.99
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−4.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1314309.20/cwt305.00–310.009716
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333287.41/cwt285.00–290.009574
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380301.43/cwt295.00–310.001,1453
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476310.21/cwt300.00–317.001,4774
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477267.62/cwt260.00–270.001,2776
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508279.09/cwt275.00–285.001,4185
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572284.47/cwt282.00–290.001,62714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4993
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674241.01/cwt240.00–245.001,6245
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719227.76/cwt225.00–232.001,6387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329249.99/cwt240.00–255.008227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421206.38/cwt200.00–215.008694
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443233.75/cwt225.00–240.001,03612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458203.99/cwt200.00–205.009345
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484220.55/cwt215.00–230.001,06712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515219.24/cwt215.00–220.001,1297
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529232.38/cwt225.00–240.001,22918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576239.15/cwt235.00–245.001,37815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631224.81/cwt220.00–230.001,4198
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671220.92/cwt210.00–225.001,4826
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727207.49/cwt205.00–215.001,5084
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808207.52/cwt205.00–210.001,6772
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1916190.72/cwt187.00–192.001,7474
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1401275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1033
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469318.23/cwt317.00–320.001,4925
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507269.82/cwt255.00–275.001,3684
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522233.73/cwt230.00–240.001,2207
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2597180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0754
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6226
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1717198.37/cwt195.00–200.001,4223
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Large 2-3380214.87/cwt210.00–220.008172
Beef/Dairy Heifers400–450Large 2-3446220.00/cwt220.00–220.009813
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 2-3473235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1122
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Large 2-3528184.88/cwt180.00–190.009762
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3636197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2533
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Large 2-3736218.53/cwt210.00–222.001,6087

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.