Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-10-05

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Sat, Oct 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
371 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 456▲ 75 vs year ago 296 · +25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale will be held Friday, October 18th at 6:00pm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $197.86/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$197.86
33 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$695
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$137.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.00
vs PA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532247.701,31821
Large 3564110.6462312thin
One grade step is worth $137.06/cwt here — about $695 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 sale33 hd
197.86
—
PA average3 barns · 80 hd
218.87
−21.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335290.07/cwt275.00–295.009724
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2402255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0259
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459288.92/cwt280.00–295.001,3265
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470259.91/cwt255.00–265.001,2226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3442
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575287.43/cwt285.00–290.001,6532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590267.56/cwt260.00–275.001,5792
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619291.45/cwt290.00–295.001,8047
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644319.94/cwt315.00–330.002,06015
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2798205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6364
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813240.70/cwt235.00–245.001,9577
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317248.34/cwt245.00–250.007873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384215.02/cwt210.00–225.008264
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421223.91/cwt217.00–230.0094322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481208.13/cwt205.00–215.001,0016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516219.52/cwt215.00–225.001,13320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518240.53/cwt235.00–245.001,24610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636222.52/cwt215.00–225.001,4156
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685227.49/cwt225.00–230.001,5584
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416215.68/cwt205.00–220.008977
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1446254.61/cwt250.00–260.001,13613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475210.46/cwt210.00–215.001,00011
Bulls450–500Large 3493102.51/cwt100.00–105.005052
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521244.51/cwt242.00–250.001,27416
Bulls500–550Large 3532104.92/cwt100.00–110.005583
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568257.92/cwt255.00–260.001,4655
Bulls550–600Large 3574112.55/cwt100.00–117.006469
Bulls600–650Large 3625108.02/cwt100.00–115.0067510
Bulls650–700Large 3655110.50/cwt110.00–112.007244
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669225.97/cwt220.00–235.001,5125
Bulls700–750Large 3728116.02/cwt115.00–117.008452
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6282

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.