Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-10-18

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Fri, Oct 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
320 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 371▼ 202 vs year ago 522 · −38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on Nov 15th @6 pm

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.35/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$220.35
15 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.98
vs PA average
−37.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555227.821,2659thin
Medium and Large 2556209.141,1636thin
One grade step is worth $18.68/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale15 hd
220.35
—
PA average3 barns · 60 hd
199.36
+20.98
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−37.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423281.83/cwt270.00–295.001,1922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465261.74/cwt255.00–265.001,2173
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475287.59/cwt275.00–295.001,3664
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522270.22/cwt265.00–280.001,4117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610250.08/cwt245.00–255.001,5252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632278.36/cwt260.00–285.001,7596
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677256.49/cwt250.00–265.001,7363
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2687195.04/cwt190.00–200.001,3403
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706267.66/cwt255.00–272.001,8904
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773220.15/cwt215.00–225.001,7022
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833212.32/cwt212.00–215.001,7699
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915226.23/cwt215.00–245.002,0704
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2306206.87/cwt195.00–210.006335
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308244.11/cwt230.00–250.007527
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2356205.00/cwt205.00–205.007303
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375231.36/cwt225.00–240.0086811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428211.14/cwt200.00–215.009044
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432237.69/cwt230.00–240.001,02711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462234.32/cwt225.00–245.001,0839
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480213.37/cwt205.00–220.001,0243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535236.04/cwt220.00–240.001,2635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538210.07/cwt205.00–215.001,1302
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565208.67/cwt202.00–215.001,1794
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581217.54/cwt215.00–220.001,2644
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2774
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627227.48/cwt220.00–235.001,42610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5642
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2711186.58/cwt180.00–190.001,3273
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728229.07/cwt205.00–235.001,6685
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4432
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821190.99/cwt190.00–195.001,5685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355293.31/cwt290.00–295.001,0413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425293.39/cwt290.00–295.001,2473
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476239.19/cwt235.00–240.001,1396
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478275.96/cwt275.00–280.001,3195
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515242.16/cwt225.00–260.001,2472
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525285.00/cwt280.00–290.001,4962
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1581263.78/cwt260.00–265.001,5334
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1602265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5954
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657252.97/cwt250.00–265.001,6625
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1757225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7032

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.