Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2024-11-15

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Fri, Nov 15
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
428 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 320▲ 32 vs year ago 396 · +8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to October's Feeder Cattle Sale; Feeder Steers 300-500 lbs. traded 5.00-10.00 higher, 500-700 lb. Steers sold mostly 5.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower with later selling calves selling up to 20.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.41/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$213.41
46 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.17
vs PA average
−51.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553225.091,24430
Medium and Large 2558191.501,06916thin
One grade step is worth $33.59/cwt here — about $175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale46 hd
213.41
—
PA average2 barns · 106 hd
216.58
−3.17
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−51.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240280.00/cwt280.00–280.006722
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318264.95/cwt255.00–275.008433
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0543
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367278.41/cwt275.00–280.001,0223
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382303.86/cwt300.00–315.001,1615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2454
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462292.08/cwt285.00–300.001,3499
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472232.83/cwt220.00–255.001,0993
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525236.79/cwt230.00–240.001,2433
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526271.97/cwt255.00–280.001,4316
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583262.03/cwt245.00–280.001,5287
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593244.92/cwt225.00–265.001,4524
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636257.90/cwt235.00–280.001,64016
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666263.10/cwt250.00–275.001,7528
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2686224.81/cwt220.00–245.001,5425
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716260.75/cwt250.00–265.001,8676
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7891
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6672
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2823209.61/cwt195.00–217.001,7253
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1892215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9182
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2942210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240260.00/cwt260.00–260.006241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285262.06/cwt250.00–275.007472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318252.56/cwt245.00–260.008032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381205.42/cwt185.00–240.0078314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427206.79/cwt185.00–215.008839
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429228.40/cwt220.00–235.009809
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475221.07/cwt205.00–240.001,05017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478200.05/cwt190.00–210.009564
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526211.34/cwt190.00–235.001,11211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526189.89/cwt185.00–205.009994
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568233.05/cwt205.00–260.001,32419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569192.04/cwt187.00–200.001,09312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613222.33/cwt190.00–235.001,36310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613173.49/cwt155.00–195.001,0633
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1011
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728199.95/cwt195.00–205.001,4562
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6091
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2792165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3072
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1916212.71/cwt175.00–225.001,9484
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300255.00/cwt255.00–255.007651
Bulls350–400Large 3375100.00/cwt100.00–100.003751
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387175.00/cwt175.00–175.006772
Bulls400–450Large 3410165.00/cwt165.00–165.006771
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431280.77/cwt240.00–295.001,2107
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0011
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472248.52/cwt230.00–260.001,1733
Bulls450–500Large 3482104.40/cwt102.00–110.0050310
Bulls500–550Large 352596.20/cwt95.00–100.005054
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530155.00/cwt155.00–155.008221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531218.54/cwt195.00–265.001,1608
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583236.59/cwt200.00–265.001,37913
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621223.19/cwt195.00–290.001,3864
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1654230.05/cwt215.00–245.001,5058
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1857195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6712
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3478132.96/cwt115.00–150.006364

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.