Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2025-03-21

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Fri, Mar 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
521 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 428▲ 521 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on April 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 $290.14/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$290.14
29 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs PA average
−24.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552292.321,61519thin
Medium and Large 2576286.021,64710thin
One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about −$33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd
290.14
—
PA average1 barns · 29 hd
290.14
+0.00
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−24.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359351.07/cwt347.00–355.001,2604
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376315.85/cwt310.00–325.001,1886
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421325.00/cwt315.00–330.001,3684
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473322.99/cwt320.00–330.001,5285
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489357.01/cwt355.00–360.001,7465
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512321.01/cwt310.00–325.001,6444
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559316.23/cwt310.00–325.001,7684
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571291.90/cwt285.00–300.001,6675
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618316.86/cwt315.00–325.001,95811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633284.10/cwt275.00–290.001,7985
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680287.00/cwt285.00–295.001,9525
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2689262.11/cwt260.00–270.001,8067
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708270.04/cwt260.00–275.001,9124
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy737312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2995
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775280.03/cwt275.00–285.002,1702
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777240.05/cwt235.00–250.001,8653
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835291.41/cwt280.00–295.002,4334
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1974216.27/cwt215.00–220.002,1064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331303.55/cwt295.00–310.001,00510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367302.65/cwt300.00–315.001,1116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380244.78/cwt230.00–255.009303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428268.70/cwt260.00–275.001,1504
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429304.56/cwt295.00–310.001,3079
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477266.52/cwt260.00–275.001,2713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479289.27/cwt280.00–295.001,38616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523272.06/cwt270.00–275.001,4235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563299.55/cwt295.00–305.001,68614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576286.02/cwt280.00–290.001,64710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625259.92/cwt250.00–265.001,6258
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5344
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675281.72/cwt275.00–285.001,9023
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718251.66/cwt245.00–260.001,80710
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738286.29/cwt275.00–290.002,1134
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7833
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1796290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3083
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9753
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1334349.93/cwt340.00–355.001,1694
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3085
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1975
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411329.42/cwt320.00–335.001,35410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417276.66/cwt275.00–280.001,1543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469273.71/cwt265.00–280.001,2844
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519255.06/cwt245.00–260.001,3244
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560250.04/cwt245.00–255.001,4002
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572266.23/cwt260.00–275.001,5234
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4732
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631289.27/cwt275.00–295.001,8257
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665237.50/cwt235.00–240.001,5792
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680182.39/cwt175.00–190.001,2402
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1772221.40/cwt220.00–230.001,7097
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Large 2-3387285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1032
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 2-3477280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3365
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3620245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5194

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.