Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2025-04-05

Middleburg

Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Sat, Apr 5

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923

← Mar 21Apr 5Apr 19 →

Receipts

442 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 521▼ 117 vs year ago 559 · −20.9%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.90/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$286.90

31 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$32.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.14

vs PA average

−34.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	294.31	1,568	24
Medium and Large 2	540	261.50	1,412	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.81/cwt here — about $155 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 sale31 hd

286.90

—

PA average2 barns · 86 hd

271.76

+15.14

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−34.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	365.39/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,465	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,644	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	382.10/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,838	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	320.62/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,751	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	304.99/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,906	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	309.68/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,087	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	306.45/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,234	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,013	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,364	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	274.03/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,239	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	268.31/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,372	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,390	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	909	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,227	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,077	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	311.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,341	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	289.39/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,343	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	310.63/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,516	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	266.61/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,352	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	299.17/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,553	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	257.67/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,456	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	275.86/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,614	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	300.65/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,864	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	249.04/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,686	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,254	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	248.72/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,816	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,940	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,138	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	292.04/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,562	20
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 2-3	827	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,695	4
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 2-3	831	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,637	7

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale - Middleburg, PA

Sat Apr 5, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Receipts 442Last week 521Year ago 559

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	535	290.00–295.00	292.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	310.00–320.00	311.95
17	450–500	488	300.00–320.00	310.63
19	500–550	519	290.00–305.00	299.17
5	550–600	585	270.00–290.00	275.86
8	600–650	620	295.00–310.00	300.65
9	700–750	727	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	776	250.00	250.00
5	850–900	891	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	359	300.00	300.00
16	450–500	464	285.00–290.00	289.39
3	500–550	507	260.00–275.00	266.61
4	550–600	565	250.00–265.00	257.67
15	650–700	677	240.00–255.00	249.04
4	700–750	730	240.00–255.00	248.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	401	365.00–370.00	365.39
5	450–500	481	370.00–385.00	382.10
8	500–550	546	320.00–325.00	320.62
5	600–650	625	300.00–310.00	304.99
5	650–700	674	300.00–325.00	309.68
9	700–750	729	290.00–312.00	306.45
5	750–800	775	305.00	305.00
10	800–850	817	270.00–290.00	274.03
6	850–900	884	265.00–275.00	268.31
7	900–950	902	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	355.00	355.00
8	700–750	732	275.00	275.00
9	900–950	909	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	827	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	831	197.00	197.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.