Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2025-05-16

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Fri, May 16
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1923
Receipts
475 head
▲ 181 vs last sale 294▲ 84 vs year ago 391 · +21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Middleburg feeder sale will be held on June 20th @6PM

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.45/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$375.45
24 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs PA average
−9.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558381.612,12819thin
Medium and Large 2572352.032,0145thin
One grade step is worth $29.58/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale24 hd
375.45
—
PA average1 barns · 24 hd
375.45
+0.00
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−9.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423363.68/cwt360.00–375.001,5384
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458393.31/cwt390.00–395.001,8013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474408.94/cwt405.00–415.001,9389
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523398.76/cwt390.00–405.002,0869
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572352.03/cwt345.00–355.002,0145
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1589366.18/cwt360.00–377.002,15710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616343.68/cwt340.00–350.002,1174
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0184
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676329.40/cwt320.00–335.002,22710
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2679307.09/cwt300.00–310.002,0857
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2708284.44/cwt280.00–290.002,0149
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719310.08/cwt300.00–315.002,2299
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2763293.04/cwt290.00–297.002,2363
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795318.98/cwt317.00–325.002,5364
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822281.67/cwt280.00–285.002,3153
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2828240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9873
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873281.60/cwt270.00–295.002,4589
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380366.51/cwt360.00–375.001,3933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420353.94/cwt345.00–360.001,4876
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435321.22/cwt315.00–325.001,3974
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475332.77/cwt325.00–340.001,5817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476311.33/cwt305.00–320.001,4824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511310.10/cwt305.00–315.001,5857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519343.72/cwt335.00–345.001,7848
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580292.44/cwt285.00–295.001,6964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1592300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,77610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611318.51/cwt310.00–325.001,9467
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628298.91/cwt290.00–305.001,8775
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663314.91/cwt310.00–320.002,0884
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2732266.74/cwt260.00–270.001,9533
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733283.08/cwt275.00–290.002,0758
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761291.31/cwt280.00–295.002,2174
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811264.96/cwt255.00–270.002,1499
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1918235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1573
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1351420.02/cwt410.00–425.001,4743
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418376.36/cwt370.00–385.001,5734
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458377.54/cwt370.00–385.001,7292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480350.10/cwt345.00–355.001,6802
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522377.44/cwt370.00–380.001,9704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535354.95/cwt350.00–360.001,8992
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1587350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0554
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726254.94/cwt245.00–260.001,8513
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9512
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1916208.05/cwt200.00–212.001,9063
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3511285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4563
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3617229.81/cwt220.00–235.001,4183
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 3-4486350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7014
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3465230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0704
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1303
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3721202.42/cwt195.00–205.001,4594

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.