Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2020-10-27

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Oct 27
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 0▲ 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 265▼ 31 vs year ago 271 · −11.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
127 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 140▲ 37 vs year ago 90 · +41.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder dairy bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher with no comparison on feeder dairy heifers. Buyer demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $93.05/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,155.03 against this barn's trailing median of $1,248.08.
Average price
$93.05
41 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$50.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449109.0348923
Medium and Large 1-251977.8740413thin
Large 350059.002955thin
One grade step is worth $50.03/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
93.05
—
PA average7 barns · 1,054 hd
92.59
+0.45
This barn, trailing median33 sales
1,248.08
−1,155.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

33 sales
172114431165886median 1248.0803/0305/0506/3009/0110/27
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $1,707.20, low $900.32, median $1,248.08 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,45476.621,11420
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42553.6176444
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30747.8262536
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11540.6045318
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39786.041,2029thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,22466.828184thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,263105.021,3263thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,19498.161,17227
HeifersSelectAverage1,22692.431,1338thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,463112.051,6398thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,385105.661,46314
SteersSelectAverage1,36299.451,3556thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196114.69/cwt46
BullsNumber 29392.96/cwt32
BullsNumber 38955.84/cwt17
BullsUtility8017.91/cwt14
HeifersNumber 19936.70/cwt6
HeifersNumber 28419.95/cwt7

Every lot

116 lots · USDA AMS · Middleburg Livestock Auction - 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
Steers—Medium and Large 234565.00/cwt65.00–65.002241
Steers—Medium and Large 235055.00/cwt55.00–55.001931
Steers—Medium and Large 243042.00/cwt42.00–42.001811
Steers—Medium and Large 248055.00/cwt55.00–55.002641
Steers—Medium and Large 251557.00/cwt57.00–57.002941
Steers—Medium and Large 1540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1660100.00/cwt100.00–100.006603
Steers—Medium and Large 273565.00/cwt65.00–65.004781
Steers—Medium and Large 1768117.00/cwt117.00–117.008992
Steers—Medium and Large 277567.00/cwt67.00–67.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 283590.00/cwt90.00–90.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 1867115.00/cwt115.00–115.009972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
Heifers—Medium and Large 231361.04/cwt60.00–62.001912
Heifers—Medium and Large 131797.00/cwt97.00–97.003072
Heifers—Medium and Large 137982.87/cwt72.00–97.003144
Heifers—Medium and Large 238562.00/cwt62.00–62.002391
Heifers—Medium and Large 242060.51/cwt55.00–67.002544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004301
Heifers—Medium and Large 143279.07/cwt70.00–85.003423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed46096.00/cwt92.00–100.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 146384.36/cwt75.00–90.003914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512100.00/cwt100.00–100.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 252050.00/cwt50.00–50.002601
Heifers—Medium and Large 153779.00/cwt79.00–79.004244
Heifers—Medium and Large 255567.00/cwt67.00–67.003721
Heifers—Medium and Large 156587.00/cwt87.00–87.004921
Heifers—Medium and Large 163582.00/cwt82.00–82.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 267050.00/cwt50.00–50.003351
Heifers—Medium and Large 170085.00/cwt85.00–85.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 272540.00/cwt40.00–40.002901
Heifers—Medium and Large 279050.00/cwt50.00–50.003951
Heifers—Medium and Large 188077.00/cwt77.00–77.006781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285118.55/cwt117.00–122.003383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295105.00/cwt105.00–105.003102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-231565.00/cwt65.00–65.002051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320121.69/cwt117.00–127.003892
Bulls—Large 334569.00/cwt69.00–69.002381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-237060.00/cwt60.00–60.002221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378112.48/cwt110.00–115.004252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-240878.66/cwt70.00–87.003212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425102.53/cwt95.00–110.004364
Bulls—Large 348552.00/cwt52.00–52.002522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1493108.36/cwt105.00–110.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-251568.00/cwt68.00–68.003501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528109.58/cwt97.00–112.005796
Bulls—Large 356057.00/cwt57.00–57.003191
Bulls—Medium and Large 157397.00/cwt97.00–97.005563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-257580.00/cwt80.00–80.004601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-261581.00/cwt81.00–81.004981
Bulls—Large 362565.00/cwt65.00–65.004061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-269572.00/cwt72.00–72.005001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272377.00/cwt77.00–77.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280565.00/cwt65.00–65.005231
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 344535.00/cwt35.00–35.001561
Dairy Heifers—Large 356045.00/cwt45.00–45.002521
Dairy Heifers—Large 374040.00/cwt40.00–40.002961
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 334575.00/cwt75.00–75.002591
Dairy Steers—Large 364540.00/cwt40.00–40.002581
Dairy Steers—Large 373560.00/cwt60.00–60.004411
Dairy Steers—Large 381067.00/cwt67.00–67.005431
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,36299.45/cwt98.00–101.001,3556
Steers—Choice1,385105.66/cwt102.00–108.001,46314
Steers—Choice and Prime1,463112.05/cwt109.50–114.501,6398
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,19498.16/cwt95.00–101.001,17227
Heifers—Select1,22692.43/cwt88.00–94.001,1338
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,263105.02/cwt104.50–105.501,3263
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22865.23/cwt61.00–69.008016
Bulls——1,54377.61/cwt75.00–82.001,19810
Bulls——1,57191.24/cwt88.00–94.501,4334
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03637.47/cwt34.00–40.003889
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19443.72/cwt42.00–48.005229
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23843.18/cwt40.00–45.0053515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26548.30/cwt45.00–50.0061113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30348.09/cwt46.00–50.0062711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30760.12/cwt58.00–63.007865
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41654.48/cwt52.00–57.5077110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52755.01/cwt52.00–57.0084026
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,22466.82/cwt65.00–69.008184
Dairy Steers—Choice1,39786.04/cwt83.00–89.501,2029
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 17317.59/cwt15.00–20.00132
Heifers—Number 2737.41/cwt5.00–10.0052
Heifers—Number 28312.42/cwt10.00–15.00102
Heifers—Number 2Jersey8510.00/cwt10.00–10.0091
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross9575.00/cwt75.00–75.00711
Heifers—Number 19522.50/cwt20.00–25.00212
Heifers—Number 29515.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
Heifers—Number 110030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross155110.00/cwt110.00–110.001711
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 36060.00/cwt60.00–60.00361
Bulls—Utility6315.20/cwt10.00–20.00102
Bulls—Number 173110.79/cwt105.00–117.00812
Bulls—Utility7310.96/cwt10.00–15.0085
Bulls—Number 27595.00/cwt85.00–100.00713
Bulls—Number 37575.00/cwt75.00–75.00562
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross7575.00/cwt75.00–75.00561
Bulls—Number 3Jersey7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
Bulls—Number 182108.34/cwt105.00–115.00899
Bulls—Number 38375.00/cwt75.00–75.00622
Bulls—Utility8325.30/cwt15.00–35.00212
Bulls—Number 28595.00/cwt90.00–100.00815
Bulls—Number 3Jersey8510.00/cwt10.00–10.0092
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross90205.00/cwt205.00–205.001851
Bulls—Utility9020.00/cwt10.00–30.00184
Bulls—Number 29191.74/cwt80.00–100.008314
Bulls—Number 194110.49/cwt105.00–120.0010412
Bulls—Number 39462.33/cwt50.00–75.00594
Bulls—Number 310050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
Bulls—Number 1103113.07/cwt100.00–122.0011616
Bulls—Number 210394.34/cwt85.00–100.00977
Bulls—Utility10535.00/cwt35.00–35.00371
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross110175.00/cwt175.00–175.001931
Bulls—Number 1110112.80/cwt105.00–117.001245
Bulls—Number 311062.50/cwt50.00–75.00692
Bulls—Number 211290.00/cwt80.00–100.001013
Bulls—Number 312560.00/cwt60.00–60.00751

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.