Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2022-04-19

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Apr 19
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 78▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 227▼ 108 vs year ago 193 · −56.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
99 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 117▲ 28 vs year ago 71 · +39.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks weighted average prices slaughter steers sold 1.09 lower, slaughter holsteins sold 1.16 lower, slaughter heifers sold 1.05 lower. Slaughter Cows; breakers sold 6.43 lower, boners sold 4.07 lower and lean cows sold 2.71 lower.

Compared to last weeks weighted average prices holstein bull calves over 95 pounds sold 12.11 higher, under 95 pounds sold 13.79 higher. Beef type calves sold 13.54 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −99.16 against this barn's trailing median of $228.83.
Average price
$129.67
3 head · 263 lb average
Value per head Derived
$341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.70
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1225155.003491thin
Medium and Large 2283117.003312thin
One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about $18 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 sale3 hd
129.67
—
PA average7 barns · 388 hd
139.37
−9.70
This barn, trailing median34 sales
228.83
−99.16
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

34 sales
266238210182median 228.8303/0304/2806/3009/0110/27
Steers 0–100 lb: high $251.98, low $196.27, median $228.83 across 34 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—Average1,568103.231,6189thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64183.101,3645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,58575.751,20114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60173.741,1814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20053.9764832
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,441107.001,5425thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,38097.021,3392thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,392117.841,64010
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,545109.611,69311
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,29396.811,2522thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,440135.741,9553thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309130.591,7099thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,348111.161,4985thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,502139.522,0967thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,490135.712,02211
SteersSelectAverage1,301125.881,6385thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199236.97/cwt32
BullsNumber 294193.45/cwt12
BullsNumber 382153.33/cwt6
HeifersNumber 1103185.71/cwt7

Every lot

66 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1225155.00/cwt155.00–155.003491
Steers—Medium and Large 2265114.00/cwt114.00–114.003021
Steers—Medium and Large 2300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1170130.00/cwt130.00–130.002211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2260100.00/cwt100.00–100.002601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 388099.00/cwt99.00–99.008711
Bulls—Large 393599.00/cwt99.00–99.009261
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 313094.04/cwt55.00–125.001222
Dairy Steers—Large 318592.00/cwt92.00–92.001701
Dairy Steers—Large 3265115.00/cwt115.00–115.003051
Dairy Steers—Large 3335110.00/cwt110.00–110.003691
Dairy Steers—Large 344076.00/cwt76.00–76.003341
Dairy Steers—Large 354052.00/cwt52.00–52.002811
Dairy Steers—Large 360570.00/cwt70.00–70.004241
Dairy Steers—Large 367573.00/cwt73.00–73.004931
Dairy Steers—Large 374273.00/cwt73.00–73.005422
Dairy Steers—Large 393576.00/cwt76.00–76.007111
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 377578.00/cwt78.00–78.006051
Dairy Heifers—Large 392897.52/cwt95.00–100.009052
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,301125.88/cwt122.00–130.001,6385
Steers—Choice1,490135.71/cwt130.00–139.002,02211
Steers—Choice and Prime1,502139.52/cwt137.00–142.002,0967
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,309130.59/cwt123.00–135.001,7099
Heifers—Select1,348111.16/cwt90.00–123.001,4985
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,440135.74/cwt134.00–137.001,9553
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30789.92/cwt86.00–99.001,1753
Bulls——1,698109.89/cwt103.00–118.001,8666
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02518.00/cwt18.00–18.001852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14145.78/cwt38.00–53.005229
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24260.90/cwt55.00–67.0075621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52581.39/cwt80.00–83.001,2412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,59574.81/cwt68.00–79.001,19312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60173.74/cwt70.00–80.001,1814
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,64183.10/cwt78.00–94.001,3645
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,29396.81/cwt88.00–105.001,2522
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,392117.84/cwt115.00–121.001,64010
Dairy Steers—Choice1,545109.61/cwt100.00–115.001,69311
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,38097.02/cwt94.00–101.001,3392
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,441107.00/cwt104.00–112.001,5425
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 17590.00/cwt90.00–90.00681
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross85310.00/cwt310.00–310.002641
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross95250.00/cwt250.00–250.002381
Heifers—Number 110085.00/cwt85.00–85.00851
Heifers—Number 111085.00/cwt85.00–85.00941
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross120270.00/cwt270.00–270.003241
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross135210.00/cwt210.00–210.002841
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 36085.00/cwt85.00–85.00511
Bulls—Number 275198.33/cwt180.00–215.001493
Bulls—Number 375160.00/cwt160.00–160.001202
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred75100.00/cwt100.00–100.00751
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross80350.00/cwt300.00–400.002802
Bulls—Number 183228.30/cwt220.00–235.001893
Bulls—Number 283198.94/cwt165.00–235.001652
Bulls—Number 385160.00/cwt160.00–160.001361
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross90392.50/cwt390.00–395.003532
Bulls—Number 194229.79/cwt205.00–242.002168
Bulls—Number 295197.50/cwt190.00–205.001882
Bulls—Number 395170.00/cwt170.00–170.001621
Bulls—Number 2100205.00/cwt205.00–205.002051
Bulls—Number 3100185.00/cwt185.00–185.001851
Bulls—Number 1101208.63/cwt150.00–235.002117
Bulls—Number 2111182.13/cwt150.00–220.002024
Bulls—Number 1112223.93/cwt215.00–235.002515
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross115350.00/cwt350.00–350.004031
Bulls—Number 1123199.90/cwt195.00–205.002462
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred135145.00/cwt145.00–145.001961

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.