Sale reports / Pennsylvania / Middleburg / 2022-10-11

Middleburg

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Oct 11
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 52▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
204 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 269▲ 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
107 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 99▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

.Compared to last week's weighted average prices slaughter steers averaged 2.16 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 3.71 higher and slaughter heifers averaged .24 lower. Slaughter cows: Breakers averaged 6.02 lower, boners averaged 4.46 lower and lean cows averaged 1.80 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 9.41 lower and under 95 lbs averaged 9.69 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $87.36/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1,160.72 against this barn's trailing median of $1,248.08.
Average price
$87.36
30 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$69.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.01
vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435142.006181thin
Medium and Large 247493.6744418thin
Large 343772.0831511thin
One grade step is worth $69.92/cwt here — about $302 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 sale30 hd
87.36
—
PA average8 barns · 569 hd
116.37
−29.01
This barn, trailing median33 sales
1,248.08
−1,160.72
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—Average1,60190.641,45112
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,74880.471,4073thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57473.311,15412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34069.1792715
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11155.4061517
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,23387.731,0823thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,401131.121,8376thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,428119.801,7115thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,33394.601,2616thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,365147.002,0071thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,332139.171,8548thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,213113.341,3752thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,517152.842,31917
SteersChoiceAverage1,407145.052,04115
SteersSelectAverage1,300122.611,5944thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196185.65/cwt29
BullsNumber 292111.31/cwt15
BullsNumber 38540.00/cwt5
BullsUtility7010.04/cwt5
HeifersNumber 18793.96/cwt6

Every lot

94 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2305102.00/cwt102.00–102.003111
Steers—Medium and Large 2468101.22/cwt95.00–107.004742
Steers—Medium and Large 2738123.56/cwt105.00–142.009122
Steers—Medium and Large 1810132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0691
Steers—Medium and Large 2824116.19/cwt100.00–132.009574
Steers—Medium and Large 287092.00/cwt92.00–92.008001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215107.00/cwt107.00–107.002301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1233148.04/cwt140.00–157.003452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260100.00/cwt100.00–100.002601
Heifers—Medium and Large 231385.21/cwt75.00–90.002673
Heifers—Medium and Large 235085.00/cwt85.00–85.002981
Heifers—Medium and Large 244095.00/cwt95.00–95.004181
Heifers—Medium and Large 245572.00/cwt72.00–72.003281
Heifers—Medium and Large 251584.55/cwt82.00–87.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 266093.63/cwt85.00–102.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674116.82/cwt112.00–118.007875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
Heifers—Medium and Large 271891.00/cwt90.00–92.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770117.08/cwt114.00–120.009022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810118.00/cwt118.00–118.009562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2920100.00/cwt100.00–100.009201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 316248.30/cwt40.00–55.00783
Bulls—Large 321075.00/cwt75.00–75.001581
Bulls—Medium and Large 2235121.93/cwt110.00–127.002873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290100.00/cwt100.00–100.002901
Bulls—Large 331085.00/cwt85.00–85.002641
Bulls—Medium and Large 231688.35/cwt82.00–100.002793
Bulls—Medium and Large 236788.73/cwt75.00–102.003263
Bulls—Large 339577.00/cwt77.00–77.003041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435142.00/cwt142.00–142.006181
Bulls—Large 345077.00/cwt77.00–77.003471
Bulls—Medium and Large 248571.59/cwt52.00–92.003472
Bulls—Large 352098.00/cwt98.00–98.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608104.08/cwt84.00–124.006332
Bulls—Large 373578.00/cwt78.00–78.005732
Bulls—Medium and Large 278090.83/cwt82.00–100.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 282068.00/cwt68.00–68.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 292588.00/cwt88.00–88.008141
Bulls—Large 397080.00/cwt80.00–80.007761
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 317597.00/cwt97.00–97.001701
Dairy Heifers—Large 333090.00/cwt90.00–90.002971
Dairy Heifers—Large 343059.88/cwt55.00–65.002572
Dairy Heifers—Large 356863.36/cwt57.00–70.003602
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 337570.41/cwt60.00–82.002642
Dairy Steers—Large 346057.00/cwt57.00–57.002621
Dairy Steers—Large 361058.00/cwt58.00–58.003541
Dairy Steers—Large 395588.00/cwt88.00–88.008401
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,300122.61/cwt110.00–129.001,5944
Steers—Choice1,407145.05/cwt136.00–149.002,04115
Steers—Choice and Prime1,517152.84/cwt148.00–156.502,31917
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,213113.34/cwt108.00–120.001,3752
Heifers—Choice1,332139.17/cwt132.00–145.001,8548
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,365147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,0071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25367.10/cwt60.00–77.008413
Bulls——1,70194.85/cwt82.00–105.001,6137
Bulls——1,775111.22/cwt108.00–114.501,9742
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08443.97/cwt20.00–52.004775
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10158.23/cwt53.00–64.0064110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22569.85/cwt69.00–71.008562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34069.17/cwt63.00–74.0092715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41866.91/cwt65.00–69.009493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62174.38/cwt69.00–79.001,2068
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4031
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,74880.47/cwt78.00–84.001,4073
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,33394.60/cwt64.00–112.001,2616
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,401131.12/cwt123.00–137.001,8376
Dairy Steers—Choice1,428119.80/cwt115.00–126.001,7115
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,23387.73/cwt83.00–95.001,0823
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 1Crossbred7370.00/cwt70.00–70.00512
Heifers—Number 1Crossbred85100.00/cwt100.00–100.00851
Heifers—Number 19336.89/cwt15.00–60.00342
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross105250.00/cwt250.00–250.002631
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility5510.00/cwt10.00–10.0061
Bulls—Utility637.60/cwt5.00–10.0052
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred65120.00/cwt120.00–120.00781
Bulls—Number 27570.00/cwt70.00–70.00531
Bulls—Number 37537.50/cwt25.00–50.00282
Bulls—Number 282109.33/cwt85.00–135.00905
Bulls—Number 183116.60/cwt110.00–120.00973
Bulls—Number 38525.00/cwt25.00–25.00211
Bulls—Utility8512.50/cwt10.00–15.00112
Bulls—Number 39050.00/cwt50.00–50.00451
Bulls—Number 291121.21/cwt110.00–140.001105
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred92211.82/cwt130.00–260.001953
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross93287.30/cwt280.00–310.002674
Bulls—Number 193131.49/cwt120.00–145.001224
Bulls—Number 2100131.00/cwt122.00–140.001312
Bulls—Number 310050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross102269.84/cwt250.00–300.002753
Bulls—Number 1102141.53/cwt140.00–145.001449
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred105250.00/cwt250.00–250.002631
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross110270.00/cwt270.00–270.002971
Bulls—Number 211585.00/cwt85.00–85.00981
Bulls—Number 2120100.00/cwt100.00–100.001201

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.