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Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Dec 20

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918

← Dec 13Dec 20Dec 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 75▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

134 head

▼ 189 vs last sale 323▼ 46 vs year ago 180 · −25.6%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

125 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 117▲ 22 vs year ago 103 · +21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's weighted average prices slaughter steers averaged 4.93 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 1.05 higher, slaughter heifers averaged 2.76 higher. Slaughter cows: breakers averaged 3.01 higher, boners averaged 11.42 higher, lean cows averaged 3.07 higher. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averages 5.74 lower and under 95 lbs averaged 4.99 lower

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $89.14/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −832.54 against this barn's trailing median of $921.68.

Average price

$89.14

19 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$7.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−47.00

vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	96.00	614	1thin
Medium and Large 2	564	88.76	500	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.24/cwt here — about $114 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 sale19 hd

89.14

—

PA average5 barns · 213 hd

136.14

−47.00

This barn, trailing median33 sales

921.68

−832.54

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

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,625.53, low $570.37, median $921.68 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,745	89.81	1,567	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,609	75.20	1,210	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,443	70.13	1,012	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,606	67.97	1,092	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,198	54.66	655	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,695	106.00	1,797	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,708	134.90	2,304	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,495	93.86	1,403	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,460	149.30	2,180	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,242	142.19	1,766	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,290	129.43	1,670	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,548	154.88	2,398	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,350	146.17	1,973	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,294	128.16	1,658	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	168.94/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	96	141.06/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	91	79.63/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	76	19.17/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	92	278.20/cwt	15
Heifers	Number 2	70	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot

80 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	398	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	106.63/cwt	105.00–110.00	448	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	109.50/cwt	87.00–132.00	509	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	500	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	632	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	875	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	805	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	930	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	800	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,010	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	788	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,060	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	933	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	336	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	102.79/cwt	70.00–124.00	430	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	94.62/cwt	70.00–120.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	82.86/cwt	70.00–95.00	431	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	472	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	271	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	683	68.48/cwt	67.00–70.00	468	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,130	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	949	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,175	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,140	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 3	390	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	320	1
Bulls	—	Large 3	520	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	374	1
Bulls	—	Large 3	615	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	443	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Large 3Natural	785	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	565	1
Bulls	—	Large 3Natural	933	76.16/cwt	64.00–88.00	711	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	600	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	432	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	815	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	587	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	860	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	791	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	945	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	775	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	975	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	878	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,294	128.16/cwt	110.00–139.00	1,658	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,350	146.17/cwt	138.00–154.00	1,973	14
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,548	154.88/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,398	9
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,242	142.19/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,766	8
Heifers	—	Select	1,290	129.43/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,670	2
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,460	149.30/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,180	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,767	1
Bulls	—	—	1,740	90.16/cwt	84.00–105.00	1,569	7
Bulls	—	—	1,890	73.97/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,398	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	659	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,206	54.70/cwt	51.00–58.00	660	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,245	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	598	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,423	68.25/cwt	63.00–71.00	971	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	62.45/cwt	62.00–63.00	895	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,473	72.96/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,075	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,609	75.20/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,210	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,693	70.73/cwt	68.50–73.00	1,197	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,695	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,797	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,495	93.86/cwt	80.00–108.00	1,403	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,708	134.90/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,304	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Crossbred	75	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	128	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	84	322.39/cwt	320.00–330.00	271	4
Heifers	—	Number 1Crossbred	93	299.46/cwt	280.00–320.00	278	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	94	311.91/cwt	290.00–320.00	293	5
Heifers	—	Number 1	95	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Crossbred	100	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	240	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Crossbred	115	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	322	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	45	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	2	1
Bulls	—	Utility	65	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	75	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	23	1
Bulls	—	Utility	75	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	—	Utility	80	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	82	98.88/cwt	45.00–145.00	81	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	158.66/cwt	150.00–165.00	133	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	84	142.76/cwt	125.00–150.00	120	4
Bulls	—	Number 3	90	110.00/cwt	100.00–120.00	99	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	91	153.19/cwt	130.00–170.00	139	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	92	130.21/cwt	110.00–160.00	120	9
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	238	1
Bulls	—	Utility	95	32.50/cwt	15.00–50.00	31	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	55	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	163.67/cwt	145.00–175.00	169	12
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	150.69/cwt	140.00–165.00	157	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	105	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	347	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	110	57.50/cwt	30.00–85.00	63	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	158.93/cwt	140.00–170.00	178	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	152.78/cwt	140.00–165.00	173	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	192	1

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 Livestock Auction - Middleburg, PA

Tue Dec 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 57Last week 75Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 323Year ago 180

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 125Last week 117Year ago 103

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,242	130.00–147.00	142.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	129.00–130.00	129.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,460	148.00–150.00	149.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	80.00–108.00	93.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,708	130.00–140.00	134.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	63.00–71.00	68.25
2	—	1,473	72.00–74.00	72.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,609	73.00–78.00	75.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	61.00	61.00
9	—	1,206	51.00–58.00	54.70
1	—	1,245	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	62.00–63.00	62.45
4	—	1,693	68.50–73.00	70.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,890	72.00–77.00	73.97
1	—	1,485	119.00	119.00
7	—	1,740	84.00–105.00	90.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,294	110.00–139.00	128.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,548	152.00–159.00	154.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,350	138.00–154.00	146.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	105.00–110.00	106.63
1	—	1,060	88.00	88.00
1	—	930	86.00	86.00
1	—	515	97.00	97.00
1	—	735	86.00	86.00
2	—	625	86.00	86.00
1	—	340	117.00	117.00
1	—	1,010	78.00	78.00
1	—	875	92.00	92.00
2	—	465	87.00–132.00	109.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	84.00	84.00
1	—	575	82.00	82.00
6	—	418	70.00–124.00	102.79
1	—	645	42.00	42.00
2	—	365	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,175	97.00	97.00
2	—	683	67.00–70.00	68.48
2	—	488	70.00–120.00	94.62
2	—	520	70.00–95.00	82.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	72.00	72.00
1	—	600	72.00	72.00
1	—	860	92.00	92.00
1	—	975	90.00	90.00
1	—	945	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	82.00	82.00
1	—	615	72.00	72.00
1	—	520	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	72.00	72.00
2	—	933	64.00–88.00	76.16

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	112	140.00–170.00	158.93
4	—	84	150.00–165.00	158.66
5	—	91	130.00–170.00	153.19
12	—	103	145.00–175.00	163.67
1	—	120	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	55.00	55.00
2	—	90	100.00–120.00	110.00
1	—	75	30.00	30.00
2	—	110	30.00–85.00	57.50
3	—	82	45.00–145.00	98.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	95	15.00–50.00	32.50
1	—	80	10.00	10.00
1	—	65	10.00	10.00
1	—	45	5.00	5.00
1	—	75	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	92	110.00–160.00	130.21
4	—	84	125.00–150.00	142.76
2	—	113	140.00–165.00	152.78
7	—	104	140.00–165.00	150.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	250.00	250.00
1	—	105	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	320.00–330.00	322.39
5	—	94	290.00–320.00	311.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	240.00	240.00
1	—	75	170.00	170.00
1	—	115	280.00	280.00
2	—	93	280.00–320.00	299.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	35.00	35.00

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.