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Name: Middleburg livestock auction prices — 2024-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Tue, Jan 16

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1918

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

34 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 44▼ 14 vs year ago 48 · −29.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

147 head

▼ 81 vs last sale 228▼ 96 vs year ago 243 · −39.5%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

71 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 120▼ 39 vs year ago 110 · −35.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends today due to light supply of animals because of weather conditions.

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 $148.89/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −772.79 against this barn's trailing median of $921.68.

Average price

$148.89

9 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$3.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−83.63

vs PA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	150.75	759	4thin
Medium and Large 2	452	147.40	666	5thin

One grade step is worth $3.35/cwt here — about $93 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 sale9 hd

148.89

—

PA average4 barns · 148 hd

232.52

−83.63

This barn, trailing median33 sales

921.68

−772.79

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	—	High	1,612	141.52	2,281	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,648	109.43	1,803	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,514	104.46	1,582	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	99.05	1,609	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,238	81.56	1,010	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	130.00	1,632	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,355	118.19	1,601	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,554	153.85	2,391	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	133.63	1,915	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,690	129.00	2,180	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,461	177.08	2,587	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	161.25	2,101	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,218	141.12	1,719	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,573	178.19	2,803	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	164.31	2,465	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,372	144.46	1,982	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	477.67/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	91	389.63/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	82	343.33/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	69	36.04/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	91	452.75/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 2	77	240.00/cwt	3

Every lot

69 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	718	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	699	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	952	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	699	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,094	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,066	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 3	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	780	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	952	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	990	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	950	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	995	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,234	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,372	144.46/cwt	132.00–158.00	1,982	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,500	164.31/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,465	21
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,573	178.19/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,803	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,218	141.12/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,719	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,303	161.25/cwt	146.00–167.00	2,101	10
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,461	177.08/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,587	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,501	136.16/cwt	128.00–144.00	2,044	5
Bulls	—	—	1,751	148.21/cwt	144.00–153.00	2,595	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,173	60.40/cwt	56.00–66.00	708	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,197	85.72/cwt	70.00–94.00	1,026	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,514	104.46/cwt	92.00–111.00	1,582	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,212	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,573	103.07/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,621	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,643	102.22/cwt	90.00–109.00	1,679	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,648	109.43/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,803	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,433	133.63/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,915	3
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,554	153.85/cwt	147.00–164.00	2,391	6
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,180	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,632	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,355	118.19/cwt	109.00–126.00	1,601	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 2	70	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	49	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	75	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	394	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	75	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	64	1
Heifers	—	Number 2Beef Cross	80	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	440	1
Heifers	—	Number 2	80	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	80	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	85	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	519	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	85	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	123	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	92	544.18/cwt	500.00–600.00	501	3
Heifers	—	Number 1Crossbred	93	271.62/cwt	150.00–400.00	253	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	100	575.00/cwt	550.00–600.00	575	2
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	110	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	644	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	55	12.50/cwt	5.00–20.00	7	2
Bulls	—	Utility	60	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	9	1
Bulls	—	Utility	73	54.09/cwt	20.00–90.00	39	3
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	75	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	450	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	75	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	308	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	75	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	221	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	81	404.26/cwt	350.00–445.00	327	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	443.00/cwt	425.00–465.00	377	5
Bulls	—	Number 3	85	367.50/cwt	300.00–435.00	312	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	90	600.00/cwt	550.00–650.00	540	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	441.24/cwt	420.00–450.00	410	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	370.00/cwt	335.00–405.00	352	2
Bulls	—	Utility	95	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	102	620.78/cwt	610.00–635.00	633	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	428.26/cwt	405.00–450.00	441	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	105	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	299	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	432.50/cwt	425.00–440.00	476	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	115	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	673	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	115	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	403	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	120	375.00/cwt	350.00–400.00	450	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	125	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	469	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 Jan 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 44Year ago 48

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 228Year ago 243

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 71Last week 120Year ago 110

No trends today due to light supply of animals because of weather conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	137.00	137.00
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
1	—	595	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
1	—	395	147.00	147.00
1	—	625	175.00	175.00
1	—	320	140.00	140.00
1	—	515	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	152.00	152.00
1	—	370	152.00	152.00
1	—	725	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	140.00	140.00
1	—	780	122.00	122.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	85	425.00–465.00	443.00
5	—	93	420.00–450.00	441.24
2	—	120	350.00–400.00	375.00
7	—	103	405.00–450.00	428.26
2	—	110	425.00–440.00	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	375.00	375.00
1	—	115	350.00	350.00
1	—	75	410.00	410.00
2	—	95	335.00–405.00	370.00
5	—	81	350.00–445.00	404.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	95	50.00	50.00
2	—	55	5.00–20.00	12.50
3	—	73	20.00–90.00	54.09
1	—	60	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	300.00–435.00	367.50
1	—	75	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	102	610.00–635.00	620.78
1	—	115	585.00	585.00
1	—	75	600.00	600.00
2	—	90	550.00–650.00	600.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	145.00	145.00
1	—	75	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	70.00	70.00
1	—	80	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	85	610.00	610.00
1	—	75	525.00	525.00
2	—	100	550.00–600.00	575.00
1	—	110	585.00	585.00
3	—	92	500.00–600.00	544.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	150.00–400.00	271.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,573	171.00–183.00	178.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,500	158.00–170.00	164.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,372	132.00–158.00	144.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,461	174.00–180.00	177.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,303	146.00–167.00	161.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	136.00–144.00	141.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,173	56.00–66.00	60.40
2	—	1,573	101.00–105.00	103.07
10	—	1,197	70.00–94.00	85.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,514	92.00–111.00	104.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,648	108.00–111.00	109.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	90.00–109.00	102.22
1	—	1,515	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,751	144.00–153.00	148.21
5	—	1,501	128.00–144.00	136.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,554	147.00–164.00	153.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	131.00–138.00	133.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	109.00–126.00	118.19

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.