Middleburg Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Middleburg, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 2, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	88	465	487
Feeder cattle	88	465	487

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks weighted average prices, slaughter steers averaged 1.32 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 4.51 lower and slaughter heifers averaged .64 higher. Slaughter breaker cows averaged 9.28 higher, boners averaged 8.61 higher and lean cows averaged .22 higher. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 36.78 lower aqnd under 95 lbs averaged 6.41 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	222.00	$222.00	$722	-73.00
530	530	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,219	-19.79
675	675	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,296	-22.52
750–755	753	2	207.00–210.00	$208.50	$1,570	-18.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	215.00	$215.00	$494	—
575	575	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,179	-60.00
650	650	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	-23.69
720	720	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,490	+32.80

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	245.00	$245.00	$808	+2.68
620–641	636	5	145.00–175.00	$167.19	$1,063	—
710	710	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,363	-3.00
815	815	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,115	+31.32
640	640	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,216	-40.30

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	265.00	$265.00	$822	+19.62
490	490	1	200.00	$200.00	$980	+20.00
585–595	593	4	185.00–215.00	$207.47	$1,230	+87.54
840	840	2	172.00	$172.00	$1,445	—
880	880	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,338	—
985–995	990	3	148.00–167.00	$156.65	$1,551	+31.65
1015	1015	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,522	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	—
465	465	1	180.00	$180.00	$837	—
720	720	1	117.00	$117.00	$842	—
890	890	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,130	—
955	955	2	136.00–137.00	$136.50	$1,304	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,186	-20.08
697	697	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,359	-47.70
705	705	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,389	—
880	880	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,470	-15.00
955	955	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,528	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	225.00	$225.00	$585	—
300	300	1	225.00	$225.00	$675	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	220.00	$220.00	$561	—
570	570	1	135.00	$135.00	$770	—
655	655	1	105.00	$105.00	$688	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	225.00	$225.00	$619	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	155.00	$155.00	$535	—
455	455	1	180.00	$180.00	$819	—
515–540	528	2	135.00–155.00	$144.76	$764	—
690	690	1	132.00	$132.00	$911	—
865	865	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,124	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	230.00	$230.00	$782	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	225.00–245.00	$234.46	$546	—
250–275	261	4	195.00–240.00	$214.98	$561	—
335	335	1	202.00	$202.00	$677	—
380	380	1	187.00	$187.00	$711	-8.00
490	490	1	185.00	$185.00	$906	+10.00
510	510	1	155.00	$155.00	$790	—
565	565	1	167.00	$167.00	$944	—
600–635	618	2	135.00–140.00	$137.57	$850	—
800	800	1	122.00	$122.00	$976	—
870	870	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,079	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	—
547	547	2	97.00	$97.00	$531	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.