Middleburg Livestock Auction Market Report

Middleburg, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 15, 2023

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 bulls $142.00/cwt ≈ $1,214/hd at 855 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	633	530	564
Feeder cattle	150	73	188
Slaughter cattle	333	311	254

Market comments — USDA reporter

**Correction: 5lb. feeder bull deleted** Compared to last week's weighted average slaughter steers averaged .41 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 5.00 lower, slaughter heifers averaged .97 lower. Slaughter cows: breakers averaged 1.67 lower, boners averaged 4.67 lower and lean cows averaged .04 lower. Holstein bull calves over 95 lbs averaged 9.04 lower and under 95 lbs averaged 10.95 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1715	1361	10	144.00–166.00	$156.82	$2,134	—
1045–1660	1409	20	170.00–188.00	$177.57	$2,502	—
1455–1645	1562	12	183.00–193.00	$188.61	$2,946	+1.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	190.00	$190.00	$418	—
275	275	1	210.00	$210.00	$578	—
490	490	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,029	—
530–545	538	2	195.00–215.00	$204.86	$1,102	—
585–592	590	3	210.00–215.00	$213.35	$1,259	—
695	695	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,182	—
700	700	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,190	—
792	792	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,624	—
945	945	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,106	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	2	255.00	$255.00	$706	—
355	355	2	250.00	$250.00	$888	—
440	440	1	205.00	$205.00	$902	—
480	480	1	195.00	$195.00	$936	—
530	530	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,086	—
575	575	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,179	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	75.00	$75.00	$49	-410.00
70	70	1	65.00	$65.00	$46	-420.00
75	75	2	225.00–325.00	$275.00	$206	-210.00
75	75	2	385.00–425.00	$405.00	$304	-80.00
80–85	83	3	450.00–525.00	$487.40	$405	+379.82
90–95	91	4	95.00–110.00	$105.00	$96	-275.00
95	95	1	500.00	$500.00	$475	+120.00
100	100	1	475.00	$475.00	$475	+50.00
100	100	1	130.00	$130.00	$130	-295.00
1075–1620	1324	19	167.00–182.00	$176.45	$2,336	—
1165–1550	1366	4	140.00–164.00	$150.75	$2,059	—
1305–1560	1439	7	182.00–186.00	$183.84	$2,645	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	225.00	$225.00	$529	—
260–280	268	3	200.00–225.00	$215.16	$577	—
305–320	313	3	205.00–235.00	$216.76	$678	—
390	390	1	200.00	$200.00	$780	—
430–435	433	2	135.00–185.00	$160.14	$693	—
465	465	1	140.00	$140.00	$651	—
550–555	553	5	150.00–200.00	$181.10	$1,001	—
655	655	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	270	4	185.00–250.00	$224.54	$606	—
360–375	368	2	190.00–200.00	$195.10	$718	+5.10
400–405	403	2	175.00–200.00	$187.42	$755	+12.42
465	465	1	205.00	$205.00	$953	—
505–530	518	2	165.00–205.00	$185.48	$961	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	190.00	$190.00	$864	—
541	541	3	180.00	$180.00	$974	—
550	550	1	180.00	$180.00	$990	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	245.00	$245.00	$159	-127.50
70	70	2	150.00–210.00	$180.00	$126	-295.00
75	75	2	10.00–60.00	$35.00	$26	-182.50
80	80	1	450.00	$450.00	$360	+249.39
80	80	1	185.00	$185.00	$148	-15.61
80–85	81	4	205.00–285.00	$243.15	$197	+42.54
80–85	83	2	235.00–295.00	$265.91	$221	+25.11
90	90	1	280.00	$280.00	$252	+6.32
90	90	1	510.00	$510.00	$459	+236.32
90–95	92	3	65.00–250.00	$173.09	$159	-100.59
90–95	92	5	230.00–295.00	$269.46	$248	-4.22
90–95	93	8	275.00–295.00	$283.24	$263	+69.32
100	100	3	250.00–280.00	$266.67	$267	-268.33
100–105	103	3	280.00–290.00	$285.00	$294	+12.04
100–105	103	3	450.00–545.00	$510.97	$526	+238.01
105	105	1	25.00	$25.00	$26	-247.96
110–115	111	6	255.00–280.00	$269.14	$299	-230.86
120	120	1	255.00	$255.00	$306	-25.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	255.00	$255.00	$688	+30.00
355	355	1	195.00	$195.00	$692	—
400–445	422	6	205.00–245.00	$223.00	$941	+28.00
593	593	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,186	—
650	650	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	—
855	855	11	142.00	$142.00	$1,214	—
980	980	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,323	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	245.00	$245.00	$490	+35.00
330	330	1	155.00	$155.00	$512	-10.00
360	360	1	205.00	$205.00	$738	+40.00
430	430	1	200.00	$200.00	$860	—
450	450	1	200.00	$200.00	$900	+86.70
652	652	2	150.00	$150.00	$978	—
740	740	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,036	—
750	750	1	132.00	$132.00	$990	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	75.00	$75.00	$82	-60.00
170	170	1	140.00	$140.00	$238	+45.00
210	210	1	135.00	$135.00	$284	+2.46
250	250	1	150.00	$150.00	$375	+10.00
835	835	1	107.00	$107.00	$893	+13.01

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–490	485	2	155.00–220.00	$187.84	$911	—
565–575	570	2	215.00–220.00	$217.52	$1,240	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$530	—
1035–1645	1299	85-90%	15	75.00–90.00	$80.78	$1,049	-0.04
1515–1600	1565	85-90%	3	97.00–105.00	$102.27	$1,601	+0.06

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1765	1474	80-85%	8	87.00–104.00	$97.70	$1,440	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1825	1600	75-80%	4	95.00–111.00	$105.75	$1,692	—
1430–1895	1646	75-80%	4	113.00–115.00	$113.80	$1,873	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–1940	1754	65-75%	7	108.00–115.00	$113.30	$1,987	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–2410	1875	5	106.00–126.00	$114.88	$2,154	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–195	183	2	130.00–155.00	$143.36	$262	—
235	235	1	90.00	$90.00	$212	—
660–685	670	3	85.00–140.00	$111.95	$750	+1.95
740	740	1	95.00	$95.00	$703	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1390	1338	4	80.00–126.00	$115.25	$1,542	-8.81
1360–1685	1517	10	144.00–160.00	$151.60	$2,300	—
1395–1695	1526	7	131.00–147.00	$139.13	$2,123	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	110.00	$110.00	$214	—
205	205	1	95.00	$95.00	$195	—
265–280	273	2	120.00–155.00	$137.98	$377	—
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	—
520	520	1	160.00	$160.00	$832	+47.50
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	—
625–630	628	4	115.00–135.00	$127.53	$801	+4.53
660–675	668	2	115.00–137.00	$126.12	$842	+11.57
705–710	708	2	95.00–115.00	$104.96	$743	-14.84
820	820	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,312	—
1160	1160	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,380	—

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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.