Middleburg Livestock Auction Market Report

Middleburg, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 12, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	468	459	393
Feeder cattle	102	82	48
Slaughter cattle	211	236	230

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week's weighted average prices slaughter steers averaged 2.72 higher, slaughter holsteins averaged 1.60 lower and slaughter heifers averaged .99 higher. Slaughter breaker cows averaged .39 higher, boners averaged 1.56 higher and lean cows averaged 6.69 higher. Holstien bull calves over 95 pounds averaged 41.69 higher and under 95 pounds averaged 12.83 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1595	1388	8	158.00–169.00	$165.23	$2,293	—
1410	1410	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,468	+23.25
1235–1660	1491	24	171.00–185.00	$177.96	$2,653	-8.68
1510–1565	1535	3	186.00–191.00	$188.03	$2,886	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	215.00	$215.00	$849	—
515–540	528	2	210.00–212.00	$211.02	$1,114	-40.01
700–725	717	3	147.00–165.00	$152.86	$1,096	—
760	760	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,064	—
1106	1106	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,792	—

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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	625.00	$625.00	$406	+175.00
70	70	1	75.00	$75.00	$52	-438.79
75	75	1	725.00	$725.00	$544	+211.21
85	85	1	75.00	$75.00	$64	-325.00
85	85	1	125.00	$125.00	$106	-275.00
90	90	1	675.00	$675.00	$608	+15.09
90	90	1	775.00	$775.00	$698	+115.09
90	90	1	350.00	$350.00	$315	-309.91
95	95	1	225.00	$225.00	$214	-434.91
100	100	1	725.00	$725.00	$725	+75.00
105	105	2	575.00–700.00	$637.50	$669	-12.50
125	125	1	525.00	$525.00	$656	+225.00
1095–1660	1395	10	166.00–178.00	$173.94	$2,426	+13.44
1385–1680	1496	12	175.00–187.00	$182.10	$2,724	+9.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	215.00	$215.00	$882	+10.00
620–635	628	2	165.00–185.00	$175.12	$1,100	—
670–680	675	2	145.00–165.00	$154.93	$1,046	—
735	735	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,066	—
790	790	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,240	—
815	815	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,263	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	250.00	$250.00	$638	+25.00
365–370	368	2	225.00–230.00	$227.52	$837	—
675	675	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,296	+17.00

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50–55	53	2	10.00–25.00	$17.14	$9	-207.86
60	60	4	45.00–100.00	$60.00	$36	-165.00
65	65	1	460.00	$460.00	$299	+235.00
70	70	3	50.00–260.00	$161.67	$113	-268.33
75	75	1	625.00	$625.00	$469	+300.00
75	75	1	375.00	$375.00	$281	+50.00
80	80	3	600.00–760.00	$686.67	$549	-113.33
80–85	83	2	100.00–300.00	$203.03	$169	-349.47
80–85	84	7	535.00–605.00	$558.97	$470	+6.47
85	85	2	325.00–450.00	$387.50	$329	+112.50
85	85	3	835.00–975.00	$881.67	$749	+606.67
85	85	2	560.00–625.00	$592.50	$504	+317.50
85	85	3	475.00–500.00	$486.67	$414	+211.67
90	90	1	850.00	$850.00	$765	+565.00
90	90	1	725.00	$725.00	$652	+440.00
90–95	92	3	275.00–385.00	$347.00	$319	-72.15
90–95	93	4	725.00–860.00	$808.18	$752	+303.72
90–95	93	12	500.00–590.00	$548.15	$510	+43.69
90–95	94	8	525.00–590.00	$558.90	$525	+54.44
95	95	1	350.00	$350.00	$332	-154.46
100–105	103	8	435.00–545.00	$516.49	$532	-4.20
100–105	103	9	500.00–580.00	$553.68	$570	+32.99
100–105	103	2	400.00–490.00	$446.10	$459	-74.59
100–105	103	2	810.00	$810.00	$834	+289.31
105	105	1	775.00	$775.00	$814	+265.00
110	110	2	710.00–750.00	$730.00	$803	-18.33
110–115	111	9	510.00–575.00	$543.68	$603	+38.26
115	115	1	460.00	$460.00	$529	-50.00
115	115	1	410.00	$410.00	$472	-100.00
120	120	1	525.00	$525.00	$630	+70.00
120	120	1	310.00	$310.00	$372	-145.00
120	120	1	475.00	$475.00	$570	+20.00
120	120	2	460.00–485.00	$472.50	$567	+17.50
130	130	1	685.00	$685.00	$890	+230.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	3	295.00	$295.00	$785	—
375	375	1	232.00	$232.00	$870	+67.00
470	470	2	200.00	$200.00	$940	—
510	510	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,096	—
660–680	670	2	160.00–182.00	$171.16	$1,147	-65.80
785	785	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,138	—
800–810	806	4	147.00–167.00	$157.98	$1,273	+27.98
860–890	875	2	137.00–140.00	$138.53	$1,212	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	255.00	$255.00	$867	—
685	685	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,199	—
730	730	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,278	—
765	765	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,224	—
845	845	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,352	—
860	860	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,359	—
910–945	928	2	154.00–160.00	$156.94	$1,456	—
1040	1040	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,622	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	215.00	$215.00	$580	—
395	395	1	220.00	$220.00	$869	—
425	425	3	195.00	$195.00	$829	—
645	645	1	137.00	$137.00	$884	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1285	1093	85-90%	4	70.00–80.00	$74.40	$813	—
920–1465	1170	85-90%	5	86.00–94.00	$90.37	$1,057	—
1040–1570	1320	85-90%	8	98.00–108.00	$102.12	$1,348	—
1095–1740	1428	85-90%	6	113.00–121.00	$117.30	$1,675	+6.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1965	1608	75-80%	9	102.00–114.00	$111.56	$1,794	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1630	1416	80-85%	9	100.00–117.00	$108.76	$1,540	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–2155	1666	65-75%	9	112.00–120.00	$115.96	$1,932	-1.13

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1995	1778	2	140.00–144.00	$142.24	$2,529	—
1740–1955	1827	3	129.00–138.00	$132.88	$2,428	—
1575–2365	2032	3	118.00–125.00	$122.03	$2,480	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	245.00	$245.00	$514	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	245.00	$245.00	$625	—
320	320	1	235.00	$235.00	$752	—
380	380	1	210.00	$210.00	$798	—
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	—
495	495	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	-65.00
545	545	1	155.00	$155.00	$845	—
880	880	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,206	—
910	910	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,092	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1625	1397	6	137.00–144.00	$139.47	$1,948	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1725	1468	2	144.00–149.00	$146.94	$2,157	—
1380–1810	1619	4	152.00–161.00	$155.44	$2,517	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	240.00	$240.00	$540	—
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	-55.00
825	825	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,155	—

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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.