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Middleburg Livestock Auction Slaughter Hog Sale Market Report

Middleburg, Pennsylvania · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 18, 2023

300 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Middleburg Livestock Auction Slaughter Hog Sale report →

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 300 222 389

Compared to last week's weighted average prices slaughter hogs averaged 1.71 lower, heritage hogs averaged 4.64 lower and slaughter sows averaged.9.72 lower.

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N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
100–160 130 2 62.00–64.00 $62.77 $82 +37.77
125–170 140 4 10.00–50.00 $36.36 $51 +11.36
146–156 152 11 46.00–56.00 $51.13 $78 +25.13
165 165 5 72.00 $72.00 $119 +20.51
170 170 1 50.00 $50.00 $85 -1.49
180–195 189 7 54.00–60.00 $56.90 $108 -25.10
202 202 2 20.00 $20.00 $40
205–298 279 63 50.00–64.00 $57.47 $160 -7.07
225–293 279 17 62.00–75.00 $67.57 $189 +3.03
220–298 283 28 50.00–57.00 $54.81 $155 -9.73
312 312 2 66.00 $66.00 $206 +7.40
302–340 313 22 54.00–62.00 $55.43 $173 -3.17
315 315 3 55.00 $55.00 $173 -3.60
416–420 417 5 47.00–64.00 $50.43 $210 -3.57
553 553 3 25.00 $25.00 $138 -27.00
N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
30 30 8 85.00–100.00 $96.25 -6.48
40 40 10 72.00 $72.00 +27.00
40–50 43 18 54.00–85.00 $69.67 +24.67
40–50 46 8 90.00–130.00 $105.00 +60.00
60 60 3 90.00 $90.00 ±0.00
80 80 5 95.00 $95.00 +5.00

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N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235–295 258 8 20.00–54.00 $38.35 $99
322 322 4 28.00 $28.00 $90
420 420 1 48.00 $48.00 $202
590 590 1 11.00 $11.00 $65

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N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350 350 1 42.00 $42.00 $147 +30.00
420 420 1 50.00 $50.00 $210 +8.00
465 465 1 20.00 $20.00 $93 +3.00
510–570 546 5 22.00 $22.00 $120 -26.90
516–586 550 9 25.00–35.00 $27.16 $149
602 602 2 20.00 $20.00 $120
605 605 2 36.00 $36.00 $218
715 715 1 31.00 $31.00 $222

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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.