middlings

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Commodities that are of intermediate price, quality, or size.
2. 2
   Partially refined ore or petroleum.
3. 3
   Low-grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran.
4. 4
   The part of a pig between the shoulder and the ham.
5. 5
   plural of middling