Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $67.36/cwt on 12 head.

Average price

$67.36

12 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$331

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.26

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	78.97	374	2thin
Medium and Large 2	496	65.04	322	10thin

One grade step is worth $13.93/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

67.36

—

MD average1 barns · 21 hd

73.62

−6.26

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,832	86.79	1,589	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,385	57.10	791	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,694	54.00	915	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,222	45.73	559	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,514	63.00	954	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,436	108.02	1,551	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	104.78	1,309	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	111.00	1,567	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,628	108.00	1,758	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	57.82/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 2	100	47.57/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	99	29.15/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	81	9.37/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	87	34.17/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Four States Livestock Sales - Hagerstown, MD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumAyshire	—	1,059	555.47/cwt	410.00–650.00	5,882	3
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	7.00/cwt	7.00–7.00	5	1
Bulls	UtilityBrown Swiss	—	98	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	7.60/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	2
Bulls	—	—	2,002	97.85/cwt	91.50–104.00	1,959	2
Bulls	—	—	1,661	75.72/cwt	75.50–76.00	1,258	2
Bulls	N/AGuernsey	—	1,164	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	687	1
Bulls	N/AJersey	—	960	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	110.41/cwt	93.00–128.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	65.94/cwt	63.00–69.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	72.65/cwt	65.00–80.00	375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	74.34/cwt	61.00–88.00	323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	304	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	78.97/cwt	66.00–92.00	374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	312	1
Bulls	Utility	—	90	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	4.00/cwt	4.00–4.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	30.83/cwt	30.00–32.50	33	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	28.56/cwt	20.00–38.00	24	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	130	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	46	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	82	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	40.81/cwt	32.50–50.00	39	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	41.66/cwt	40.00–45.00	46	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	46.25/cwt	45.00–47.50	46	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	61.67/cwt	60.00–62.50	63	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	62.62/cwt	55.00–67.50	59	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	46.24/cwt	45.00–47.50	40	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	62	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,514	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	954	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,628	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,758	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,567	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,436	108.02/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,249	104.78/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,309	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,283	47.68/cwt	42.00–52.50	612	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	330	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,694	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	915	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	56.17/cwt	54.00–58.00	788	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	58.33/cwt	58.00–58.50	793	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	43	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	298	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	119	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	332	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	212	1
Bulls	N/A	—	848	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,664	1

How this sale compares

Maryland weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Maryland auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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