Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Feeder pig weights corrected

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $88.61/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$88.61

43 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$15.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.90

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	91.54	479	35
Medium and Large 2	424	75.76	321	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.79/cwt here — about $158 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 sale43 hd

88.61

—

MD average1 barns · 46 hd

91.50

−2.90

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	1,708	65.39	1,117	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,796	53.00	952	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	48.38	634	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,197	36.52	437	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,281	73.33	939	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,518	56.09	851	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,176	84.00	988	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,573	99.60	1,567	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,410	69.00	973	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	59.49/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 2	99	33.33/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	77	13.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Number 3	76	8.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	98	157.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Bulls	UtilityCrossbred	—	86	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	108	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	49	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	26	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	8.00/cwt	8.00–8.00	6	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,281	73.33/cwt	70.00–77.00	939	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,518	56.09/cwt	52.00–66.00	851	3
Steers	Select	—	1,410	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	973	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,573	99.60/cwt	89.00–113.00	1,567	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,176	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	41.09/cwt	39.00–45.00	503	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	48.38/cwt	39.00–53.50	634	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,796	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	952	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	20.53/cwt	14.00–26.00	227	2
Bulls	—	—	1,658	76.79/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,273	2
Bulls	—	—	1,802	64.71/cwt	44.00–76.00	1,166	5
Bulls	—	—	1,340	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	87.50/cwt	84.00–99.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	233	59.02/cwt	58.00–60.00	138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	88.96/cwt	83.00–95.00	423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	86.28/cwt	81.00–99.00	403	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	86.25/cwt	71.00–110.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	82.37/cwt	65.00–94.00	309	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	102.99/cwt	90.00–109.00	346	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	102.90/cwt	96.00–113.00	545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	252	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	99.20/cwt	90.00–105.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	88.99/cwt	88.00–90.00	279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	87.32/cwt	85.00–89.00	407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	99.92/cwt	84.00–130.00	340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	298	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	85.64/cwt	80.00–90.00	452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	523	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	480	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	801	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	902	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	86.78/cwt	80.00–99.00	479	5
Bulls	Utility	—	68	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	55.21/cwt	45.00–65.00	53	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	64.17/cwt	55.00–72.50	66	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	158	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	69.75/cwt	65.00–79.00	284	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	75.90/cwt	60.00–91.00	474	2

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.

Maryland feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →