Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2019-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $70.05/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$70.05

29 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$377

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$23.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	79.68	544	17thin
Medium and Large 2	334	56.41	188	12thin

One grade step is worth $23.27/cwt here — about $356 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 sale29 hd

70.05

—

MD average1 barns · 29 hd

70.05

+0.00

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	1,817	74.71	1,357	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	47.70	789	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	45.25	579	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	33.86	368	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,456	86.00	1,252	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,338	111.02	1,485	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	104.61	1,522	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	71.62/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	94	53.05/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	87	31.76/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	70	11.55/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	521.43/cwt	460.00–550.00	5,475	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,136	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	503	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	140	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	43	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	436	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	150	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	38	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,154	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	704	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	512	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	302	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	568.71/cwt	540.00–610.00	6,614	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,152	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	6,106	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	432	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	112	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	39.15/cwt	37.00–42.00	474	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	104.61/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,522	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	594	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	47.70/cwt	47.00–49.00	789	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	29.46/cwt	21.00–35.00	290	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,338	111.02/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,485	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,456	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,252	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	45.17/cwt	44.00–47.50	578	10
Bulls	—	—	1,738	79.56/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	101.98/cwt	96.00–112.00	1,097	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	884.24/cwt	625.00–1,025.00	9,992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	80.55/cwt	77.00–84.00	416	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	643.83/cwt	540.00–720.00	8,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	768	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	5,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	74.47/cwt	73.00–75.00	382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	83.93/cwt	75.00–89.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	93.74/cwt	89.00–96.00	405	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	8,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	5,486	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	4,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	5,798	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	43.83/cwt	40.00–45.00	38	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	57.96/cwt	47.50–65.00	61	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	69.17/cwt	60.00–75.00	221	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	154	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	77	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	308	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	130	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	74.92/cwt	65.00–85.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	53.13/cwt	49.00–60.00	197	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,076	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	4,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	361	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,076	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	5,272	1
Bulls	Utility	—	72	12.40/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	80.85/cwt	70.00–85.00	82	15
Bulls	Utility	—	65	9.00/cwt	9.00–9.00	6	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	6
Bulls	—	—	1,974	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	80	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	56	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	90	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	56	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	59.20/cwt	40.00–70.00	56	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	37	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	3

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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