Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Feeder pig weights corrected

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $90.76/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$90.76

33 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$356

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$1.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.32

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	391	91.48	357	17thin
Medium and Large 1	394	90.00	354	16thin

One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about $3 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 sale33 hd

90.76

—

MD average1 barns · 73 hd

73.44

+17.32

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	1,646	70.57	1,161	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,696	56.51	958	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,687	51.59	870	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	50.07	659	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,145	40.93	469	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,384	120.02	1,661	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,536	119.07	1,829	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,310	112.00	1,467	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,218	92.44	1,126	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	71.91/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	96	49.46/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	90	24.00/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	73	5.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	87	150.83/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	80	15.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

83 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	Medium and Large 1	—	462	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	73.96/cwt	72.00–76.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	238	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	95	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	762	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	788	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	457	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	326	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	98	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	476	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	56.87/cwt	52.00–62.00	150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	76.59/cwt	71.00–88.00	355	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	234	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	254	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	264	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	253	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	180	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	79.42/cwt	66.00–86.00	201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	174	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	211	92.77/cwt	75.00–104.00	196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	82.89/cwt	80.00–86.00	260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	86.61/cwt	80.00–91.00	368	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	95.22/cwt	81.00–110.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	77.03/cwt	75.00–79.00	407	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	167.52/cwt	165.00–170.00	173	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	76.49/cwt	70.00–80.00	80	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	59.96/cwt	40.00–80.00	56	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	28	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	71.68/cwt	67.50–77.50	80	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	76	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	25	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	38.71/cwt	37.50–40.00	33	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	78	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	91	176.24/cwt	175.00–177.50	160	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	97	51.21/cwt	47.50–55.00	50	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	56.19/cwt	50.00–62.50	57	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	27	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	2.00/cwt	2.00–2.00	1	1
Open Heifers	MediumJersey	—	500	360.00/cwt	330.00–390.00	1,800	2
Open Heifers	MediumJersey	—	400	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,160	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,213	703.03/cwt	525.00–875.00	8,528	2
Open Heifers	Common	—	582	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	873	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	990	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,455	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,069	561.81/cwt	485.00–650.00	6,006	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	556.24/cwt	485.00–610.00	5,618	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	524.61/cwt	475.00–560.00	5,823	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,298	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	8,437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	95.59/cwt	87.00–104.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	104.02/cwt	65.00–110.00	378	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	96.01/cwt	95.00–97.00	417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	312	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	100.17/cwt	96.00–112.00	388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	160	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	136	1
Steers	Select	—	1,218	92.44/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,126	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,536	119.07/cwt	117.00–121.25	1,829	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,467	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,384	120.02/cwt	118.50–121.25	1,661	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,696	56.51/cwt	55.00–58.00	958	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	272	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	42.72/cwt	40.00–45.50	514	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,687	51.59/cwt	48.00–55.50	870	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	48.51/cwt	45.00–53.00	636	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	54.77/cwt	52.50–56.00	729	3
Bulls	—	—	1,913	80.32/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,537	2
Bulls	—	—	1,512	65.69/cwt	54.00–71.00	993	4
Open Heifers	Common	—	666	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,166	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	1,032	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,966	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	986	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,656	1
Open Heifers	MediumJersey	—	610	543.69/cwt	470.00–615.00	3,317	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.

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