Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2019-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-27

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 $80.78/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$80.78

9 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$407

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$20.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.27

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	85.44	433	7thin
Medium and Large 2	494	64.50	319	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.94/cwt here — about $114 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 sale9 hd

80.78

—

MD average1 barns · 16 hd

84.06

−3.27

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	—	Average	1,832	65.00	1,191	1thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,766	56.63	1,000	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,434	52.25	749	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,596	51.70	825	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,226	40.48	496	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,129	113.85	1,285	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,080	88.14	952	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,321	116.76	1,542	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,098	105.00	1,153	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	78.62/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	99	40.83/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	83	13.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	71	5.99/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	94	50.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

41 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 2	—	674	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	592	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	86.53/cwt	85.00–88.00	506	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	154	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	65	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	564	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	389	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	315	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,367	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,226	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,663	1
Bulls	—	—	1,832	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,191	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	51.70/cwt	46.50–55.50	825	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	40.48/cwt	20.00–48.00	496	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,766	56.63/cwt	54.00–58.50	1,000	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,080	88.14/cwt	85.00–92.00	952	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	52.25/cwt	44.50–59.00	749	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,129	113.85/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,285	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,321	116.76/cwt	105.50–120.75	1,542	7
Steers	Select	—	1,098	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,153	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	144	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	61.15/cwt	47.50–70.00	57	3
Bulls	Utility	—	71	5.99/cwt	5.00–7.00	4	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	11.00/cwt	11.00–11.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	48.66/cwt	40.00–57.50	49	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	45	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	107	74.98/cwt	72.50–77.50	80	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	44.13/cwt	40.00–47.50	38	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	35.89/cwt	25.00–45.00	34	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	64.96/cwt	60.00–70.00	73	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	180	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.

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