Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-01

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 $95.02/cwt on 16 head.

Average price

$95.02

16 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$10.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	95.69	450	15thin
Medium and Large 2	302	85.00	257	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.69/cwt here — about $193 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 sale16 hd

95.02

—

MD average1 barns · 19 hd

98.57

−3.54

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	1,844	72.80	1,343	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,391	50.16	698	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,757	48.37	850	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,273	40.22	512	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,309	117.46	1,538	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,427	121.99	1,741	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,341	118.69	1,592	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,376	108.00	1,486	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	53.35/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 2	103	42.53/cwt	7
Bulls	Number 3	91	22.00/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	76	1.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

37 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	Number 2	—	114	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	57	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	31	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	2
Bulls	Utility	—	76	1.00/cwt	1.00–1.00	1	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	50.11/cwt	45.00–57.50	47	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	56.59/cwt	50.00–60.00	64	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	48.77/cwt	47.50–50.00	50	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	97	38.84/cwt	30.00–47.50	38	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,427	121.99/cwt	120.00–124.75	1,741	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,341	118.69/cwt	115.50–120.50	1,592	7
Steers	Select	—	1,376	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,486	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,309	117.46/cwt	115.50–119.50	1,538	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	43.97/cwt	40.00–49.00	549	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	35.54/cwt	30.00–38.00	463	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,757	48.37/cwt	47.50–49.50	850	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	55.02/cwt	53.00–57.50	801	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	46.92/cwt	45.00–51.50	633	6
Bulls	—	—	2,076	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,744	1
Bulls	—	—	1,767	69.06/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	302	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	96.64/cwt	95.00–99.00	405	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	93.74/cwt	92.50–95.00	479	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	904	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	615	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	886	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,094	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	148	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	85	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	732	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	386	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 →