Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

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 $88.35/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$88.35

6 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.39

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	88.35	531	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

88.35

—

MD average1 barns · 13 hd

98.74

−10.39

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	1,781	77.77	1,385	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,525	60.48	922	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,398	57.62	806	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,092	44.09	481	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,434	64.50	925	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	114.20	1,485	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,392	52.50	731	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	118.00	1,640	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,104	102.00	1,126	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	82.61/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 2	97	49.38/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 3	89	28.55/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	89	6.67/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	106	130.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1	—	112	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	92	1
Bulls	Utility	—	102	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	10	1
Bulls	Utility	—	98	9.00/cwt	9.00–9.00	9	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	42	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	98	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	44	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	97.48/cwt	95.00–100.00	100	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	154	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	101	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	52.50/cwt	47.50–57.50	53	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	50.98/cwt	45.00–55.00	42	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	85.29/cwt	55.00–100.00	82	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	27.82/cwt	17.50–37.50	26	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 3Crossbred	—	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	106	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	87	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	120	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	54	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	66	1.00/cwt	1.00–1.00	1	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	97	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	774	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	256	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	606	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	305	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	878	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	457	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,116	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	804	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	488	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	392	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	92.04/cwt	85.00–99.00	524	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	655.86/cwt	600.00–750.00	6,939	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,112	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,784	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	992	762.22/cwt	750.00–775.00	7,561	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,134	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	6,067	1
Springer Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	882	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,969	1
Bulls	—	—	1,755	82.69/cwt	78.00–89.00	1,451	3
Bulls	—	—	1,860	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,172	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	64.49/cwt	64.00–65.00	991	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	58.88/cwt	55.00–61.00	895	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	47.86/cwt	44.00–51.50	577	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	55.46/cwt	49.50–57.00	782	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,634	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	899	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,234	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	913	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	61.41/cwt	61.00–63.00	846	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,390	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,640	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	36.55/cwt	34.00–41.00	315	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	114.20/cwt	113.00–115.50	1,485	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,392	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	731	1
Steers	Select	—	1,104	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,126	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.

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