Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction to Replacement Cattle & Slaughter Goat price unit entries, and Feeder Dairy Calves weight entries. Feeder pig weights corrected.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.75/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$117.75

57 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$30.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	465	125.21	582	43
Medium and Large 2	489	94.83	464	14thin

One grade step is worth $30.37/cwt here — about $118 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 sale57 hd

117.75

—

MD average1 barns · 66 hd

110.33

+7.41

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	1,507	75.29	1,135	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,706	59.27	1,011	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	56.21	767	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,250	47.68	596	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,375	80.44	1,106	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,373	101.98	1,400	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,311	63.51	833	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	76.36/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	97	61.58/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	94	25.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	70	9.84/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	89	71.68/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	73	4.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

81 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	—	105	87.61/cwt	80.00–92.50	92	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	76	75.90/cwt	75.90–75.90	58	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	7.00/cwt	7.00–7.00	6	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	90	18.00/cwt	18.00–18.00	16	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	53	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingJersey	—	64	1.00/cwt	1.00–1.00	1	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	114	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	25	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	55	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	8.03/cwt	7.00–9.00	5	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	126	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	73	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	70	3.00/cwt	1.00–5.00	2	2
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	60	19.00/cwt	19.00–19.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	66.45/cwt	60.00–72.50	63	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	51.25/cwt	40.00–62.50	43	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	70.83/cwt	60.00–85.00	66	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	92.47/cwt	87.50–97.50	104	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	160.18/cwt	157.50–161.00	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	644	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	757	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	526	69.85/cwt	65.00–75.00	367	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	885	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	602	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	160	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	140	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	384	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	311	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	492	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	379	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	846	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	126.50/cwt	120.00–137.50	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	142.27/cwt	132.50–152.50	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	426	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	252	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	112.53/cwt	110.00–117.50	684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	411	81.35/cwt	77.50–85.00	334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	139.35/cwt	137.50–140.00	778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	132.46/cwt	117.50–141.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	132.47/cwt	119.00–137.50	498	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	123.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	287	90.85/cwt	90.00–92.50	261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	113.70/cwt	110.00–117.50	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	123.56/cwt	122.50–125.00	680	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	224	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	209	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	132.28/cwt	122.50–140.00	566	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	111.61/cwt	70.00–155.00	107	2
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	112	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	95	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	92	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	53	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,375	80.44/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,106	2
Steers	Select	—	1,311	63.51/cwt	63.00–64.00	833	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	54.25/cwt	54.00–54.50	699	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	56.21/cwt	50.00–61.00	767	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	59.27/cwt	58.00–60.50	1,011	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,373	101.98/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,400	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	293	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,322	48.06/cwt	45.00–51.50	635	4
Bulls	—	—	1,609	79.95/cwt	72.00–89.50	1,286	7
Bulls	—	—	1,056	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	676	1
Bulls	—	—	1,246	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	673	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	989	741.07/cwt	625.00–875.00	7,329	4
Bred Heifers	MediumJersey	—	730	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,054	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	774	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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