Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction issued to change Slaughter Goats price unit to 'Per Head". Feeder pig weights corrected

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.62/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$118.62

31 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2

$29.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.38

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	453	125.00	566	2thin
Medium and Large 1	516	120.79	623	25
Small 2	338	120.00	406	1thin
Medium and Large 2	511	95.83	489	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.17/cwt here — about $77 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 sale31 hd

118.62

—

MD average1 barns · 38 hd

112.24

+6.38

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	1,843	103.37	1,905	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	69.96	897	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,677	64.73	1,086	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	57.97	675	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,412	74.02	1,045	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	81.49	1,222	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,195	103.30	1,234	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,250	110.00	1,375	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,295	104.15	1,349	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,348	99.96	1,347	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	93.26/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	92	61.49/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	101	69.48/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	234	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	128.01/cwt	122.50–137.00	607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	138.80/cwt	125.00–150.00	519	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	676	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	62	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	90	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	45	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	103.90/cwt	90.00–115.00	107	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	54.97/cwt	52.50–57.50	50	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	106	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	103	70.97/cwt	50.00–90.00	73	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	106.15/cwt	100.00–112.50	130	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	51	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	95.24/cwt	77.50–110.00	90	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	113	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	61	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,295	104.15/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,349	6
Steers	Select	—	1,348	99.96/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,347	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,195	103.30/cwt	99.00–108.00	1,234	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	74.58/cwt	71.00–82.00	958	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	66.36/cwt	60.00–72.00	677	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,500	81.49/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,222	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,412	74.02/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,045	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	57.20/cwt	53.00–59.00	715	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	464	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	64.73/cwt	63.00–66.00	1,086	4
Bulls	—	—	2,032	99.30/cwt	91.00–108.00	2,018	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	65.35/cwt	62.00–67.00	836	6
Bulls	—	—	1,654	107.44/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	116.28/cwt	107.50–125.00	709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	128.81/cwt	122.50–135.00	804	2
Heifers	Small 2	—	338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	116.40/cwt	97.50–127.50	364	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	123.38/cwt	117.50–130.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	126.63/cwt	120.00–132.50	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	166	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	120.53/cwt	120.00–122.50	392	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	127.32/cwt	122.50–132.50	346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	136.91/cwt	127.50–140.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	566	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	132	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	109	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	576	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	3

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 →