Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction issued to change Slaughter Goat price units to (Per Head); Replacement Cattle price units to (Per Family) and (Per Head). Feeder pigs weight corrected.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.97/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$106.97

22 head · 458 lb average

Value per head Derived

$490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$197

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

$2.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.04

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	318	108.77	346	6thin
Medium and Large 1	510	106.29	542	16thin

One grade step is worth $2.48/cwt here — about −$197 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 sale22 hd

106.97

—

MD average1 barns · 23 hd

104.93

+2.04

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	1,856	96.92	1,798	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,447	62.55	905	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,743	61.70	1,075	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,203	46.46	559	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,207	80.65	973	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	95.70/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	101	73.50/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	104	60.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	86	60.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	84.95/cwt	82.50–87.50	526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	812	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	866	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	110.87/cwt	107.50–112.50	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	162	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	219	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,280	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,500	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	18,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	740.81/cwt	575.00–825.00	8,779	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	840	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,074	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,364	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,276	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,125	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,464	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	13,176	1
Bulls	—	—	1,766	102.70/cwt	96.00–109.00	1,814	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,739	60.27/cwt	57.00–63.00	1,048	3
Bulls	—	—	1,945	91.14/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,773	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	54.55/cwt	54.00–55.00	796	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,754	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,158	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	36.38/cwt	30.00–43.00	326	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	70.88/cwt	66.00–75.00	1,007	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,459	59.66/cwt	58.00–61.00	870	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,338	55.53/cwt	55.00–56.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	103.77/cwt	95.00–112.50	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	124	131.37/cwt	130.00–132.50	163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	114.51/cwt	112.50–115.00	451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	793	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	754	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	735	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	400	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	410	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	312	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	926	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	664	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	647	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	121.20/cwt	117.50–125.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	111.25/cwt	105.00–117.50	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,098	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	714	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	635	1
Heifers	Number 3Crossbred	—	86	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	52	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	78.27/cwt	70.00–85.00	71	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	75.18/cwt	70.00–80.00	64	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	92.52/cwt	87.50–100.00	95	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	73.13/cwt	67.50–82.50	75	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	98	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	74	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	193	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	80.65/cwt	78.00–86.00	973	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,419	50.50/cwt	45.00–54.50	717	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.

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