Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $123.11/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$123.11

14 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

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

$21.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	126.13	550	12thin
Medium and Large 2	480	105.00	504	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.13/cwt here — about $46 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 sale14 hd

123.11

—

MD average1 barns · 16 hd

119.48

+3.63

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	1,482	89.21	1,322	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,691	63.08	1,067	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	61.33	785	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,156	50.40	583	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,301	84.02	1,093	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,280	79.00	1,011	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,224	94.82	1,161	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,134	94.04	1,066	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	88.48/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	94	59.01/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 3	100	23.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	73	8.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	99	73.75/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,301	84.02/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,093	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,134	94.04/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,066	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,224	94.82/cwt	86.00–101.00	1,161	3
Bulls	—	—	1,378	86.00/cwt	81.00–91.00	1,185	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,468	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	829	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,280	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,011	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	398	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	51.01/cwt	48.00–54.00	579	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,709	61.50/cwt	57.50–65.00	1,051	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	58.27/cwt	52.00–60.00	787	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	65.91/cwt	64.00–70.00	774	6
Bulls	—	—	1,606	93.06/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	130.49/cwt	122.50–137.00	616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	120.99/cwt	118.00–130.00	426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	116.84/cwt	112.50–123.00	537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	119.04/cwt	102.50–151.00	444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	282	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	317	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	271	95.37/cwt	90.00–100.00	258	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	626	83.99/cwt	82.00–86.00	526	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	338	94.21/cwt	92.50–96.00	318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	132.18/cwt	114.00–141.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	111.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	393	131.57/cwt	104.00–145.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	734	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	1.00/cwt	1.00–1.00	1	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	74.68/cwt	60.00–85.00	77	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	43.33/cwt	40.00–47.50	37	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	85.95/cwt	77.50–95.00	82	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	95.00/cwt	92.50–97.50	100	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	51	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	91.65/cwt	90.00–95.00	102	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	59.94/cwt	57.50–62.50	52	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	128	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	99	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	167	1
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	80	13.00/cwt	13.00–13.00	10	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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