Sale reports / Maryland / Four States Livestock Sales / 2020-08-06

Four States Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hagerstown, Maryland · Thu, Aug 6
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
58 vs last sale 97 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
75 vs last sale 32 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
9 vs last sale 9 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
66 head
28 vs last sale 94 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.84/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$116.84
6 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$269
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+38.39
vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2372117.504371thin
Medium and Large 1605116.707065thin
One grade step is worth $0.80/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale6 hd
116.84
MD average1 barns · 24 hd
78.45
+38.39
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,61395.501,5402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41065.819285thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38060.958413thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16745.835355thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,39891.761,2833thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33879.001,0572thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,55657.008871thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,176104.001,2231thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,242101.681,2633thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19895.10/cwt6
BullsNumber 29464.03/cwt5
BullsNumber 38725.00/cwt3
BullsUtility7312.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 191135.83/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

43 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,39891.76/cwt89.00–94.001,2833
Dairy SteersChoice1,33879.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0572
SteersChoice1,242101.68/cwt96.00–105.001,2633
HeifersChoice1,176104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2231
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50657.43/cwt56.00–60.008652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49070.42/cwt65.00–75.001,0493
Dairy SteersSelect1,55657.00/cwt57.00–57.008871
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29058.90/cwt58.00–60.007602
CowsLean 85-90%96736.33/cwt34.00–38.003512
CowsLean 85-90%1,30152.16/cwt51.00–55.006793
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,12868.00/cwt68.00–68.007671
Bulls1,712103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7631
Bulls1,51488.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,6641,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0019,5521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,202924.50/cwt675.00–1,050.0011,1124
Dairy SteersLarge 331685.00/cwt85.00–85.002691
SteersMedium and Large 2308110.00/cwt110.00–110.003391
SteersMedium and Large 1826116.11/cwt111.00–121.009592
SteersMedium and Large 1528122.50/cwt122.50–122.506471
HeifersMedium and Large 1756117.00/cwt117.00–117.008851
HeifersMedium and Large 1574120.00/cwt120.00–120.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1622116.67/cwt112.50–120.007263
BullsMedium and Large 1420127.50/cwt127.50–127.505361
BullsMedium and Large 2372117.50/cwt117.50–117.504371
BullsMedium and Large 1740106.00/cwt106.00–106.007841
HeifersNumber 1Jersey66110.00/cwt110.00–110.00731
BullsNumber 18885.00/cwt85.00–85.00751
BullsUtility6810.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsUtility7815.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsNumber 28250.00/cwt50.00–50.00411
BullsNumber 29360.08/cwt57.50–62.50562
HeifersNumber 111465.00/cwt65.00–65.00741
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86180.00/cwt180.00–180.001551
HeifersNumber 19090.00/cwt90.00–90.00811
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90195.00/cwt195.00–195.001761
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100175.00/cwt175.00–175.001751
BullsNumber 110290.00/cwt90.00–90.00921
BullsNumber 210075.00/cwt70.00–80.00752
BullsNumber 19596.04/cwt87.50–100.00913
BullsNumber 1114107.50/cwt107.50–107.501231
BullsNumber 39420.00/cwt20.00–20.00192
BullsNumber 37435.00/cwt35.00–35.00261

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.