Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.05/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$105.05

10 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.22

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	106.31	776	8thin
Medium and Large 2	412	100.00	412	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about $364 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 sale10 hd

105.05

—

MD average1 barns · 17 hd

99.83

+5.22

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	1,733	85.21	1,476	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,660	65.11	1,081	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,387	60.79	843	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,231	47.86	589	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,349	72.25	975	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,267	67.26	852	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	100.86	1,411	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	92.81/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	94	57.51/cwt	4
Bulls	Number 3	102	50.00/cwt	1
Bulls	Utility	100	12.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	74	92.38/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	52	30.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

50 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	Medium and Large 1	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	752	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	670	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	182	93.54/cwt	87.50–100.00	170	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	322	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	741	2
Open Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	468	588.25/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,753	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	618	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	4,542	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	746	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	4,737	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,122	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,696	1
Bred Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	808	750.52/cwt	700.00–800.00	6,064	3
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,534	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	13,806	1
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	850	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,313	1
Bulls	—	—	1,784	82.04/cwt	76.00–87.00	1,464	6
Bulls	—	—	1,755	94.78/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,663	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	67.31/cwt	64.00–72.50	865	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	70.01/cwt	68.50–72.00	1,194	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,219	41.68/cwt	40.00–44.00	508	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,269	54.52/cwt	54.00–55.00	692	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	72.25/cwt	64.00–78.00	975	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	47.72/cwt	45.00–53.00	584	7
Bulls	—	—	1,334	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	880	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	61.44/cwt	58.00–66.00	1,000	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	57.06/cwt	54.00–61.00	825	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	100.86/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,411	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,267	67.26/cwt	62.00–73.00	852	2
Heifers	Number 1Crossbred	—	65	55.92/cwt	35.00–75.00	36	2
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	62	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	62	1
Bulls	Utility	—	100	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	61.97/cwt	52.50–72.50	53	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	60.85/cwt	47.50–75.00	58	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	83	72.41/cwt	65.00–80.00	60	2
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	52	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	16	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	116	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	42	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	97.63/cwt	92.50–102.50	110	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	91	67.58/cwt	60.00–75.00	61	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	104.13/cwt	102.50–105.00	108	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	126	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	185	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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