Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Slaughter goats price unit changed from per CWT 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 $116.30/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$116.30

14 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$21.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.72

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	117.86	586	13thin
Medium and Large 2	372	96.00	357	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.86/cwt here — about $229 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

116.30

—

MD average1 barns · 22 hd

104.58

+11.72

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	1,836	96.98	1,781	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,322	73.56	972	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	61.34	902	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	59.94	767	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,239	49.49	613	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,391	71.82	999	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,236	107.50	1,329	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	100.76/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	99	73.54/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	102	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	96	80.72/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	1,391	71.82/cwt	67.00–78.00	999	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,236	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,329	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	48.76/cwt	44.00–52.00	602	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,322	73.56/cwt	71.50–76.00	972	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,277	55.55/cwt	55.00–56.00	709	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	486	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	57.31/cwt	54.00–60.00	722	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,167	69.22/cwt	68.00–70.00	808	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	57.40/cwt	53.00–62.00	932	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	62.56/cwt	61.00–63.00	813	6
Bulls	—	—	1,836	96.98/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,781	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	766	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,064	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	1,232	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,856	1
Springer Cows	MediumJersey	—	1,232	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	6,591	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,162	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	6,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	649	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	374	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	131.20/cwt	130.00–132.50	690	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	520	72.04/cwt	70.00–75.00	375	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	864	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	657	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	168	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	712	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	118.75/cwt	117.50–120.00	563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	115.01/cwt	112.50–117.50	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	637	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	130	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	101	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	83.40/cwt	75.00–90.00	87	3
Heifers	Number 1Jersey	—	64	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	54	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	131.27/cwt	130.00–132.50	109	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	94.71/cwt	75.00–107.50	90	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	108	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	49	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	109.56/cwt	97.50–122.50	112	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	58.76/cwt	57.50–60.00	53	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	116	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	107	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	78.77/cwt	75.00–85.00	69	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	172	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	72	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	68	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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