Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Price unit changed from per CWT to per head for replacement dairy cattle and slaughter goats. Feeder pig weights corrected.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $98.30/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$98.30

19 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$26.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.84

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	106.64	561	13thin
Medium and Large 2	343	80.25	275	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.39/cwt here — about $286 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 sale19 hd

98.30

—

MD average1 barns · 21 hd

93.46

+4.84

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	1,902	75.59	1,438	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	50.94	663	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,690	50.28	850	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,197	41.53	497	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,527	80.83	1,234	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,332	69.55	926	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,236	67.00	828	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	97.64	1,368	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	89.50/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 2	92	48.23/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 3	85	25.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	70	5.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	89	47.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

63 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	—	654	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	872	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	116.92/cwt	95.00–122.50	546	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	642	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	740	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	400	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	230	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,240	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	856	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,058	76.50/cwt	76.00–77.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	109.94/cwt	107.50–112.50	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	512	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	54.84/cwt	50.00–60.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	99.52/cwt	97.50–101.00	112	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	43.88/cwt	40.00–47.50	37	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	94.12/cwt	82.50–100.00	90	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	118.94/cwt	112.50–125.00	554	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	830	479.59/cwt	380.00–625.00	3,981	4
Bulls	—	—	1,898	80.24/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,523	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	48.66/cwt	46.00–52.00	599	7
Bulls	—	—	1,906	70.93/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,352	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	33.00/cwt	28.00–37.00	318	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,291	42.71/cwt	39.00–46.00	551	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	46.52/cwt	46.00–47.00	535	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,236	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	828	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,424	54.94/cwt	54.00–56.00	782	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,722	48.37/cwt	46.00–53.00	833	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	893	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	97.64/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,368	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,332	69.55/cwt	67.00–74.00	926	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,527	80.83/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,234	5
Bulls	UtilityJersey	—	70	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	74	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	76	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	136	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	156	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	107	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	48	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	86	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	37	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	123.75/cwt	122.50–125.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	100.42/cwt	96.00–106.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	110.00/cwt	105.00–112.50	560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	274	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	236	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	189	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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