Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Slaughter goats and replacement cattle price unit changed from per CWT 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 $98.27/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$98.27

18 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$29.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.71

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	104.77	567	14thin
Medium and Large 2	681	75.50	514	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.27/cwt here — about $53 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 sale18 hd

98.27

—

MD average1 barns · 34 hd

77.56

+20.71

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	—	Low	1,777	65.18	1,158	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	58.74	949	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,454	55.45	806	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,067	53.59	572	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,352	69.00	933	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,226	85.00	1,042	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,284	96.00	1,233	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	69.58/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 2	96	46.71/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 3	80	18.50/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	98	13.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	100	40.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

39 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	Select	—	1,352	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	933	1
Steers	Select	—	1,284	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,226	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,042	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	57.68/cwt	57.00–59.00	530	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	61.75/cwt	58.00–65.00	861	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,499	50.72/cwt	48.00–54.50	760	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	47.45/cwt	45.00–50.00	611	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,616	58.74/cwt	58.00–60.00	949	4
Bulls	—	—	1,991	52.63/cwt	50.00–59.00	1,048	2
Bulls	—	—	1,563	77.72/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,215	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	856	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	748	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	96.01/cwt	89.00–108.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	95.52/cwt	94.00–97.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	99.33/cwt	99.00–100.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	104.35/cwt	102.00–107.00	648	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	382	117.72/cwt	109.00–129.00	450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	99.47/cwt	98.00–101.00	428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	698	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	108.57/cwt	96.00–120.00	529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	836	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	115	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	22.00/cwt	22.00–22.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	43.82/cwt	37.50–50.00	41	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	54	1
Bulls	Utility	—	98	13.00/cwt	13.00–13.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	64.99/cwt	62.50–67.50	66	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	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.

Maryland feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →