Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-23

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 $93.18/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$93.18

11 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$6.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.06

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	94.44	480	9thin
Medium and Large 2	289	87.50	253	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.94/cwt here — about $227 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 sale11 hd

93.18

—

MD average1 barns · 17 hd

93.12

+0.06

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	1,516	84.00	1,273	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,669	56.48	943	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,419	51.93	737	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,249	42.85	535	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,364	109.50	1,494	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,207	106.80	1,289	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,310	104.48	1,369	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	68.54/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	93	35.83/cwt	3
Bulls	Number 3	90	13.00/cwt	1
Bulls	Utility	86	9.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	99	78.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	104.48/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,369	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,666	60.37/cwt	56.50–64.00	1,006	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,364	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,494	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	106.80/cwt	105.00–108.50	1,289	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	37.84/cwt	36.00–39.00	453	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	45.36/cwt	42.00–48.00	578	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,671	54.54/cwt	50.50–56.00	911	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	58.68/cwt	56.00–61.00	756	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,484	48.55/cwt	46.00–54.00	720	4
Bulls	—	—	1,516	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	128	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	684	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	466	68.52/cwt	65.00–75.00	319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	114.69/cwt	95.00–125.00	592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	252	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	558	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	108	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	107	98.60/cwt	82.50–115.00	106	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	13.00/cwt	13.00–13.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	64.23/cwt	60.00–72.50	67	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	9	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	110.00/cwt	105.00–115.00	106	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	106	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	61.24/cwt	57.50–67.50	68	4
Bulls	Utility	—	98	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	5	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	80	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	22	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	98	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Bulls	Utility	—	78	7.00/cwt	7.00–7.00	5	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 →