Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2021-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-27

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 $116.64/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$116.64

23 head · 439 lb average

Value per head Derived

$512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$38.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.48

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	437	121.64	531	20
Medium and Large 2	458	83.33	382	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.31/cwt here — about $149 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 sale23 hd

116.64

—

MD average1 barns · 31 hd

110.16

+6.48

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	1,792	77.88	1,396	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,667	72.42	1,207	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,689	66.16	1,117	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,310	59.93	785	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,227	54.52	669	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,662	71.00	1,180	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,355	109.46	1,483	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,363	102.77	1,401	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	98.13/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	98	60.46/cwt	8
Bulls	Number 3	89	25.33/cwt	5
Bulls	Utility	78	10.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	95	68.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

56 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	—	1,662	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,180	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,774	64.56/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,145	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,363	102.77/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,401	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,355	109.46/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,483	2
Bulls	—	—	1,817	73.49/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,335	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	51.00/cwt	41.00–54.00	575	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	68.83/cwt	68.50–69.00	1,064	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,667	72.42/cwt	68.00–77.00	1,207	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,313	57.54/cwt	55.00–60.00	756	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	62.03/cwt	59.00–67.00	834	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	56.08/cwt	53.00–58.00	699	6
Bulls	—	—	1,776	80.80/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	121.83/cwt	113.00–130.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	128.81/cwt	124.00–134.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	258	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	96.41/cwt	90.00–102.50	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	268	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	101.63/cwt	100.00–105.00	445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	116.92/cwt	112.50–119.00	555	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	250	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	228	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	322	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	277	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	708	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	474	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	365	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	329	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	634	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	488	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	223	93.49/cwt	91.00–95.00	208	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	948	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	129.97/cwt	127.50–135.00	529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	121.26/cwt	117.50–125.00	624	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	716	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	680	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	138.29/cwt	115.00–160.00	158	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	178	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	69.99/cwt	67.50–72.50	65	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	13	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	22	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	76	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	41.21/cwt	37.50–45.00	36	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	92.59/cwt	85.00–100.00	103	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	100	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	31	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	110	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	52	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	65.90/cwt	62.50–70.00	69	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	94.52/cwt	82.50–102.50	98	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	68	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	10	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	37.82/cwt	30.00–45.00	36	2
Bulls	Utility	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	68.03/cwt	55.00–80.00	64	2

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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