Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Quality and Yield grade corrected for Slaughter Sheep. Feeder pig weights corrected.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.10/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$127.10

29 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$2.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.69

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	127.17	611	28
Medium and Large 2	366	125.00	458	1thin

One grade step is worth $2.17/cwt here — about $154 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 sale29 hd

127.10

—

MD average1 barns · 35 hd

122.41

+4.69

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	1,679	81.29	1,365	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,789	69.44	1,242	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,747	59.40	1,038	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	59.23	798	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,186	51.09	606	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,564	84.00	1,314	1thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,379	113.00	1,558	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	110.00	1,496	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,350	112.05	1,513	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	140.36/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	99	103.96/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	92	107.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	102	47.50/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	1,350	112.05/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,513	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,379	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,558	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,496	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	51.27/cwt	46.00–54.00	603	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	39.97/cwt	39.00–41.00	406	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	56.51/cwt	55.00–59.00	722	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,564	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,314	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,482	61.48/cwt	61.00–62.00	911	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,747	59.40/cwt	55.00–64.00	1,038	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,789	69.44/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,242	2
Bulls	—	—	1,436	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,714	83.47/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,431	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	58.11/cwt	55.00–61.00	744	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	190	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	692	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	296	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	145.23/cwt	140.00–150.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	212	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.73/cwt	127.50–132.50	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	132.85/cwt	125.00–140.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	125.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	118.63/cwt	117.50–119.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	117.24/cwt	117.00–117.50	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	532	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	130.65/cwt	122.50–137.50	558	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	114.31/cwt	111.00–117.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	127.78/cwt	117.50–137.50	415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	451	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,024	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	131.04/cwt	129.00–135.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	111.20/cwt	110.00–115.00	705	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	832	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	807	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	141.79/cwt	131.00–152.50	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	286	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	560	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	102	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	48	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	50	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	150	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	138.99/cwt	125.00–170.00	145	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	118.60/cwt	95.00–132.50	100	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	146	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	117.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	122	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	129	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	60	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	137.55/cwt	122.50–150.00	132	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	285	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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