Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2022-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-03

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.00/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$126.00

24 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$420

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

$12.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.86

vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	131.72	897	13thin
Medium and Large 2	401	119.24	478	11thin

One grade step is worth $12.47/cwt here — about $420 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 sale24 hd

126.00

—

MD average1 barns · 33 hd

146.86

−20.86

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	1,424	104.47	1,488	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,502	100.11	1,504	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	90.51	1,335	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,460	79.87	1,166	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,494	65.04	972	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	119.79/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	100	97.22/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	86	56.86/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	70	12.69/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	97	220.36/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 2	93	140.00/cwt	2

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,153	1
Bulls	—	—	1,482	109.00/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,615	4
Bulls	—	—	1,308	95.40/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,248	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	79.87/cwt	74.00–86.00	1,166	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	90.51/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,335	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,494	65.04/cwt	63.00–68.00	972	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,502	100.11/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	126.07/cwt	122.00–130.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	140.37/cwt	130.00–150.00	379	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	110	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	132	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	80.11/cwt	67.50–87.50	75	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	128	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	282	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	224	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	142	162.46/cwt	160.00–165.00	231	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	108	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	151	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	82	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	117.11/cwt	102.50–132.50	447	2
Bulls	Utility	—	86	11.00/cwt	11.00–11.00	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	63	14.36/cwt	13.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	56.86/cwt	45.00–70.00	49	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	73.27/cwt	65.00–85.00	62	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	83	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	81	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	252	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	228	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	100.39/cwt	95.00–105.00	96	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	106.65/cwt	105.00–107.50	123	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	98.44/cwt	95.00–105.00	101	3
Bulls	Utility	—	73	11.04/cwt	10.00–12.00	8	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	195	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	252	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	260	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	250	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	76	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	122	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	82	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	64	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	132.29/cwt	125.00–147.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	120.52/cwt	110.00–140.00	387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	909	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	424	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	153.66/cwt	145.00–162.50	802	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	374	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	127.72/cwt	117.50–137.50	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	114.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	477	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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