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Four States Livestock Sales

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Mar 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
104 vs last sale 238 3 vs year ago 137 · 2.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
109 head
13 vs last sale 96 47 vs year ago 62 · +75.8%
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Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,477129.751,9179thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,328117.001,5545thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,019110.711,12915
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,736119.562,07615
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,464116.471,7054thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,160105.601,22413
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,469197.012,8942thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,319180.002,3742thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,568191.903,0094thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195612.61/cwt53
BullsNumber 275438.26/cwt3
HeifersNumber 188536.78/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100–110102724.51/cwt700.00–750.007392
BullsNumber 170–8076537.50/cwt500.00–575.004094
BullsNumber 190–10094601.66/cwt560.00–650.0056617
BullsNumber 180–9085589.72/cwt535.00–630.0050111
BullsNumber 1100–110103572.64/cwt535.00–605.005909
BullsNumber 1110–120113561.33/cwt535.00–610.006347
BullsNumber 270–8075438.26/cwt400.00–465.003293
HeifersNumber 170–8073349.04/cwt310.00–385.002552
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10095903.31/cwt885.00–925.008583
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9086905.00/cwt900.00–910.007782
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,464116.47/cwt114.00–118.001,7054
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,538119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,8302
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,925108.60/cwt108.00–110.002,0913
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,707126.01/cwt120.00–132.002,1517
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,663117.11/cwt115.00–119.001,9485
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,274115.20/cwt113.00–117.001,4684
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,169104.13/cwt100.00–109.001,2176
CowsLean 85-90%91391.47/cwt85.00–96.008353
CowsLean 85-90%1,126119.85/cwt115.00–126.001,3508
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,464137.52/cwt132.00–141.002,0135
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,449121.09/cwt120.00–122.001,7552
SteersChoice and Prime1,568191.90/cwt190.00–194.503,0094
HeifersChoice and Prime1,469197.01/cwt196.00–198.002,8942
HeifersChoice1,319180.00/cwt179.00–181.002,3742
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290123.05/cwt120.00–127.001,5872
CowsBoner 80-85%1,353112.97/cwt112.00–114.001,5283
CowsLean 85-90%886106.85/cwt103.00–108.009474
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%98895.73/cwt92.00–99.009463

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.