Sale reports / Maryland / Four States Livestock Sales / 2024-04-03

Four States Livestock Sales

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Apr 3
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
10 vs last sale 134 7 vs year ago 137 · +5.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
31 vs last sale 0 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
72 head
37 vs last sale 109 10 vs year ago 62 · +16.1%
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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%Low1,570120.841,89824
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,385119.221,6519thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,049108.631,13914
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,751118.102,06814
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,470114.661,6869thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,207110.701,33622

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,174$1,9967
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,266$2,3346

Feeder Dairy Calves

2 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195599.33/cwt28
BullsNumber 282417.07/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

25 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,068108.21/cwt105.00–112.001,1565
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,172120.82/cwt115.00–125.001,4169
CowsLean 85-90%98396.69/cwt94.00–99.009502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1741,995.75/head1,800.00–2,125.001,9967
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2662,334.09/head2,125.00–2,525.002,3346
BullsNumber 1100–110103527.24/cwt485.00–560.005436
BullsNumber 280–9082417.07/cwt400.00–435.003422
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110103837.01/cwt810.00–850.008623
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10097835.17/cwt810.00–860.008103
BullsNumber 190–10094543.14/cwt500.00–595.005119
BullsNumber 180–9085530.42/cwt475.00–575.004517
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,860108.10/cwt107.00–109.002,0112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508127.54/cwt123.00–132.001,9239
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,569118.16/cwt112.00–121.001,85413
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,765122.43/cwt120.00–125.002,1617
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,737113.77/cwt110.00–119.001,9767
CowsBoner 80-85%1,475114.30/cwt110.00–117.001,6864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,313123.16/cwt120.00–127.001,6175
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,481117.17/cwt114.00–120.001,7356
CowsLean 85-90%951101.79/cwt100.00–104.009683
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,214109.46/cwt108.00–111.001,3299
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,23696.92/cwt96.00–98.001,1982
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,449109.65/cwt108.00–112.001,5893
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,30784.53/cwt84.00–85.001,1052
CowsLean 85-90%1,130120.27/cwt117.00–124.001,3594

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.