Sale reports / Maryland / Four States Livestock Sales / 2024-05-29

Four States Livestock Sales

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, May 29
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
24 vs last sale 124 46 vs year ago 102 · +45.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
75 head
1 vs last sale 76 14 vs year ago 61 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold steady. Slaughter heifers sold higher. Slaughter cows sold firm. Slaughter dairy cows sold higher. Buyer demand was active to moderate on a moderate supply for the slaughter cattle sales. Feeder dairy calves sold weak. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply for the feeder dairy calf sale. Slaughter wooled and shorn lambs and slaughter hair breed lambs sold unevenly steady on a light comparison. Slaughter ewes sold weak on a light comparison. Hair ewes sold higher on a light comparison. Buyer demand was active to moderate on a heavy supply for the slaughter sheep/lamb sale. Slaughter nannies/does sold weak on a light comparison. Buyer demand was active to moderate on a heavy supply for the slaughter goat sale. Slaughter barrows and gilts sold steady. Slaughter sows sold unevenly steady on a light comparison. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate to heavy supply for the slaughter hog sales. No comparison on all other commodities.

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%High1,517152.732,3178thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,351141.201,9076thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,122131.231,47311
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,829144.772,6485thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,517126.881,9249thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,261121.011,52616
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,416187.692,65812
HeifersChoiceAverage1,427178.822,5526thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,377187.792,5869thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,377179.372,4705thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

1 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197554.61/cwt29

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,829144.77/cwt142.00–150.002,6485
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,497113.86/cwt111.00–117.001,7042
BullsNumber 1110–120115544.32/cwt510.00–570.006265
BullsNumber 1100–110103552.66/cwt500.00–590.005698
BullsNumber 180–9086566.73/cwt530.00–620.004877
BullsNumber 190–10093553.00/cwt510.00–610.005147
BullsNumber 170–8076551.32/cwt500.00–600.004192
CowsBoner 80-85%1,332136.37/cwt132.00–139.001,8163
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555159.10/cwt156.00–163.002,4743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,494148.91/cwt145.00–153.002,2255
CowsLean 85-90%1,166132.14/cwt129.00–135.001,5414
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,251112.05/cwt110.00–116.001,4023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,369146.02/cwt141.00–152.001,9993
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,497127.27/cwt125.00–129.001,9054
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,219103.93/cwt102.00–105.001,2673
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,556135.05/cwt132.00–138.002,1013
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,206136.50/cwt132.00–141.001,6464
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,323123.69/cwt120.00–130.001,6366
CowsLean 85-90%925111.42/cwt110.00–113.001,0312
CowsLean 85-90%1,166138.43/cwt136.00–143.001,6145
HeifersChoice and Prime1,416187.69/cwt185.00–193.002,65812
SteersChoice and Prime1,377187.79/cwt184.00–194.002,5869
HeifersChoice1,427178.82/cwt174.00–184.002,5526
SteersChoice1,377179.37/cwt175.00–182.002,4705

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.