Sale reports / Maryland / Four States Livestock Sales / 2024-07-24

Four States Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Jul 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
317 vs last sale 0 193 vs year ago 124 · +155.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
55 vs last sale 155 98 vs year ago 112 · +87.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
84 head
4 vs last sale 88 10 vs year ago 94 · 10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold firm. Slaughter bulls sold steady on a light comparison. Dairy bulls sold higher. Buyer demand was light to moderate on a heavy supply for the slaughter cattle sales. Feeder dairy calves sold steady. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply for the feeder dairy calf sale. Slaughter wooled and shorn lambs sold unevenly steady. Slaughter haor breed lambs sold weak. Buyer demand was good on a moderate supply for the slaughter sheep/lamb sale. Slaughter kid goats sold weak. Buyer demand was good to moderate on a heavy supply for the slaughter kid goat sale. Feeder pigs sold higher on a light comparison. Buyer demand was light on a heavy supply for the feeder pig sale. Slaughter barrows and gilts sold steady. Slaughter sows sold weak on a light comparison. Buyer demand was moderate on a heavy to moderate supply for the slaughter hog sale. No comparison on all other commodities.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.46/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$213.46
27 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,156
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.00
vs MD average
51.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546226.181,23516thin
Medium and Large 2536194.941,04411thin
One grade step is worth $31.24/cwt here — about $191 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
213.46
MD average1 barns · 27 hd
213.46
−0.00
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−51.17
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,661166.232,7613thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,221141.341,7262thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,523168.202,5628thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,198150.321,8013thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,493199.002,9713thin
SteersSelectAverage1,064164.571,7512thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

2 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 191653.13/cwt21
BullsNumber 2108606.02/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

42 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326210.37/cwt200.00–215.006863
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619254.82/cwt245.00–265.001,5772
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500468242.16/cwt240.00–242.501,1337
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350318241.95/cwt230.00–265.007695
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655215.02/cwt210.00–220.001,4083
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400379268.43/cwt265.00–270.001,0173
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520217.60/cwt215.00–220.001,1322
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400369245.00/cwt245.00–245.009043
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385227.75/cwt220.00–235.008772
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580191.69/cwt185.00–205.001,1123
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400374187.90/cwt180.00–200.007037
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500469213.70/cwt200.00–225.001,0024
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3494
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650636224.05/cwt220.00–225.001,4255
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600578219.40/cwt210.00–225.001,2687
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550519196.16/cwt190.00–215.001,0188
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320168.13/cwt160.00–175.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500467196.71/cwt195.00–200.009193
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323220.01/cwt215.00–225.007114
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800782243.38/cwt240.00–245.001,9033
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521231.46/cwt220.00–240.001,2069
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364250.00/cwt250.00–250.0091011
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427229.85/cwt215.00–235.009814
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481223.62/cwt220.00–235.001,0764
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450428247.44/cwt245.00–255.001,0594
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650623205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2772
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650622245.99/cwt230.00–250.001,5305
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700669208.20/cwt200.00–220.001,3933
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550519227.43/cwt220.00–240.001,1808
SteersChoice and Prime1,493199.00/cwt198.00–200.002,9713
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,064164.57/cwt162.00–167.001,7512
Dairy Bulls1,221141.34/cwt137.00–145.001,7262
Dairy SteersChoice1,523168.20/cwt165.00–174.002,5628
BullsNumber 1100–110102586.29/cwt560.00–635.005985
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross110–120114737.72/cwt725.00–750.008412
Bulls1,661166.23/cwt159.00–169.002,7613
BullsNumber 2110–120116512.28/cwt500.00–525.005942
BullsNumber 290–10095568.05/cwt550.00–585.005402
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10092930.00/cwt925.00–935.008562
BullsNumber 190–10095611.09/cwt575.00–660.005815
BullsNumber 180–9083652.10/cwt610.00–685.005419
Dairy SteersSelect1,198150.32/cwt150.00–151.001,8013

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.