Sale reports / Maryland / Four States Livestock Sales / 2024-09-04

Four States Livestock Sales

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Sep 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
39 vs last sale 176 13 vs year ago 150 · 8.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
99 head
16 vs last sale 83 3 vs year ago 102 · 2.9%
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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
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,613172.422,7812thin
BullsAverage1,766160.362,8328thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,618141.302,2877thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,492136.802,04111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,197125.971,50825
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,910125.122,3903thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,429113.811,6266thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,218110.851,35013
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,602184.492,9554thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,439182.682,6295thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,529187.302,8643thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,478182.912,7034thin
SteersSelectAverage1,389172.312,3933thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

1 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 194515.37/cwt54

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,732180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,1181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,453128.51/cwt128.00–129.001,8672
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,579136.95/cwt136.00–138.002,1623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,648144.56/cwt143.00–147.002,3824
CowsLean 85-90%1,193125.54/cwt120.00–129.001,49811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,493145.99/cwt145.00–147.002,1802
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,575128.10/cwt126.00–130.002,0182
SteersChoice1,478182.91/cwt181.00–185.002,7034
SteersChoice and Prime1,529187.30/cwt186.00–188.002,8643
SteersSelect1,389172.31/cwt170.00–174.002,3933
HeifersChoice and Prime1,558185.99/cwt184.00–188.002,8983
HeifersChoice1,439182.68/cwt179.00–186.002,6295
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,910125.12/cwt123.00–127.002,3903
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,224114.47/cwt112.00–118.001,4013
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,17493.94/cwt90.00–97.001,1033
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,140105.87/cwt100.00–109.001,2073
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,304124.56/cwt120.00–129.001,6244
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,356106.66/cwt101.00–110.001,4464
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect1,613172.42/cwt171.00–174.002,7812
CowsLean 85-90%1,119117.50/cwt115.00–119.001,3156
CowsLean 85-90%1,262132.90/cwt130.00–136.001,6778
CowsBoner 80-85%1,503136.54/cwt131.00–139.002,0527
Bulls1,835164.64/cwt162.00–168.003,0213
Bulls1,751146.33/cwt144.00–151.002,5623
Bulls1,685175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,9492
BullsNumber 170–8075508.41/cwt500.00–525.003813
BullsNumber 190–10093461.56/cwt425.00–510.0042918
BullsNumber 1100–110103430.45/cwt375.00–460.0044311
BullsNumber 180–9085443.11/cwt400.00–485.0037710
BullsNumber 1110–120112461.67/cwt435.00–475.005173
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110103736.68/cwt700.00–785.007593
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10091816.79/cwt800.00–850.007433
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085928.36/cwt900.00–960.007893

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.