Sale reports / Maryland / Friends Livestock Auction / 2023-10-14

Friends Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Accident, Maryland · Sat, Oct 14
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1871
Receipts
845 head
110 vs last sale 955 258 vs year ago 587 · +44.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder cattle sold mostly lower on a heavy offering with good demand from local buyers. Feeder steer traded mostly steady to firm. Feeder heifers traded 15.00 to 20.00 lower with higher quality heifers coming through the sale ring in the 400-550lb weight range. Feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Bred Cow sale Saturday October 28th, 2023

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.84/cwt on 244 head.
Average price
$195.84
244 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.25
vs MD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486200.05973210
Medium and Large 2473169.8180434
One grade step is worth $30.25/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale244 hd
195.84
MD average2 barns · 325 hd
195.59
+0.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Friends Livestock Auction - Accident, 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 1574181.84/cwt177.50–187.501,04419
HeifersMedium and Large 1380211.11/cwt200.00–219.0080218
HeifersMedium and Large 1328205.34/cwt195.00–215.0067413
SteersMedium and Large 1770202.34/cwt190.00–215.001,5584
SteersMedium and Large 2-3564134.00/cwt134.00–134.007565
SteersMedium and Large 2328222.60/cwt220.00–225.007304
SteersMedium and Large 2261276.00/cwt240.00–285.0072011
SteersMedium and Large 1426242.38/cwt215.00–250.001,03328
SteersMedium and Large 1465249.13/cwt230.00–267.501,15824
SteersMedium and Large 2393211.01/cwt210.00–212.5082910
SteersMedium and Large 1686198.67/cwt190.00–207.501,36311
SteersMedium and Large 1370244.70/cwt230.00–265.0090510
SteersMedium and Large 2424196.15/cwt190.00–200.008328
SteersMedium and Large 2480186.11/cwt167.50–195.008936
SteersMedium and Large 1823180.27/cwt170.00–183.001,4845
Dairy SteersLarge 3716136.00/cwt136.00–136.009743
SteersMedium and Large 1716187.17/cwt180.00–195.001,3409
SteersMedium and Large 1576226.87/cwt197.50–245.001,30730
SteersMedium and Large 2521174.17/cwt160.00–187.509074
SteersMedium and Large 1997186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8542
SteersMedium and Large 1615218.17/cwt187.50–237.501,34213
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed406297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2084
BullsMedium and Large 1575214.26/cwt195.00–230.001,23220
BullsMedium and Large 1362248.77/cwt247.50–249.0090114
BullsMedium and Large 1472231.29/cwt217.50–247.001,0926
BullsMedium and Large 1429221.15/cwt192.50–250.009494
BullsMedium and Large 1638210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3403
BullsMedium and Large 2427175.00/cwt175.00–175.007472
BullsMedium and Large 2391200.00/cwt200.00–200.007823
BullsMedium and Large 1521221.72/cwt195.00–230.001,15513
BullsLarge 3720125.00/cwt125.00–125.009003
BullsLarge 3450115.00/cwt115.00–115.005182
BullsMedium and Large 2470175.13/cwt170.00–180.008234
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed321245.00/cwt245.00–245.007869
HeifersMedium and Large 1726170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2343
HeifersMedium and Large 1660176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1622
BullsMedium and Large 2766141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0803
BullsMedium and Large 2688155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0663
BullsMedium and Large 2610156.00/cwt156.00–156.009522
HeifersMedium and Large 2393185.00/cwt185.00–185.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 2572165.00/cwt165.00–165.009442
HeifersMedium and Large 2402160.00/cwt160.00–160.006432
HeifersMedium and Large 2466174.79/cwt170.00–177.5081511
HeifersMedium and Large 2616151.41/cwt145.00–157.509336
HeifersMedium and Large 2324179.44/cwt170.00–185.005815
HeifersMedium and Large 1868149.23/cwt148.00–150.001,2958
HeifersMedium and Large 1621178.94/cwt166.00–195.001,1118
HeifersMedium and Large 1835160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3364
HeifersMedium and Large 1473204.82/cwt180.00–215.0096962
HeifersMedium and Large 1420210.84/cwt203.00–220.0088639
HeifersMedium and Large 2534163.76/cwt160.00–167.508744
SteersMedium and Large 1516238.07/cwt220.00–240.001,22821
HeifersMedium and Large 1530191.69/cwt182.50–205.001,01623
HeifersMedium and Large 1272212.00/cwt212.00–212.005772

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.