Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the last of the Spring Feeder Cattle sales for Accident Livestock Auction. Cattle sold mostly steady on a lighter run with good demand for cattle to be turned out on grass.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.36/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$250.36

13 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$21.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MD average

−17.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	258.69	1,363	8thin
Medium and Large 2	584	237.02	1,384	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about −$21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd

250.36

—

MD average1 barns · 13 hd

250.36

+0.00

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−17.23

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,846	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,311	$2,394	18

Every lot, as filed

29 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	257.31/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,359	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,033	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	238.82/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	260.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,207	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	247.49/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,998	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	2,099.98/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,100	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,884	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,846.49/head	1,550.00–2,175.00	1,846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	266.91/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,353	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	266.96/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,180	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	237.02/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	250.18/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	218.79/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	250.42/cwt	235.00–267.50	929	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,635	2,981.65/head	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,982	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,441	2

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.

Maryland feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →