Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Cattle sale two weeks ago, Feeder Steers traded 15.00-20.00 higher. Heifer feeder calves steady to 5.00 higher. Bred Cow and Heifer sale October 26th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.63/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$260.63

23 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$29.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.80

vs MD average

−33.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	264.47	1,522	20
Medium and Large 2	563	235.00	1,323	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.47/cwt here — about $199 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 sale23 hd

260.63

—

MD average2 barns · 27 hd

251.82

+8.80

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−33.68

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

41 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	350–400	356	292.48/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,041	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	258.38/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,269	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	265.85/cwt	262.00–271.00	1,135	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	257.70/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,353	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	249.16/cwt	237.00–257.50	1,403	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	292.55/cwt	262.00–306.00	1,235	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	293.01/cwt	290.00–295.00	961	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	284.62/cwt	245.00–296.00	1,355	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	289.66/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,098	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	209.96/cwt	195.00–230.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	264.69/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,533	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	223.25/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,152	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	197.54/cwt	195.00–200.00	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	201.85/cwt	201.00–202.50	1,528	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	230.86/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,080	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	221.96/cwt	190.00–237.50	1,314	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	239.53/cwt	230.00–252.50	992	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	224.11/cwt	215.00–230.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	182.54/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,497	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	979	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	236.29/cwt	235.00–240.00	900	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	224.02/cwt	223.00–225.00	916	4

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.

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