Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,541	129.30	1,992	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,333	126.33	1,684	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,134	113.27	1,284	19

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$1,888	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$1,864	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,154	$1,823	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,301	$1,817	61
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,410	$1,712	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,097	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,350	$1,667	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,652	19
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,314	$1,645	30
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,005	$2,300	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	959	$1,949	18
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	926	$1,761	31
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,312	$2,530	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,142	$2,070	12

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	1,312	2,529.86/head	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,530	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,429	1,864.40/head	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,864	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,193	1,498.02/head	1,325.00–1,675.00	1,498	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	863	1,438.81/head	1,235.00–1,575.00	1,439	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	867	1,624.47/head	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,624	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	2,301.41/head	2,125.00–2,425.00	2,301	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,178	1,529.47/head	1,425.00–1,585.00	1,529	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,386	2,072.25/head	1,825.00–2,300.00	2,072	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	1,930.71/head	1,825.00–2,035.00	1,931	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	1,802.83/head	1,685.00–2,075.00	1,803	20
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	2,118.67/head	2,100.00–2,125.00	2,119	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,475	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,111	1,310.09/head	1,210.00–1,410.00	1,310	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,227	1,501.20/head	1,325.00–1,575.00	1,501	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,592	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	120.03/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,896	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	140.10/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,038	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	127.56/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,994	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	103.54/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,096	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,246	127.65/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,591	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	114.60/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,310	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	130.43/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,702	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	122.86/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,667	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,100	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	1,835.87/head	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,836	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	1,773.54/head	1,625.00–1,875.00	1,774	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,235	1,683.33/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,683	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,743.85/head	1,608.00–1,885.00	1,744	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,685.91/head	1,525.00–1,875.00	1,686	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	1,876.65/head	1,750.00–2,075.00	1,877	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,378	1,518.69/head	1,425.00–1,600.00	1,519	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,205	1,418.57/head	1,250.00–1,625.00	1,419	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,053	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,152	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,297	1,799.06/head	1,675.00–1,925.00	1,799	38
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	2,075.30/head	2,000.00–2,175.00	2,075	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1

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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