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Four States Livestock Sales

Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Mar 11

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870

← Mar 4Mar 11Mar 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

157 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 94▲ 157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

83 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 120▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

59 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 45▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 0▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction to Replacement Cattle & Slaughter Goat price unit entries, and Feeder Dairy Calves weight entries. Feeder pig weights corrected.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.75/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$117.75

57 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$30.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs MD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	465	125.21	582	43
Medium and Large 2	489	94.83	464	14thin

One grade step is worth $30.37/cwt here — about $118 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 sale57 hd

117.75

—

MD average1 barns · 66 hd

110.33

+7.41

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

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
Bulls	—	High	1,507	75.29	1,135	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,706	59.27	1,011	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	56.21	767	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,250	47.68	596	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,375	80.44	1,106	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,373	101.98	1,400	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,311	63.51	833	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	76.36/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	97	61.58/cwt	5
Bulls	Number 3	94	25.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	70	9.84/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	89	71.68/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	73	4.00/cwt	2

Every lot

81 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	426	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	142.27/cwt	132.50–152.50	612	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	725	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	139.35/cwt	137.50–140.00	778	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	260	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	358	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	287	90.85/cwt	90.00–92.50	261	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	132.46/cwt	117.50–141.00	413	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	132.47/cwt	119.00–137.50	498	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	352	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	411	81.35/cwt	77.50–85.00	334	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	126.50/cwt	120.00–137.50	540	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	113.70/cwt	110.00–117.50	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	123.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	607	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	507	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	596	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	559	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	123.56/cwt	122.50–125.00	680	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	338	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	112.53/cwt	110.00–117.50	684	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	694	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	209	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	308	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	224	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	230	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	280	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	245	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	319	160.18/cwt	157.50–161.00	511	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	322	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	378	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	356	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	363	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	363	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	590	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	132.28/cwt	122.50–140.00	566	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	466	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	606	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	552	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	580	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	584	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	768	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	644	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	757	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,054	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	991	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	160	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	140	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	252	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	219	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	384	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	311	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	492	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	379	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	526	69.85/cwt	65.00–75.00	367	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	846	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	609	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	885	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	602	2
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,311	63.51/cwt	63.00–64.00	833	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,373	101.98/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,400	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,056	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	676	1
Bulls	—	—	1,246	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	673	1
Bulls	—	—	1,609	79.95/cwt	72.00–89.50	1,286	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	888	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	293	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,288	54.25/cwt	54.00–54.50	699	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,322	48.06/cwt	45.00–51.50	635	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,364	56.21/cwt	50.00–61.00	767	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,706	59.27/cwt	58.00–60.50	1,011	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,375	80.44/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,106	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-TubingJersey	64	1.00/cwt	1.00–1.00	1	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	76	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	114	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	76	75.90/cwt	75.90–75.90	58	1
Heifers	—	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	7.00/cwt	7.00–7.00	6	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	88	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	53	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	110	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	25	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	60	19.00/cwt	19.00–19.00	11	1
Bulls	—	Utility	64	8.03/cwt	7.00–9.00	5	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	70	3.00/cwt	1.00–5.00	2	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	78	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	55	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	51.25/cwt	40.00–62.50	43	2
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	—	Number 3	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Bulls	—	UtilityJersey	90	18.00/cwt	18.00–18.00	16	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	92	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	53	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	70.83/cwt	60.00–85.00	66	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	66.45/cwt	60.00–72.50	63	2
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	96	111.61/cwt	70.00–155.00	107	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	104	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	73	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	105	87.61/cwt	80.00–92.50	92	4
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	112	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	95	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	113	92.47/cwt	87.50–97.50	104	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	126	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	120	1
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Fresh/Milking Cows1 lot · lightest first
Fresh/Milking Cows	—	Medium	989	741.07/cwt	625.00–875.00	7,329	4
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	MediumJersey	730	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,001	1

This sale against other markets

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 →

Four States Livestock Sales - Hagerstown, MD

Wed Mar 11, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Annapolis, MD (LS-AP)

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 94Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 120Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 59Last week 45Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

Correction to Replacement Cattle & Slaughter Goat price unit entries, and Feeder Dairy Calves weight entries. Feeder pig weights corrected.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	105	80.00–92.50	87.61
1	—	78	70.00	70.00
1	—	126	95.00	95.00
2	—	84	40.00–62.50	51.25
8	—	93	60.00–85.00	70.83
3	—	113	87.50–97.50	92.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	35.00	35.00
2	—	104	70.00	70.00
2	—	95	60.00–72.50	66.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	18.00	18.00
2	—	70	1.00–5.00	3.00
1	—	60	19.00	19.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	64	7.00–9.00	8.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	30.00	30.00
1	—	100	20.00	20.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	70.00–155.00	111.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	85.00	85.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
1	—	92	57.50	57.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	75.90	75.90
1	—	88	60.00	60.00
1	—	110	22.50	22.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	7.00	7.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	50.00	50.00
1	—	76	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	1.00	1.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	552	105.00	105.00
1	—	322	117.50	117.50
1	—	356	102.00	102.00
1	—	644	117.50	117.50
1	—	280	87.50	87.50
1	—	224	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	157.50–161.00	160.18
1	—	466	130.00	130.00
2	—	627	122.50	122.50
3	—	363	162.50	162.50
2	—	209	147.50	147.50
3	—	428	122.50–140.00	132.28
1	—	1,054	94.00	94.00
1	—	584	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	526	65.00–75.00	69.85
2	—	885	68.00	68.00
1	—	160	87.50	87.50
1	—	384	81.00	81.00
1	—	492	77.00	77.00
1	—	846	72.00	72.00
1	—	252	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	120.00–137.50	126.50
1	—	520	107.50	107.50
7	—	608	110.00–117.50	112.53
4	—	312	117.50–141.00	132.46
12	—	376	119.00–137.50	132.47
6	—	492	120.00–125.00	123.36
9	—	550	122.50–125.00	123.56
1	—	260	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	564	60.00	60.00
2	—	411	77.50–85.00	81.35
2	—	507	117.50	117.50
3	—	287	90.00–92.50	90.85
1	—	380	92.50	92.50
2	—	478	110.00–117.50	113.70
3	—	750	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	132.50–152.50	142.27
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
1	—	348	122.50	122.50
1	—	940	110.00	110.00
4	—	558	137.50–140.00	139.35
3	—	524	135.00–140.00	138.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	77.00–84.00	80.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,311	63.00–64.00	63.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	54.00–54.50	54.25
1	—	888	33.00	33.00
4	—	1,322	45.00–51.50	48.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,364	50.00–61.00	56.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,706	58.00–60.50	59.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	101.00–103.00	101.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,609	72.00–89.50	79.95
1	—	1,056	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,246	54.00	54.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	4	—	989	625.00–875.00	741.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	730	685.00	685.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.