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Four States Livestock Sales

Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Jun 24

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870

← Jun 17Jun 24Jul 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

126 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 53▲ 64 vs year ago 62 · +103.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 65▲ 1 vs year ago 28 · +3.6%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

58 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 76▼ 26 vs year ago 84 · −31.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction issued to change Slaughter Goats price unit to 'Per Head". 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 $118.62/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$118.62

31 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2

$29.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.38

vs MD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	453	125.00	566	2thin
Medium and Large 1	516	120.79	623	25
Small 2	338	120.00	406	1thin
Medium and Large 2	511	95.83	489	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.17/cwt here — about $77 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 sale31 hd

118.62

—

MD average1 barns · 38 hd

112.24

+6.38

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	—	Average	1,843	103.37	1,905	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	69.96	897	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,677	64.73	1,086	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,165	57.97	675	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,412	74.02	1,045	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	81.49	1,222	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,195	103.30	1,234	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,250	110.00	1,375	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,295	104.15	1,349	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,348	99.96	1,347	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	93.26/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	92	61.49/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	101	69.48/cwt	4

Every lot

61 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	539	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	136.91/cwt	127.50–140.00	835	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	921	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	166	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	212	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	272	127.32/cwt	122.50–132.50	346	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	120.53/cwt	120.00–122.50	392	5
Heifers	—	Small 2	338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	406	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	533	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	566	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	126.63/cwt	120.00–132.50	667	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	116.28/cwt	107.50–125.00	709	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	683	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	546	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	806	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	886	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,046	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	944	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	234	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	287	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	313	116.40/cwt	97.50–127.50	364	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	323	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	444	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	374	138.80/cwt	125.00–150.00	519	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	447	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	592	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	128.01/cwt	122.50–137.00	607	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	123.38/cwt	117.50–130.00	703	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	128.81/cwt	122.50–135.00	804	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	132	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	109	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	576	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	504	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,250	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,375	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,295	104.15/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,349	6
Steers	—	Select	1,348	99.96/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,347	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,195	103.30/cwt	99.00–108.00	1,234	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,654	107.44/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,777	2
Bulls	—	—	2,032	99.30/cwt	91.00–108.00	2,018	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	66.36/cwt	60.00–72.00	677	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	464	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	57.20/cwt	53.00–59.00	715	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	65.35/cwt	62.00–67.00	836	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	74.58/cwt	71.00–82.00	958	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,677	64.73/cwt	63.00–66.00	1,086	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,500	81.49/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,222	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,412	74.02/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,045	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1	94	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	61	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	103	70.97/cwt	50.00–90.00	73	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	62	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	34	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	78	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	35	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	84	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	50	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	88	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	51	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Crossbred	90	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	45	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	91	54.97/cwt	52.50–57.50	50	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	95	95.24/cwt	77.50–110.00	90	8
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	103.90/cwt	90.00–115.00	107	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	110	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	113	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	106	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	122	106.15/cwt	100.00–112.50	130	2

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 Jun 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 53Year ago 62

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 65Year ago 28

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 58Last week 76Year ago 84

Correction issued to change Slaughter Goats price unit to 'Per Head". Feeder pig weights corrected

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
1	—	392	137.50	137.50
4	—	610	127.50–140.00	136.91
1	—	548	140.00	140.00
1	—	784	117.50	117.50
3	—	460	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	542	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	131.00	131.00
2	—	323	137.50	137.50
1	—	234	122.50	122.50
4	—	474	122.50–137.00	128.01
5	—	374	125.00–150.00	138.80
1	—	530	127.50	127.50
2	—	624	122.50–135.00	128.81
2	—	447	132.50	132.50
3	—	570	117.50–130.00	123.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	97.50–127.50	116.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	107.50–125.00	116.28
1	—	872	120.00	120.00
1	—	824	107.50	107.50
1	—	968	97.50	97.50
6	—	527	120.00–132.50	126.63
5	—	325	120.00–122.50	120.53
3	—	444	120.00	120.00
2	—	272	122.50–132.50	127.32
1	—	750	107.50	107.50
2	—	569	127.50	127.50
1	—	462	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	338	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	80.00	80.00
1	—	166	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	132	82.50	82.50
1	—	576	87.50	87.50

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	55.00	55.00
1	—	90	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	45.00	45.00
2	—	91	52.50–57.50	54.97
1	—	112	95.00	95.00
1	—	88	57.50	57.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	90.00–115.00	103.90
2	—	122	100.00–112.50	106.15
8	—	95	77.50–110.00	95.24
1	—	84	60.00	60.00
1	—	110	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	50.00–90.00	70.97
1	—	94	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,295	102.00–107.00	104.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	97.00–103.00	99.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,195	99.00–108.00	103.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,285	71.00–82.00	74.58
6	—	1,279	62.00–67.00	65.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	60.00–72.00	66.36
5	—	1,250	53.00–59.00	57.20
1	—	1,030	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,677	63.00–66.00	64.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	81.00–82.00	81.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,412	73.00–75.00	74.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,032	91.00–108.00	99.30
2	—	1,654	106.00–109.00	107.44

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.