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Four States Livestock Sales

Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2023-12-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-27

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Dec 27

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870

← Dec 6Dec 27Jan 10 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

120 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 125▲ 14 vs year ago 106 · +13.2%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

66 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 68▲ 14 vs year ago 52 · +26.9%

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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	1,513	120.00	1,816	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,651	102.63	1,695	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,435	90.89	1,305	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	80.12	871	16
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,476	178.73	2,638	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,341	173.67	2,329	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,517	182.05	2,762	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,670	177.09	2,957	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	377.71/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	94	316.11/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	87	170.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	88	444.44/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	100	425.00/cwt	2

Every lot

38 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,517	182.05/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,762	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,670	177.09/cwt	175.00–178.50	2,957	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,341	173.67/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,329	3
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,476	178.73/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,638	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,430	1
Bulls	—	—	1,726	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,244	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	961	77.38/cwt	76.00–79.00	744	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	989	71.36/cwt	70.00–73.00	706	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	85.11/cwt	82.00–87.50	1,023	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,326	94.37/cwt	91.50–97.50	1,251	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,529	87.91/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,344	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,583	103.90/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,645	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,924	97.54/cwt	97.00–98.00	1,877	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	74	480.00/cwt	450.00–540.00	355	3
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	86	530.00/cwt	520.00–540.00	456	2
Heifers	—	Number 1	96	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	240	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	98	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Number 2Beef Cross	98	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	431	1
Heifers	—	Number 1	100	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	340	1
Heifers	—	Number 2Beef Cross	102	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	418	1
Heifers	—	Number 1Beef Cross	106	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	477	1
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Number 3	72	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	137	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	76	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	205	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	78	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	390	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	82	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	476	1
Bulls	—	Number 2Beef Cross	84	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	336	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	85	321.30/cwt	315.00–335.00	273	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	86	282.21/cwt	270.00–295.00	243	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	88	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	150	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	93	322.11/cwt	310.00–330.00	300	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	96	244.39/cwt	200.00–280.00	235	5
Bulls	—	Number 2	101	267.67/cwt	250.00–285.00	270	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	102	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	153	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	324.20/cwt	300.00–350.00	334	6
Bulls	—	Number 2Beef Cross	104	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	499	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	105	527.76/cwt	500.00–560.00	554	4
Bulls	—	Number 1	112	327.63/cwt	320.00–335.00	367	2
Bulls	—	Number 2Beef Cross	120	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	564	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 Dec 27, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 125Year ago 106

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 66Last week 68Year ago 52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,924	97.00–98.00	97.54
8	—	1,583	101.00–109.00	103.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	961	76.00–79.00	77.38
8	—	1,202	82.00–87.50	85.11
3	—	989	70.00–73.00	71.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,326	91.50–97.50	94.37
7	—	1,529	85.00–91.00	87.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,341	170.00–177.00	173.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,476	176.00–182.00	178.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	175.00–178.50	177.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,517	180.00–184.00	182.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,726	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,300	110.00	110.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	500.00	500.00
4	—	105	500.00–560.00	527.76
1	—	82	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	84	400.00	400.00
1	—	104	480.00	480.00
1	—	120	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	96	200.00–280.00	244.39
2	—	101	250.00–285.00	267.67
1	—	76	270.00	270.00
2	—	86	270.00–295.00	282.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	190.00	190.00
1	—	102	150.00	150.00
1	—	88	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	300.00–350.00	324.20
5	—	93	310.00–330.00	322.11
4	—	85	315.00–335.00	321.30
2	—	112	320.00–335.00	327.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	440.00	440.00
1	—	102	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	520.00–540.00	530.00
1	—	106	450.00	450.00
1	—	98	460.00	460.00
3	—	74	450.00–540.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	340.00	340.00
1	—	96	250.00	250.00

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.