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Four States Livestock Sales

Name: Four States Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Hagerstown, Maryland · Wed, Mar 20

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1870

← Mar 6Mar 20Apr 3 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

134 head

▼ 104 vs last sale 238▼ 3 vs year ago 137 · −2.2%

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

109 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 96▲ 47 vs year ago 62 · +75.8%

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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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,477	129.75	1,917	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,328	117.00	1,554	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	110.71	1,129	15
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,736	119.56	2,076	15
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,464	116.47	1,705	4thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,160	105.60	1,224	13
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,469	197.01	2,894	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,319	180.00	2,374	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,568	191.90	3,009	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	612.61/cwt	53
Bulls	Number 2	75	438.26/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 1	88	536.78/cwt	4

Every lot

28 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,568	191.90/cwt	190.00–194.50	3,009	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,319	180.00/cwt	179.00–181.00	2,374	2
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,469	197.01/cwt	196.00–198.00	2,894	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	886	106.85/cwt	103.00–108.00	947	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	913	91.47/cwt	85.00–96.00	835	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	119.85/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,350	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	123.05/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,587	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,353	112.97/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,528	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,449	121.09/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,755	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,464	137.52/cwt	132.00–141.00	2,013	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,830	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	95.73/cwt	92.00–99.00	946	3
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,169	104.13/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,217	6
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,274	115.20/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,468	4
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,464	116.47/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,705	4
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,663	117.11/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,948	5
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,707	126.01/cwt	120.00–132.00	2,151	7
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,925	108.60/cwt	108.00–110.00	2,091	3
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	70–80	Number 1	73	349.04/cwt	310.00–385.00	255	2
Heifers	100–110	Number 1Beef Cross	102	724.51/cwt	700.00–750.00	739	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	70–80	Number 2	75	438.26/cwt	400.00–465.00	329	3
Bulls	70–80	Number 1	76	537.50/cwt	500.00–575.00	409	4
Bulls	80–90	Number 1	85	589.72/cwt	535.00–630.00	501	11
Bulls	80–90	Number 1Beef Cross	86	905.00/cwt	900.00–910.00	778	2
Bulls	90–100	Number 1	94	601.66/cwt	560.00–650.00	566	17
Bulls	90–100	Number 1Beef Cross	95	903.31/cwt	885.00–925.00	858	3
Bulls	100–110	Number 1	103	572.64/cwt	535.00–605.00	590	9
Bulls	110–120	Number 1	113	561.33/cwt	535.00–610.00	634	7

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 20, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 238Year ago 137

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 109Last week 96Year ago 62

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–110	102	700.00–750.00	724.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	73	310.00–385.00	349.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	70–80	76	500.00–575.00	537.50
11	80–90	85	535.00–630.00	589.72
17	90–100	94	560.00–650.00	601.66
9	100–110	103	535.00–605.00	572.64
7	110–120	113	535.00–610.00	561.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	75	400.00–465.00	438.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	86	900.00–910.00	905.00
3	90–100	95	885.00–925.00	903.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,464	114.00–118.00	116.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,925	108.00–110.00	108.60
7	—	1,707	120.00–132.00	126.01
5	—	1,663	115.00–119.00	117.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,274	113.00–117.00	115.20
6	—	1,169	100.00–109.00	104.13
3	—	988	92.00–99.00	95.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,538	119.00	119.00
5	—	1,464	132.00–141.00	137.52
2	—	1,449	120.00–122.00	121.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	85.00–96.00	91.47
8	—	1,126	115.00–126.00	119.85
4	—	886	103.00–108.00	106.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	120.00–127.00	123.05
3	—	1,353	112.00–114.00	112.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,568	190.00–194.50	191.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,469	196.00–198.00	197.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,319	179.00–181.00	180.00

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.