Sale reports / Maryland / Friends Livestock Auction / 2022-04-23

Friends Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Accident, Maryland · Sat, Apr 23
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1871
Feeder Cattle receipts
711 head
▲ 711 vs last sale 0▲ 711 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 169▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Replacement cattle changed to per unit

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $154.24/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$154.24
73 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs MD average
−4.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553155.9886367
Medium and Large 2559134.927546thin
One grade step is worth $21.06/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale73 hd
154.24
—
MD average1 barns · 73 hd
154.24
+0.00
National average172 barns · 11,774 hd
158.53
−4.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,478$1,3968

Every lot

58 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2303165.00/cwt165.00–165.005003
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005743
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384188.62/cwt175.00–197.5072411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430184.27/cwt180.00–190.0079215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479194.52/cwt180.00–205.0093229
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490177.50/cwt177.50–177.508702
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535185.89/cwt180.00–199.0099523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565152.24/cwt152.00–152.508604
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570185.25/cwt172.50–195.001,05622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628176.58/cwt169.00–180.001,10911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669171.90/cwt166.00–176.001,15021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710166.02/cwt164.00–168.001,17910
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2712145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0323
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2759140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0633
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775151.91/cwt145.00–162.501,17713
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819144.05/cwt140.00–152.001,18025
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1891132.84/cwt132.00–133.001,18412
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923140.43/cwt136.00–142.001,29615
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1987136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,34210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283157.28/cwt155.00–160.0044510
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2286144.55/cwt142.50–145.004135
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333155.00/cwt155.00–155.005163
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378154.07/cwt147.50–160.0058219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388141.27/cwt140.00–142.505482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426159.05/cwt154.00–166.0067810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463156.58/cwt146.00–167.5072522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530159.57/cwt149.00–166.0084631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540127.50/cwt127.50–127.506892
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568138.63/cwt135.00–142.507874
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573152.88/cwt139.00–163.0087636
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625141.68/cwt137.00–151.0088623
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632129.00/cwt129.00–129.008156
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673140.63/cwt133.00–142.0094613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735139.70/cwt137.00–141.001,02710
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748120.00/cwt120.00–120.008982
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009062
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769140.95/cwt139.00–144.001,08411
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814136.29/cwt127.00–143.001,10912
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2815112.50/cwt112.50–112.509172
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859136.26/cwt135.00–137.501,1704
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1962128.54/cwt125.00–130.001,2377
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334166.18/cwt162.50–170.005554
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388172.50/cwt172.50–172.506692
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2389159.00/cwt158.00–160.006194
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400176.00/cwt176.00–176.007043
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413143.00/cwt143.00–143.005912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469135.00/cwt135.00–135.006333
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478180.00/cwt180.00–180.008602
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517140.49/cwt140.00–141.007264
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573145.31/cwt135.00–151.008339
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615142.50/cwt142.50–142.508763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635128.00/cwt128.00–128.008132
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655140.00/cwt140.00–140.009172
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1784119.86/cwt110.00–130.009404
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009022
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4781,395.97/head1,100.00–1,525.001,3968

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.