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Friends Livestock Auction

Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Accident, Maryland · Sat, May 11

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1871

← Apr 27May 11Sep 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

205 head

▼ 213 vs last sale 418▼ 60 vs year ago 265 · −22.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 31▲ 12 vs year ago 14 · +85.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the last of the Spring Feeder Cattle sales for Accident Livestock Auction. Cattle sold mostly steady on a lighter run with good demand for cattle to be turned out on grass.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.36/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$250.36

13 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$21.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MD average

−17.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	258.69	1,363	8thin
Medium and Large 2	584	237.02	1,384	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about −$21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd

250.36

—

MD average1 barns · 13 hd

250.36

+0.00

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−17.23

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,846	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,311	$2,394	18

Every lot

29 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	925	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,033	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,651	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	247.49/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,705	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,726	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	218.79/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,606	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,884	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,998	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	250.42/cwt	235.00–267.50	929	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	250.18/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,051	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	266.96/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,180	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	260.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,207	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	266.91/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,353	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	237.02/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,384	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	238.82/cwt	222.50–247.50	1,450	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	697	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,603	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,577	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,636	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,136	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	257.31/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,359	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	7
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	915	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,441	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,149	2,099.98/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,100	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,635	2,981.65/head	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,982	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,846.49/head	1,550.00–2,175.00	1,846	8

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 →

Friends Livestock Auction - Accident, MD

Sat May 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 205Last week 418Year ago 265

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 31Year ago 14

This is the last of the Spring Feeder Cattle sales for Accident Livestock Auction. Cattle sold mostly steady on a lighter run with good demand for cattle to be turned out on grass.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	270.00	270.00
8	500–550	528	250.00–270.00	257.31
2	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
7	700–750	745	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	260.00	260.00
2	900–950	915	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	272	340.00	340.00
4	350–400	350	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	405	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	606	272.50	272.50
4	650–700	689	245.00–250.00	247.49
5	700–750	719	240.00	240.00
4	750–800	777	242.50	242.50
4	850–900	888	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	734	215.00–222.50	218.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	442	260.00–270.00	266.96
4	450–500	464	250.00–270.00	260.14
5	500–550	507	255.00–275.00	266.91
3	550–600	560	245.00	245.00
7	600–650	607	222.50–247.50	238.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	235.00–267.50	250.42
4	400–450	420	235.00–265.00	250.18
5	550–600	584	235.00–240.00	237.02
2	650–700	697	230.00	230.00
2	700–750	717	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	808	202.50	202.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,149	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,099.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,635	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,981.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,200	1,550.00–2,175.00	1,846.49

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.