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Friends Livestock Auction

Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Accident, Maryland · Sat, Sep 14

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1871

← May 11Sep 14Sep 28 →

Receipts

817 head

▲ 612 vs last sale 205▼ 91 vs year ago 908 · −10.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle sold with good demand and high quality on a moderate supply at the second of four feeder sales at Friends' Stockyard. Calves came across the scale lighter than most years due to extreme drought in the region. There was good demand for calves 450-550 lbs and quality sets of calves in these weights. There will be two more feeder sales (September 28th and October 12th) and a bred cow sale (October 26th).

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 $207.22/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$207.22

42 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$17.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs MD average

−31.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	222.00	1,199	7thin
Medium and Large 1	532	204.26	1,087	35

One grade step is worth $17.74/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale42 hd

207.22

—

MD average1 barns · 42 hd

207.22

+0.00

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−31.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	915	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	291.32/cwt	287.50–300.00	944	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	304.58/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,173	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	265.02/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,039	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	248.28/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,063	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	284.53/cwt	255.00–307.50	1,221	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	265.88/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,258	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	230.22/cwt	205.00–260.00	1,114	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	239.14/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,222	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	229.43/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,179	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,152	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,262	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,355	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,502	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	205.13/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,495	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	821	189.10/cwt	166.00–205.00	1,553	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	877	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,666	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	745	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	243.89/cwt	230.00–250.00	815	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	788	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	242.02/cwt	220.00–250.00	908	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	413	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	981	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	209.68/cwt	190.00–227.00	897	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	250.71/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,078	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	235.59/cwt	220.00–252.50	1,100	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	203.63/cwt	187.50–216.00	998	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	207.22/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,057	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	540	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,199	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	198.59/cwt	187.50–215.00	1,142	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,155	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	614	204.06/cwt	187.50–217.00	1,253	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,424	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	837	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,402	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	299.90/cwt	297.50–305.00	876	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	780	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	276.83/cwt	275.00–280.00	908	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	213.27/cwt	210.00–215.00	902	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	258.22/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,097	22
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	231.91/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,092	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,075	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	217.84/cwt	212.00–222.50	1,168	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	214.03/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,194	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,612	4

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 Sep 14, 2024

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

Receipts 817Last week 205Year ago 908

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	235.00	235.00
3	350–400	371	212.50	212.50
14	400–450	428	190.00–227.00	209.68
11	450–500	490	187.50–216.00	203.63
7	600–650	614	187.50–217.00	204.06
3	650–700	678	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	837	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	334	230.00–250.00	243.89
46	350–400	375	220.00–250.00	242.02
48	400–450	430	232.00–260.00	250.71
40	450–500	467	220.00–252.50	235.59
23	500–550	510	200.00–215.00	207.22
12	550–600	575	187.50–215.00	198.59
5	600–650	608	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	237.50	237.50
7	500–550	540	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	310.00	310.00
7	300–350	324	287.50–300.00	291.32
10	350–400	385	292.50–310.00	304.58
40	400–450	429	255.00–307.50	284.53
40	450–500	473	250.00–285.00	265.88
36	500–550	511	230.00–250.00	239.14
2	550–600	567	222.50	222.50
3	600–650	623	217.50	217.50
7	650–700	653	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	729	190.00–220.00	205.13
3	750–800	765	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	392	260.00–270.00	265.02
6	400–450	428	240.00–255.00	248.28
18	450–500	484	205.00–260.00	230.22
9	500–550	514	227.50–230.00	229.43
2	550–600	562	205.00	205.00
5	800–850	821	166.00–205.00	189.10
2	850–900	877	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	297.50–305.00	299.90
5	300–350	328	275.00–280.00	276.83
3	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
22	400–450	425	245.00–270.00	258.22
16	450–500	471	210.00–245.00	231.91
8	500–550	536	212.00–222.50	217.84
6	550–600	558	210.00–220.00	214.03
4	650–700	658	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	260.00	260.00
6	400–450	423	210.00–215.00	213.27
3	500–550	506	212.50	212.50

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.