Sale reports / Maryland / Friends Livestock Auction / 2024-09-28

Friends Livestock Auction

Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Accident, Maryland · Sat, Sep 28

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1871

← Sep 14Sep 28Oct 12 →

Receipts

801 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 817▼ 154 vs year ago 955 · −16.1%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the third of four Fall Feeder sales at Friends' Livestock Auction. Compared to the last sale higher quality and larger groups sold with good demand trading mostly 5.00-10.00 higher on Steers and 3.00-5.00 higher on Heifers. Next Feeder sale will be October 12th and Bred Cow sale will be 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 $219.09/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$219.09

38 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$30.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.71

vs MD average

−21.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	230.47	1,233	24
Medium and Large 2	557	199.58	1,111	14thin

One grade step is worth $30.89/cwt here — about $122 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 sale38 hd

219.09

—

MD average2 barns · 48 hd

214.38

+4.71

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−21.00

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

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	227	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	579	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	727	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	312	244.06/cwt	230.00–252.50	761	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	276.97/cwt	260.00–292.50	906	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	249.42/cwt	245.00–252.50	928	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	294.13/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,124	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	269.59/cwt	251.00–277.50	1,159	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	870	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,063	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	260.15/cwt	240.00–291.00	1,244	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	931	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	245.85/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,313	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,424	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	228.67/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,308	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,546	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,367	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	701	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,451	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,538	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	272	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	666	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	225.20/cwt	220.00–235.00	745	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	232.01/cwt	225.00–240.00	775	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	210.27/cwt	190.00–225.00	757	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	243.52/cwt	220.00–255.00	901	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	210.28/cwt	206.00–212.50	858	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	238.93/cwt	215.00–247.50	1,023	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	911	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	235.33/cwt	217.50–244.00	1,104	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	236.95/cwt	195.00–243.00	1,206	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	196.32/cwt	187.50–205.00	1,052	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	200.89/cwt	175.00–208.00	1,135	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	217.51/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,277	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,296	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,266	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	259.95/cwt	258.00–265.00	840	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	255.99/cwt	242.50–280.00	991	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	256.12/cwt	232.50–275.00	1,060	24
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	218.90/cwt	205.00–245.00	928	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	205.68/cwt	197.00–215.00	971	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	234.97/cwt	223.00–245.00	1,114	47
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	236.58/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,266	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	225.44/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,366	6

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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 801Last week 817Year ago 955

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	331	220.00–235.00	225.20
11	350–400	360	190.00–225.00	210.27
6	400–450	408	206.00–212.50	210.28
2	450–500	467	195.00	195.00
4	500–550	536	187.50–205.00	196.32
10	550–600	565	175.00–208.00	200.89
2	600–650	640	202.50	202.50
2	650–700	670	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	272	245.00	245.00
18	300–350	334	225.00–240.00	232.01
43	350–400	370	220.00–255.00	243.52
41	400–450	428	215.00–247.50	238.93
59	450–500	469	217.50–244.00	235.33
16	500–550	509	195.00–243.00	236.95
8	550–600	587	216.00–220.00	217.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	227	255.00	255.00
2	250–300	285	255.00	255.00
6	300–350	312	230.00–252.50	244.06
5	350–400	372	245.00–252.50	249.42
3	400–450	446	195.00	195.00
2	450–500	462	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	510	182.50	182.50
4	550–600	572	220.00–237.50	228.67
3	600–650	636	215.00	215.00
3	700–750	701	207.00	207.00
2	750–800	750	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	260.00–292.50	276.97
26	350–400	382	270.00–300.00	294.13
17	400–450	430	251.00–277.50	269.59
48	450–500	478	240.00–291.00	260.15
16	500–550	534	237.50–260.00	245.85
14	550–600	565	252.00	252.00
3	600–650	616	251.00	251.00
2	700–750	740	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	800	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	205.00–245.00	218.90
21	450–500	472	197.00–215.00	205.68
2	500–550	525	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	258.00–265.00	259.95
13	350–400	387	242.50–280.00	255.99
24	400–450	414	232.50–275.00	256.12
47	450–500	474	223.00–245.00	234.97
19	500–550	535	220.00–245.00	236.58
6	600–650	606	215.00–232.50	225.44

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.