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Friends Livestock Auction

Name: Friends Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Accident, Maryland · Sat, Oct 12

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1871

← Sep 28Oct 12Oct 26 →

Receipts

485 head

▼ 316 vs last sale 801▼ 360 vs year ago 845 · −42.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Cattle sale two weeks ago, Feeder Steers traded 15.00-20.00 higher. Heifer feeder calves steady to 5.00 higher. Bred Cow and Heifer sale October 26th.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.63/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$260.63

23 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$29.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.80

vs MD average

−33.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	264.47	1,522	20
Medium and Large 2	563	235.00	1,323	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.47/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd

260.63

—

MD average2 barns · 27 hd

251.82

+8.80

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−33.68

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	806	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	293.01/cwt	290.00–295.00	961	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	209.96/cwt	195.00–230.00	771	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	289.66/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,098	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	292.55/cwt	262.00–306.00	1,235	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	939	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,040	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	284.62/cwt	245.00–296.00	1,355	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,431	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,323	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	264.69/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,533	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,553	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,616	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,697	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,031	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,922	7
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,061	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,910	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	266	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	698	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	224.11/cwt	215.00–230.00	753	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	784	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	236.29/cwt	235.00–240.00	900	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	764	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	409	224.02/cwt	223.00–225.00	916	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	239.53/cwt	230.00–252.50	992	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	230.86/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,080	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	197.54/cwt	195.00–200.00	968	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	223.25/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,152	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	221.96/cwt	190.00–237.50	1,314	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,113	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,280	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,455	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	201.85/cwt	201.00–202.50	1,528	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	182.54/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,497	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	292.48/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,041	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	979	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	265.85/cwt	262.00–271.00	1,135	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	258.38/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,269	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,257	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	257.70/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,353	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	249.16/cwt	237.00–257.50	1,403	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,282	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 Oct 12, 2024

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

Receipts 485Last week 801Year ago 845

Compared to the last Feeder Cattle sale two weeks ago, Feeder Steers traded 15.00-20.00 higher. Heifer feeder calves steady to 5.00 higher. Bred Cow and Heifer sale October 26th.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	285.00–300.00	292.48
7	400–450	427	262.00–271.00	265.85
6	450–500	491	253.00–261.00	258.38
7	500–550	525	245.00–264.00	257.70
10	550–600	563	237.00–257.50	249.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	421	232.50	232.50
3	450–500	498	252.50	252.50
4	700–750	712	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	290.00–295.00	293.01
14	350–400	379	287.50–295.00	289.66
17	400–450	422	262.00–306.00	292.55
51	450–500	476	245.00–296.00	284.62
2	500–550	545	262.50	262.50
18	550–600	579	260.00–267.50	264.69
3	600–650	603	257.50	257.50
8	650–700	695	232.50	232.50
3	800–850	838	202.50	202.50
5	900–950	919	221.00	221.00
7	950–1000	996	193.00	193.00
4	1050–1100	1,061	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	260.00	260.00
5	350–400	367	195.00–230.00	209.96
2	400–450	427	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	452	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	563	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	232.50	232.50
17	350–400	381	235.00–240.00	236.29
21	400–450	414	230.00–252.50	239.53
35	450–500	468	220.00–240.00	230.86
21	500–550	516	215.00–233.00	223.25
11	550–600	592	190.00–237.50	221.96
3	650–700	696	209.00	209.00
7	750–800	757	201.00–202.50	201.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	266	262.50	262.50
5	300–350	336	215.00–230.00	224.11
2	350–400	382	200.00	200.00
4	400–450	409	223.00–225.00	224.02
4	450–500	490	195.00–200.00	197.54
2	600–650	645	172.50	172.50
2	650–700	665	192.50	192.50
6	800–850	820	180.00–185.00	182.54

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.