Four States Livestock Sales Market Report

Hagerstown, Maryland · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	670	734	491
Feeder cattle	162	157	46
Slaughter cattle	97	149	106

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	213.00	$213.00	$688	—
394	394	1	180.00	$180.00	$709	—
439	439	2	210.00	$210.00	$922	—
514–543	526	5	207.50–215.00	$211.90	$1,115	+31.90
552	552	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,049	+9.50
639	639	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,246	+5.00
672	672	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,310	-7.50
754	754	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,395	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1328–1576	1435	5	178.00–180.00	$179.05	$2,569	—
1274–1788	1552	5	174.00–177.00	$175.61	$2,725	—
1354–1880	1653	4	167.00–170.00	$169.39	$2,800	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	1	187.50	$187.50	$968	—
552	552	1	175.00	$175.00	$966	—
616	616	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,001	-15.00
770	770	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,270	—
844	844	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,245	—
866	866	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,256	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	1	177.50	$177.50	$596	+13.76
374	374	1	170.00	$170.00	$636	—
401	401	2	160.00	$160.00	$642	—
478	478	1	172.50	$172.50	$825	+14.19
510–522	516	2	167.50–175.00	$171.21	$883	—
550–580	565	6	170.00–177.50	$174.11	$984	—
600–648	618	9	165.00–172.50	$169.69	$1,049	—
710	710	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	1	180.00	$180.00	$497	+7.50
314–348	329	4	192.50–200.00	$196.27	$646	—
399	399	3	182.50	$182.50	$728	—
406	406	1	180.00	$180.00	$731	+10.00
492	492	1	192.50	$192.50	$947	—
528–534	531	2	180.00–190.00	$185.03	$983	+9.51
558–585	578	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,040	±0.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
84–88	86	2	630.00–660.00	$645.35	$555	+535.35
98	98	1	655.00	$655.00	$642	+185.22
1194–1520	1369	3	167.00–173.00	$168.74	$2,310	—
1324–1502	1426	4	176.00–184.00	$180.62	$2,576	—

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Feeder Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
62–64	63	3	20.00–37.00	$30.60	$19	-319.40
66	66	1	230.00	$230.00	$152	-120.00
70	70	1	50.00	$50.00	$35	-300.00
70	70	1	400.00	$400.00	$280	+50.00
70	70	1	200.00	$200.00	$140	-150.00
70–78	74	2	220.00–310.00	$267.43	$198	+57.43
80–88	85	6	340.00–420.00	$395.78	$336	+20.78
84–86	85	2	440.00–560.00	$500.71	$426	+125.71
86	86	1	330.00	$330.00	$284	-45.00
88	88	1	715.00	$715.00	$629	+505.00
90–94	93	3	640.00–670.00	$658.60	$612	+285.20
90–98	94	12	350.00–405.00	$383.52	$361	+10.12
102	102	1	390.00	$390.00	$398	+18.39
100–108	104	7	360.00–405.00	$385.00	$400	+13.39
110	110	1	460.00	$460.00	$506	-90.00
120	120	1	320.00	$320.00	$384	+300.00
124	124	1	75.00	$75.00	$93	+55.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–341	331	4	180.00–192.50	$189.31	$627	—
398	398	1	190.00	$190.00	$756	-37.50
410–438	419	3	180.00–197.50	$187.72	$787	-27.28
452–472	462	2	180.00–187.50	$183.83	$849	—
502	502	1	187.50	$187.50	$941	-1.12
585–594	587	6	185.00–192.50	$191.23	$1,123	+5.73
600	600	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,095	-7.50
668	668	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	1	167.50	$167.50	$362	—
284	284	1	160.00	$160.00	$454	—
458	458	1	160.00	$160.00	$733	—
603–624	608	4	162.50–172.50	$165.06	$1,004	+2.53
672	672	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,159	—
708	708	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,062	-2.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
938–1028	983	85-90%	2	74.00–75.00	$74.52	$733	—
826–1382	1142	85-90%	10	90.00–100.00	$94.20	$1,076	—
848–1398	1187	85-90%	14	80.00–89.00	$85.25	$1,012	-0.22

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1398–1632	1477	75-80%	5	101.00–105.00	$102.96	$1,521	—
1404–1758	1618	75-80%	5	113.00–123.00	$117.02	$1,893	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1234–1838	1520	80-85%	5	90.00–100.00	$92.50	$1,406	—
1402–1792	1596	80-85%	4	80.00–89.00	$83.89	$1,339	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1716–2038	1877	2	116.00–124.00	$120.34	$2,259	—
2118	2118	1	126.00	$126.00	$2,669	—

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203–292	232	19	45.00–55.00	$49.21	$114	-27.42
226–282	244	10	34.00–44.00	$36.92	$90	-24.05
216–267	245	27	56.00–59.00	$58.04	$142	-2.93
216–294	259	27	60.00–63.00	$61.04	$158	-19.30
282–293	291	7	65.00–73.00	$70.59	$205	-9.75
302–354	325	8	49.00–54.00	$51.19	$166	-23.74
321–336	329	16	64.00–65.00	$64.74	$213	-10.19
302–339	330	14	57.00–60.00	$59.24	$195	-15.69
310–353	340	17	61.00–62.00	$61.31	$208	-3.69

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	185.00	$185.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	1	140.00	$140.00	$414	—
472	472	1	57.50	$57.50	$271	—
548	548	2	120.00	$120.00	$658	—
594	594	1	110.00	$110.00	$653	+25.00
640	640	1	70.00	$70.00	$448	—
704–708	706	2	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$875	—
817	817	2	121.00	$121.00	$989	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	1	147.50	$147.50	$566	-2.50
444	444	1	117.50	$117.50	$522	—
472	472	1	70.00	$70.00	$330	—
522	522	1	147.00	$147.00	$767	—
677	677	2	140.00	$140.00	$948	—
834	834	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,126	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1748	1748	1	148.00	$148.00	$2,587	—
1698–1842	1770	2	155.00–156.00	$155.52	$2,753	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58	58	2	275.00	$275.00	$160	+20.00
66	66	1	255.00	$255.00	$168	-65.00
80	80	1	195.00	$195.00	$156	-75.00
98	98	2	220.00–225.00	$222.50	$218	-17.50
104–117	110	7	195.00–205.00	$200.42	$220	-39.58

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	1	105.00	$105.00	$202	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
154	154	1	25.00	$25.00	$38	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
36–38	37	4	60.00–65.00	$63.70	-51.30
40	40	1	137.50	$137.50	+22.50
42	42	4	90.00–105.00	$101.25	-58.75
44–48	46	2	105.00	$105.00	-55.00
48	48	3	140.00–165.00	$148.33	-11.67

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
48	48	1	70.00	$70.00	—
54	54	1	75.00	$75.00	-35.00
60	60	1	70.00	$70.00	-40.00
62	62	1	110.00	$110.00	±0.00
62	62	1	105.00	$105.00	-5.00
80	80	1	145.00	$145.00	-10.00
84	84	1	185.00	$185.00	+95.00
94	94	1	165.00	$165.00	+75.00
100	100	1	215.00	$215.00	+10.00
152–160	156	2	230.00–245.00	$237.69	-87.31

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
33–37	36	7	22.00–31.00	$28.63	—
41–48	43	12	32.00–42.00	$38.04	—
55	55	2	41.00	$41.00	-23.00
60	60	1	46.00	$46.00	-18.00
89	89	3	45.00	$45.00	-19.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
106	106	1	50.00	$50.00	$53	—
112	112	1	52.00	$52.00	$58	-8.00
128	128	1	53.00	$53.00	$68	-7.00
174	174	1	61.00	$61.00	$106	-9.00
184	184	1	60.00	$60.00	$110	-10.00
197	197	4	40.00	$40.00	$79	-30.00

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Sows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228–266	247	2	15.00–16.00	$15.54	$38	—
338	338	1	10.00	$10.00	$34	-33.20
336–384	360	2	30.00–40.00	$35.33	$127	—
438	438	1	30.00	$30.00	$131	-14.30
432–488	451	4	50.00–51.00	$50.27	$227	—
400–492	456	6	40.00–49.00	$44.35	$202	—
546–574	560	2	40.00–45.00	$42.56	$238	+8.05

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
64	64	3	125.00	$125.00	-100.00

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
63–69	66	7	315.00–320.00	$317.97	$210	-51.85
72–73	73	5	285.00–310.00	$305.05	$223	+32.53
78	78	1	260.00	$260.00	$203	+5.00
101–122	104	7	197.50–200.00	$197.92	$206	-21.96

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.