Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2020-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers sold steady to 6.00 lower on a light test; Number 1-2 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold weak, over 600 lbs not tested; Number 2 Feeder Steers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-6.00 higher; other Feeder Heifers not tested. Feeder Bulls and Holstein Steers not tested. Short Bred Replacement Cows sold 150.00 higher on a light test; other Replacement Cows not tested. Replacement Heifers and Bulls not tested. Cow-Calf Pairs sold steady to 50.00 lower on a light test. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.36/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$111.36

118 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$40.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.71

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	445	131.11	583	35
Medium and Large 1-2	525	110.71	581	51
Medium and Large 2	482	90.80	438	32

One grade step is worth $40.32/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale118 hd

111.36

—

NY average4 barns · 161 hd

95.65

+15.71

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

Every lot, as filed

84 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Bath, NY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	124.91/cwt	122.50–127.50	212	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	234	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	89.62/cwt	86.00–93.00	432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	394	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	118.16/cwt	115.00–122.50	463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	97.49/cwt	95.00–100.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	134.55/cwt	133.00–138.00	490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	94.25/cwt	80.00–99.00	509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	76.69/cwt	71.00–82.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	75.86/cwt	75.00–77.50	291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	107.90/cwt	100.00–117.00	572	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	119.96/cwt	110.00–125.00	386	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	97.00/cwt	95.00–101.00	606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	296	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	656	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	645.00/cwt	625.00–660.00	—	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	174	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	761	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	767.50/cwt	735.00–800.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	742.00/cwt	475.00–910.00	—	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	821.15/cwt	600.00–1,025.00	—	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	128.58/cwt	121.00–135.00	728	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	678	79.32/cwt	78.00–82.00	538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	808	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	109.82/cwt	107.00–112.50	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	104.85/cwt	97.00–109.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	90.98/cwt	90.00–92.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	812	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	698	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	528.33/cwt	425.00–660.00	—	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	132.54/cwt	129.00–134.00	573	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	132.17/cwt	128.00–136.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	138.34/cwt	130.00–142.50	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	139	120.05/cwt	117.50–122.50	167	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	119.82/cwt	117.50–122.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	756	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	202	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	92.06/cwt	75.00–107.50	289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	104.62/cwt	99.00–107.50	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	119.70/cwt	111.00–126.00	570	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	93.65/cwt	90.00–96.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	116.05/cwt	111.00–127.00	373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	127.54/cwt	124.00–133.00	676	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	97.25/cwt	87.00–107.50	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	123.48/cwt	121.00–126.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	142.53/cwt	141.00–144.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	387	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	946	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	756	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	139.70/cwt	137.00–147.50	510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	96.62/cwt	85.00–107.50	262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	127.15/cwt	122.00–136.00	648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	133.75/cwt	129.00–137.50	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	90.69/cwt	90.00–92.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	162	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	119.18/cwt	111.00–127.00	502	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	121.52/cwt	120.00–122.00	520	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	626	3

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New York auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Bath, NY

Sat Mar 14, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 146Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 16Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	170	122.50–127.50	124.91
1	—	526	107.50	107.50
1	—	234	112.50	112.50
5	—	322	110.00–125.00	119.96
3	—	625	95.00–101.00	97.00
1	—	872	86.00	86.00
1	—	296	115.00	115.00
2	—	139	117.50–122.50	120.05
1	—	498	117.50	117.50
4	—	428	120.00–122.00	121.52
3	—	566	110.00–112.00	110.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	318	137.00	137.00
1	—	556	118.00	118.00
2	—	525	117.50–122.00	119.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	482	86.00–93.00	89.62
1	—	394	93.00	93.00
1	—	608	87.50	87.50
1	—	174	97.50	97.50
1	—	756	79.00	79.00
1	—	322	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	392	115.00–122.50	118.16
2	—	606	95.00–100.00	97.49
1	—	676	98.00	98.00
11	—	530	100.00–117.00	107.90
3	—	563	97.00–109.00	104.85
2	—	877	90.00–92.00	90.98
1	—	708	94.00	94.00
12	—	476	111.00–126.00	119.70
3	—	781	90.00–96.00	93.65
3	—	321	111.00–127.00	116.05
1	—	908	83.00	83.00
9	—	421	111.00–127.00	119.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	364	133.00–138.00	134.55
8	—	432	129.00–134.00	132.54
2	—	324	128.00–136.00	132.17
13	—	510	122.00–136.00	127.15
4	—	481	129.00–137.50	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	684	89.00	89.00
4	—	540	80.00–99.00	94.25
3	—	769	71.00–82.00	76.69
3	—	384	75.00–77.50	75.86
1	—	812	86.00	86.00
1	—	718	84.00	84.00
1	—	202	80.00	80.00
4	—	314	75.00–107.50	92.06
3	—	475	99.00–107.50	104.62
2	—	271	85.00–107.50	96.62
1	—	638	75.00	75.00
4	—	413	102.00–104.00	103.00
3	—	573	90.00–92.00	90.69
1	—	162	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	94.00	94.00
4	—	514	107.00–112.50	109.82
1	—	884	90.00	90.00
2	—	433	121.00–126.00	123.48
2	—	310	110.00	110.00
1	—	352	110.00	110.00
2	—	666	100.00–104.00	102.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	566	121.00–135.00	128.58
4	—	472	130.00–142.50	138.34
1	—	706	110.00	110.00
1	—	338	152.50	152.50
14	—	530	124.00–133.00	127.54
2	—	437	141.00–144.00	142.53
1	—	602	125.00	125.00
4	—	365	137.00–147.50	139.70
1	—	652	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	808	86.00	86.00
1	—	670	82.00	82.00
2	—	452	87.00–107.50	97.25
1	—	736	84.00	84.00
1	—	420	85.00	85.00
1	—	756	82.00	82.00
1	—	590	92.50	92.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	78.00–82.00	79.32
1	—	946	66.00	66.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	625.00–660.00	645.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	782	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	735.00–800.00	767.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	475.00–910.00	742.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	600.00–1,025.00	821.15
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	425.00–660.00	528.33
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00

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.

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