Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2020-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report from June 13, 2020, Number 1 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested; Number 1-2 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold 6.00-9.00 higher on a light test, over 600 lbs not tested; Number 2 Feeder Steers not tested. Feeder Dairy Steers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers not tested; other Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower on a light test, over 600 lbs not tested. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold 5.00 higher on a light test; other Feeder Bulls not tested. Replacement Cattle not tested. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Beef Feeder and Replacement Special Sale. See Bath Special Board Sale Report for Annual Yearling Board Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.91/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$109.91

66 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$47.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.55

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	131.47	634	23
Medium and Large 1-2	554	109.56	607	24
Medium and Large 2	521	84.26	439	19thin

One grade step is worth $47.22/cwt here — about $196 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 sale66 hd

109.91

—

NY average5 barns · 147 hd

97.36

+12.55

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

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	110.21/cwt	107.50–113.00	525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	136.17/cwt	130.00–142.50	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	124.26/cwt	122.50–126.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	137.77/cwt	130.00–145.00	439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	272	143.85/cwt	135.00–150.00	391	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	140.92/cwt	130.00–147.50	535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	77.03/cwt	74.00–80.00	478	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	364	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	320	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	570	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	485	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	624	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	437	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	708	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	545	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	320	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	237	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	480	75.90/cwt	74.00–80.00	364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	102.17/cwt	97.50–106.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	74.77/cwt	72.00–76.50	836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	962	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	110.80/cwt	105.00–113.00	627	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	133.27/cwt	129.00–137.50	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	248	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	130.50/cwt	125.00–134.00	497	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	428	83.16/cwt	75.00–90.00	356	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	521	76.02/cwt	73.00–79.00	396	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	827	71.35/cwt	68.00–78.00	590	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	693	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	457	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	765.80/cwt	575.00–960.00	9,994	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,427	904.81/cwt	900.00–910.00	12,912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	132.78/cwt	128.00–138.00	425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	794	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	135.05/cwt	132.50–137.50	648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	92.64/cwt	88.00–95.00	538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	129.94/cwt	122.00–138.00	830	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	61.87/cwt	56.50–67.00	680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	136.93/cwt	133.00–139.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	115.03/cwt	107.50–120.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	121.14/cwt	117.50–125.00	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	592	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,056	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	123.73/cwt	120.00–127.50	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	110.46/cwt	103.00–114.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	88.48/cwt	77.50–95.00	449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	324	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	109.24/cwt	102.50–112.50	566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	127.77/cwt	125.00–134.00	602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	93.63/cwt	90.00–97.50	437	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	250	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	103.77/cwt	102.50–105.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	141.12/cwt	131.00–148.00	577	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	103.63/cwt	100.00–108.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	83.56/cwt	60.00–102.50	405	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	133.18/cwt	127.50–136.00	361	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 Sep 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 164Year ago 184

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 31Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	476	107.50–113.00	110.21
9	—	566	105.00–113.00	110.80
2	—	380	112.50	112.50
3	—	682	103.00–114.00	110.46
4	—	636	100.00–108.00	103.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	324	130.00–142.50	136.17
3	—	615	132.00	132.00
3	—	723	129.00	129.00
2	—	430	129.00–137.50	133.27
4	—	381	125.00–134.00	130.50
2	—	456	120.00–127.50	123.73
2	—	769	131.00	131.00
1	—	240	135.00	135.00
1	—	546	136.00	136.00
3	—	271	127.50–136.00	133.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	621	74.00–80.00	77.03
1	—	690	70.00	70.00
1	—	962	65.00	65.00
1	—	248	102.50	102.50
1	—	332	85.00	85.00
1	—	406	97.50	97.50
4	—	508	77.50–95.00	88.48
1	—	584	88.00	88.00
7	—	485	60.00–102.50	83.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	669	122.50–126.00	124.26
3	—	319	130.00–145.00	137.77
4	—	272	135.00–150.00	143.85
5	—	380	130.00–147.50	140.92
5	—	471	125.00–134.00	127.77
9	—	409	131.00–148.00	141.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	372	98.00	98.00
1	—	440	92.50	92.50
1	—	640	93.00	93.00
1	—	688	67.00	67.00
2	—	467	90.00–97.50	93.63
1	—	250	82.50	82.50
1	—	310	72.50	72.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	102.50–112.50	109.24
1	—	356	100.00	100.00
2	—	461	102.50–105.00	103.77
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	364	88.00	88.00
1	—	570	85.00	85.00
1	—	624	70.00	70.00
1	—	708	77.00	77.00
2	—	320	74.00	74.00
5	—	480	74.00–80.00	75.90
3	—	428	75.00–90.00	83.16
2	—	521	73.00–79.00	76.02
3	—	827	68.00–78.00	71.35
2	—	693	66.00	66.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	781	97.50–106.00	102.17
2	—	557	119.00–120.00	119.50
4	—	637	107.50–120.00	115.03
2	—	472	117.50–125.00	121.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	128.00–138.00	132.78
2	—	416	139.00	139.00
2	—	480	132.50–137.50	135.05
2	—	639	122.00–138.00	129.94
3	—	521	133.00–139.00	136.93
1	—	392	133.00	133.00
1	—	668	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	794	80.00	80.00
2	—	438	104.00–105.00	104.49
3	—	581	88.00–95.00	92.64
1	—	548	108.00	108.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,118	72.00–76.50	74.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,305	575.00–960.00	765.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,427	900.00–910.00	904.81
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,099	56.50–67.00	61.87
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	882	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,268	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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