Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2021-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold 15.00-20.00 higher; other Feeder Steers not tested. Dairy Feeder Steers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady, over 600 lbs sold 5.00-6.00 higher on a light test; Number 1-2 Feeder Heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher; Number 2 Feeder Heifers not tested. Feeder Bulls not tested except Number 2 Feeder Bulls sold 2.00 higher on a light test. Bred Replacement Cows and Heifers sold strong. Open Replacement Cows not tested. Cow-Calf Pairs sold strong. Replacement Bulls not tested. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included 2 herd dispersals and the monthly Feeder and Replacement Special Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.69/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$113.69

75 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$43.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.26

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	127.77	660	35
Medium and Large 1-2	611	110.51	675	26
Medium and Large 2	607	84.40	512	14thin

One grade step is worth $43.36/cwt here — about $148 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 sale75 hd

113.69

—

NY average5 barns · 144 hd

98.43

+15.26

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

83 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	404	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	384	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	473	72.93/cwt	47.50–96.00	345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	87.29/cwt	75.00–95.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	83.96/cwt	83.00–85.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	111.79/cwt	105.00–114.00	688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	302	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	78.49/cwt	75.00–82.00	436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	122.04/cwt	117.00–127.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	115.61/cwt	111.00–120.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	116.51/cwt	111.00–120.00	661	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	826	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	127.01/cwt	124.00–131.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	135.28/cwt	130.00–143.00	429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	135.57/cwt	132.00–138.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	149.32/cwt	134.00–158.00	862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	119.47/cwt	115.00–121.00	866	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	130.36/cwt	128.00–132.00	478	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	116.50/cwt	107.00–126.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	136.52/cwt	130.00–146.00	528	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	145.46/cwt	140.00–148.00	777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	139.90/cwt	137.50–142.50	399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	129.71/cwt	129.00–131.00	577	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	967.40/cwt	775.00–1,150.00	11,270	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	130.88/cwt	130.00–132.50	620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	392	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	760.60/cwt	600.00–925.00	8,169	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	144.06/cwt	132.00–153.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,613	76.08/cwt	74.50–78.50	1,227	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,021	947.73/cwt	900.00–1,010.00	9,676	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	1,043.89/cwt	825.00–1,110.00	11,723	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	64.81/cwt	45.00–95.00	795	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,154	765.90/cwt	600.00–960.00	8,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	99.50/cwt	98.00–101.00	901	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	1,005.42/cwt	835.00–1,100.00	10,175	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	704	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	82.87/cwt	76.00–90.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	964	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	836	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	133.28/cwt	132.50–134.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	137.75/cwt	137.50–138.00	393	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	86.91/cwt	75.00–93.00	495	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,224.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,335.00	—	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,163.75/cwt	1,075.00–1,285.00	—	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,118.33/cwt	1,085.00–1,135.00	—	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,063.57/cwt	750.00–1,335.00	—	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	139.32/cwt	138.00–140.00	704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	594	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	743	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,168	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	607	1

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 165Last week 198Year ago 246

Replacement CattleReceipts 75Last week 51Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	404	95.00	95.00
2	—	473	47.50–96.00	72.93
1	—	1,168	52.00	52.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	624	65.00	65.00
1	—	464	93.00	93.00
2	—	428	83.00–85.00	83.96
1	—	302	79.00	79.00
2	—	555	75.00–82.00	78.49
1	—	826	82.50	82.50
1	—	704	80.00	80.00
1	—	964	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	548	115.00	115.00
1	—	466	115.00	115.00
1	—	228	127.50	127.50
1	—	608	100.00	100.00
1	—	716	91.00	91.00
1	—	694	95.00	95.00
2	—	434	107.00–126.00	116.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	317	130.00–143.00	135.28
5	—	436	132.00–138.00	135.57
2	—	615	109.00–110.00	109.50
2	—	381	132.50–134.00	133.28
2	—	285	137.50–138.00	137.75
1	—	678	110.00	110.00
3	—	505	138.00–140.00	139.32
3	—	470	139.00	139.00
1	—	594	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	75.00–95.00	87.29
1	—	348	95.00	95.00
1	—	486	97.50	97.50
2	—	632	76.00–90.00	82.87
1	—	920	63.00	63.00
5	—	570	75.00–93.00	86.91
1	—	1,050	64.00	64.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	110.00	110.00
8	—	615	105.00–114.00	111.79
1	—	300	122.50	122.50
3	—	480	111.00–120.00	115.61
7	—	567	111.00–120.00	116.51
1	—	362	115.00	115.00
1	—	446	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,106	79.00	79.00
1	—	942	86.00	86.00
1	—	1,074	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	123.00	123.00
7	—	531	124.00–131.00	127.01
4	—	725	115.00–121.00	119.47
1	—	320	132.50	132.50
3	—	367	128.00–132.00	130.36
2	—	285	137.50–142.50	139.90
7	—	445	129.00–131.00	129.71
4	—	474	130.00–132.50	130.88
3	—	602	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,200	79.00	79.00
1	—	836	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	504	117.00–127.00	122.04
1	—	452	125.00	125.00
1	—	338	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	134.00–158.00	149.32
8	—	387	130.00–146.00	136.52
1	—	958	101.00	101.00
3	—	534	140.00–148.00	145.46
1	—	448	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,050	100.00	100.00
2	—	699	144.00	144.00
1	—	270	145.00	145.00
1	—	610	152.00	152.00
6	—	475	132.00–153.00	144.06
2	—	906	98.00–101.00	99.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,165	775.00–1,150.00	967.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,074	600.00–925.00	760.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,123	825.00–1,110.00	1,043.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,613	74.50–78.50	76.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,021	900.00–1,010.00	947.73
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,227	45.00–95.00	64.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,154	600.00–960.00	765.90
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,012	835.00–1,100.00	1,005.42
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	872	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,100.00–1,335.00	1,224.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,075.00–1,285.00	1,163.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,085.00–1,135.00	1,118.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	750.00–1,335.00	1,063.57

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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