Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2022-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to previous reports. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Feeder and Replacement Special Saturday Sale and a small herd dispersal.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.84/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$129.84

137 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$45.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.51

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	477	145.81	696	61
Medium and Large 1-2	462	129.49	598	43
Medium and Large 2	470	100.78	473	33

One grade step is worth $45.03/cwt here — about $223 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 sale137 hd

129.84

—

NY average2 barns · 306 hd

142.36

−12.51

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,244	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,196	$947	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,149	$837	15
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,140	$1,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,062	$900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$675	2thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	132.88/cwt	125.00–147.50	613	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	116.26/cwt	112.50–120.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	824	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	96.15/cwt	87.50–105.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	149.52/cwt	140.00–160.00	637	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	781	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	150.38/cwt	140.00–152.50	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	115.65/cwt	105.00–125.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	983	91.05/cwt	80.00–103.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	144.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	131.32/cwt	127.50–135.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	134.98/cwt	132.50–137.50	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	149.35/cwt	140.00–155.00	476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	128.08/cwt	120.00–137.50	669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	133.52/cwt	130.00–137.50	559	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	921	103.31/cwt	99.00–109.00	951	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,189	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	274	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	163.00/cwt	150.00–168.00	696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	156.56/cwt	143.00–163.00	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	137.58/cwt	130.00–140.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	160.00/cwt	152.50–162.50	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	150.50/cwt	145.00–165.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	153.52/cwt	147.50–157.50	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	116.73/cwt	116.00–117.50	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	133.70/cwt	130.00–137.50	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	164.92/cwt	150.00–180.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	152.59/cwt	145.00–157.50	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	822	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	986	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.85/cwt	150.00–160.00	819	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	156.45/cwt	145.00–170.00	662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	664	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	531	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	837.41/head	600.00–1,150.00	837	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	675.00/head	600.00–750.00	675	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	946.94/head	400.00–1,200.00	947	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,356	89.66/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,216	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	120.92/cwt	114.00–125.00	879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	136.37/cwt	125.00–142.50	558	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	111.62/cwt	100.00–117.50	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	692	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	107.92/cwt	82.50–120.00	469	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	98.18/cwt	87.50–102.50	455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	126.34/cwt	124.00–130.00	855	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	248	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	127.31/cwt	119.00–141.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	96.07/cwt	70.00–117.50	303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	87.62/cwt	70.00–105.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	151.85/cwt	150.00–152.50	878	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	134.33/cwt	125.00–147.50	438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,057	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	125.91/cwt	122.50–130.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	106.71/cwt	80.00–120.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	105.82/cwt	100.00–110.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	105.79/cwt	85.00–117.50	294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	127.85/cwt	120.00–137.50	488	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	131.89/cwt	120.00–137.50	419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	876	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	229	73.49/cwt	60.00–82.50	168	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	108.02/cwt	70.00–125.00	409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	147.63/cwt	140.00–157.50	703	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	106.15/cwt	100.00–112.50	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	94.98/cwt	82.50–107.50	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	129.95/cwt	128.00–134.00	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	208	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	112.04/cwt	110.00–114.00	801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	165.46/cwt	157.50–180.00	616	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	103.95/cwt	80.00–120.00	331	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	138.93/cwt	137.50–140.00	877	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	138.93/cwt	132.50–145.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	149.82/cwt	140.00–157.50	568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	135.31/cwt	126.00–147.50	848	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.69/cwt	120.00–130.00	792	6

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.

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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 384Last week 260Year ago 567

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 74Year ago 69

No comparison to previous reports. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Feeder and Replacement Special Saturday Sale and a small herd dispersal.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	125.00–147.50	132.88
2	—	372	145.00	145.00
1	—	924	121.00	121.00
1	—	888	112.50	112.50
2	—	991	120.00	120.00
2	—	814	113.00	113.00
1	—	424	130.00	130.00
2	—	670	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,012	117.00	117.00
4	—	589	130.00–140.00	137.58
2	—	725	116.00–117.50	116.73
2	—	638	130.00–137.50	133.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	112.50–120.00	116.26
1	—	824	90.00	90.00
2	—	875	87.50–105.00	96.15
1	—	550	117.50	117.50
2	—	781	110.00	110.00
4	—	634	105.00–125.00	115.65
3	—	983	80.00–103.00	91.05
1	—	522	120.00	120.00
3	—	921	99.00–109.00	103.31
2	—	1,025	94.00	94.00
1	—	274	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	342	157.50	157.50
8	—	427	150.00–168.00	163.00
7	—	676	143.00–163.00	156.56
4	—	470	152.50–162.50	160.00
5	—	564	145.00–165.00	150.50
2	—	821	131.00	131.00
7	—	527	147.50–157.50	153.52
5	—	357	150.00–180.00	164.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	140.00–160.00	149.52
6	—	526	140.00–152.50	150.38
7	—	559	140.00–150.00	144.99
2	—	732	125.00	125.00
6	—	319	140.00–155.00	149.35
10	—	476	140.00–157.50	147.63
3	—	672	128.00–134.00	129.95
2	—	208	155.00	155.00
8	—	379	140.00–157.50	149.82
6	—	627	126.00–147.50	135.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	117.00	117.00
1	—	720	122.00	122.00
4	—	470	127.50–135.00	131.32
2	—	288	132.50–137.50	134.98
2	—	573	129.00–130.00	129.51
2	—	630	126.00	126.00
2	—	653	120.00	120.00
5	—	522	120.00–137.50	128.08
10	—	419	130.00–137.50	133.52
6	—	382	120.00–137.50	127.85
7	—	318	120.00–137.50	131.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	90.00	90.00
3	—	435	80.00–120.00	106.71
3	—	481	100.00–110.00	105.82
1	—	784	105.00	105.00
3	—	278	85.00–117.50	105.79
1	—	876	70.00	70.00
4	—	229	60.00–82.50	73.49
5	—	379	70.00–125.00	108.02
2	—	683	100.00–112.50	106.15
2	—	509	82.50–107.50	94.98
3	—	715	110.00–114.00	112.04
4	—	318	80.00–120.00	103.95
1	—	642	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	145.00–157.50	152.59
1	—	822	120.00	120.00
10	—	522	150.00–160.00	156.85
7	—	423	145.00–170.00	156.45
1	—	664	140.00	140.00
1	—	322	165.00	165.00
6	—	578	150.00–152.50	151.85
9	—	372	157.50–180.00	165.46
7	—	631	137.50–140.00	138.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	578	95.00	95.00
1	—	368	80.00	80.00
3	—	514	100.00–117.50	111.62
1	—	692	115.00	115.00
1	—	608	112.50	112.50
4	—	435	82.50–120.00	107.92
4	—	463	87.50–102.50	98.18
5	—	315	70.00–117.50	96.07
2	—	860	70.00–105.00	87.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	114.00–125.00	120.92
9	—	409	125.00–142.50	136.37
3	—	677	124.00–130.00	126.34
1	—	248	145.00	145.00
3	—	581	119.00–141.00	127.31
1	—	916	109.00	109.00
3	—	326	125.00–147.50	134.33
1	—	1,036	102.00	102.00
5	—	492	122.50–130.00	125.91
1	—	802	113.00	113.00
2	—	383	132.50–145.00	138.93
6	—	513	135.00	135.00
1	—	298	132.50	132.50
6	—	625	120.00–130.00	126.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,149	600.00–1,150.00	837.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,244	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,196	400.00–1,200.00	946.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	600.00–750.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,100.00	1,100.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,062	900.00	900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,356	83.00–94.00	89.66

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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