Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,826	115.31	2,106	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	96.92	1,545	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,464	89.16	1,305	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,404	79.27	1,113	19
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,262	144.00	1,817	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,269	108.50	1,377	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	173.00	2,330	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,300	160.00	2,080	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	172.04	2,534	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,326	156.80	2,079	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	429.27/cwt	41
Bulls	Number 2	97	363.43/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 3	94	286.48/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	80	85.03/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	93	413.84/cwt	16
Heifers	Number 1	94	406.71/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 3	89	402.02/cwt	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	189.79/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Livestock 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	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	520	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	412.63/cwt	365.00–450.00	396	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	309.99/cwt	270.00–350.00	294	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	340.04/cwt	330.00–350.00	388	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	203.29/cwt	200.00–210.00	157	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	178.27/cwt	125.00–210.00	182	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	323.31/cwt	265.00–355.00	278	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	444	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	414.82/cwt	370.00–445.00	431	17
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	452	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	271.31/cwt	225.00–330.00	285	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	182.70/cwt	150.00–215.00	152	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	97	237.62/cwt	230.00–245.00	230	2
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	93	416.19/cwt	400.00–450.00	387	3
Bulls	Utility	—	78	91.72/cwt	80.00–100.00	72	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	395.71/cwt	360.00–410.00	340	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	79	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	514	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	77	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	431	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	111	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	444	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	430	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	91	526.68/cwt	490.00–560.00	479	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	113	494.87/cwt	485.00–505.00	559	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	106	454.17/cwt	430.00–480.00	481	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,473	172.04/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,534	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,269	108.50/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,377	5
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,262	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,817	1
Steers	Select	—	1,326	156.80/cwt	148.00–167.00	2,079	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,347	173.00/cwt	172.00–174.00	2,330	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,404	79.27/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,113	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	96.92/cwt	93.00–105.00	1,545	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,464	89.16/cwt	84.00–92.00	1,305	31
Bulls	—	—	1,826	115.31/cwt	114.00–117.00	2,106	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	740	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	685	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	830	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	747	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	680	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	595	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	115	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	259	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	93	504.07/cwt	460.00–530.00	469	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	87	523.13/cwt	500.00–545.00	455	5
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	116	494.55/cwt	480.00–510.00	574	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	73	182.24/cwt	130.00–250.00	133	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	602.91/cwt	580.00–625.00	500	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	568.27/cwt	560.00–575.00	534	3
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	430.00/cwt	385.00–475.00	396	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	484	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	91	597.68/cwt	565.00–630.00	544	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	69	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	152	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	81	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	77	102.44/cwt	100.00–105.00	79	2
Bulls	Utility	—	84	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	63	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	125	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	106	529.76/cwt	520.00–540.00	562	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	227.14/cwt	205.00–260.00	218	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	220	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	100	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	85	415.27/cwt	400.00–430.00	353	2
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	77	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	296	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 Sale - Bath, NY

Thu Jan 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 19Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 108Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 161Last week 171Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	520.00	520.00
1	—	77	560.00	560.00
1	—	86	500.00	500.00
3	—	91	490.00–560.00	526.68
2	—	113	485.00–505.00	494.87
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	96	365.00–450.00	412.63
1	—	120	370.00	370.00
17	—	104	370.00–445.00	414.82
1	—	113	400.00	400.00
5	—	86	360.00–410.00	395.71
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	95	270.00–350.00	309.99
2	—	114	330.00–350.00	340.04
5	—	86	265.00–355.00	323.31
5	—	105	225.00–330.00	271.31
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	77	200.00–210.00	203.29
3	—	102	125.00–210.00	178.27
2	—	83	150.00–215.00	182.70
2	—	97	230.00–245.00	237.62
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	78	80.00–100.00	91.72
2	—	84	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	79	650.00	650.00
1	—	82	590.00	590.00
2	—	91	565.00–630.00	597.68
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	111	400.00	400.00
2	—	106	430.00–480.00	454.17
3	—	92	385.00–475.00	430.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	400.00–450.00	416.19
1	—	100	350.00	350.00
2	—	85	400.00–430.00	415.27
1	—	77	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	225.00	225.00
3	—	96	205.00–260.00	227.14
1	—	88	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	460.00–530.00	504.07
5	—	87	500.00–545.00	523.13
2	—	116	480.00–510.00	494.55
2	—	106	520.00–540.00	529.76
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	73	130.00–250.00	182.24
1	—	69	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	580.00–625.00	602.91
3	—	94	560.00–575.00	568.27
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	90.00	90.00
2	—	77	100.00–105.00	102.44
1	—	83	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	170.00–174.00	172.04
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,326	148.00–167.00	156.80
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,269	104.00–112.00	108.50
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,262	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,347	172.00–174.00	173.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,404	74.00–82.00	79.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,594	93.00–105.00	96.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,464	84.00–92.00	89.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,826	114.00–117.00	115.31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	90.00–95.00	92.50
1	—	830	90.00	90.00
1	—	680	87.50	87.50

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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