Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 50.00 to 60.00 higher.

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	1,211	113.00	1,368	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,605	117.77	1,890	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,599	102.53	1,639	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,452	95.13	1,381	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,332	87.79	1,169	24
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,156	109.07	1,261	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	376.10/cwt	46
Bulls	Number 2	97	334.16/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 3	93	167.02/cwt	15
Bulls	Utility	83	60.36/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	102	510.00/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	94	466.18/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	546	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	614	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	636	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	731	1
Bulls	—	—	1,211	113.00/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,368	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	95.13/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,381	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,599	102.53/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,639	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,332	87.79/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,169	24
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,156	109.07/cwt	102.00–116.00	1,261	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,605	117.77/cwt	116.50–120.00	1,890	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	105	515.19/cwt	500.00–545.00	541	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	577	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	542	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	607.32/cwt	600.00–615.00	516	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	115	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	575	1
Bulls	Utility	—	91	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	46	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	130.51/cwt	100.00–180.00	112	5
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	156	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	85	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	166	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	92	353.43/cwt	310.00–390.00	325	10
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	587.06/cwt	560.00–620.00	552	4
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	112	514.93/cwt	500.00–530.00	577	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	583	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	508.39/cwt	500.00–520.00	478	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	106	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	535	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	79	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	332	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	549.81/cwt	545.00–555.00	517	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	120.20/cwt	100.00–140.00	123	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	279.06/cwt	250.00–300.00	287	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	79	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	79	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	120	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	144	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	81	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	324	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	261.78/cwt	200.00–300.00	249	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	341.54/cwt	320.00–390.00	294	10
Bulls	Utility	—	70	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	362.28/cwt	345.00–380.00	442	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	142.45/cwt	100.00–175.00	135	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	277.28/cwt	245.00–300.00	233	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	111	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	161	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	360.79/cwt	315.00–390.00	411	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	367.25/cwt	350.00–395.00	386	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	354	1
Bulls	Utility	—	86	58.23/cwt	50.00–66.00	50	2

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 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10Last week 9Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 135Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 137Last week 155Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 50.00 to 60.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	112.50	112.50
1	—	636	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,211	105.00–121.00	113.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,452	92.00–97.00	95.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,599	98.00–110.00	102.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,332	84.00–91.00	87.79
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	116.50–120.00	117.77
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,156	102.00–116.00	109.07

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	105	500.00–545.00	515.19
1	—	115	500.00	500.00
2	—	94	545.00–555.00	549.81
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	103	560.00	560.00
1	—	96	565.00	565.00
2	—	85	600.00–615.00	607.32
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	91	50.00	50.00
1	—	70	75.00	75.00
2	—	86	50.00–66.00	58.23
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	86	100.00–180.00	130.51
2	—	102	100.00–140.00	120.20
1	—	79	100.00	100.00
1	—	120	120.00	120.00
3	—	95	100.00–175.00	142.45
1	—	111	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	92	310.00–390.00	353.43
10	—	86	320.00–390.00	341.54
2	—	122	345.00–380.00	362.28
9	—	114	315.00–390.00	360.79
11	—	105	350.00–395.00	367.25
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	79	420.00	420.00
1	—	81	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	250.00–300.00	279.06
6	—	95	200.00–300.00	261.78
6	—	84	245.00–300.00	277.28
1	—	118	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	170.00	170.00
1	—	85	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	560.00–620.00	587.06
1	—	106	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	500.00–530.00	514.93
3	—	94	500.00–520.00	508.39
1	—	106	505.00	505.00

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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