Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Dairy bull calves traded 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Beef bull calves traded 5.00 lower.

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	1,764	130.00	2,293	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,674	99.68	1,669	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,495	93.06	1,391	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,349	84.68	1,142	22
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,421	134.50	1,911	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,333	173.13	2,308	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	161.00	2,051	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,312	173.00	2,270	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,312	162.00	2,125	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 2	99	400.93/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 1	98	395.14/cwt	47
Bulls	Number 3	94	287.33/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	109	93.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	97	455.18/cwt	15
Heifers	Number 2	91	235.00/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,312	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,270	1
Bulls	—	—	1,764	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,293	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	93.06/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,391	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	99.68/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,669	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,349	84.68/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,142	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,051	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,333	173.13/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,308	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,312	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,125	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,421	134.50/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,911	4
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	87	529.92/cwt	500.00–550.00	461	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	555	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	582.50/cwt	555.00–610.00	513	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	577.43/cwt	575.00–580.00	543	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	532.46/cwt	530.00–535.00	506	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	258.40/cwt	230.00–305.00	245	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	64	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	121	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	182	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	545.00/cwt	540.00–550.00	474	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	155.51/cwt	125.00–185.00	137	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	111	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	538	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	530.65/cwt	500.00–550.00	499	5
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	81	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	365	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	111	254.86/cwt	240.00–270.00	283	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	76	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	179	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	87	147.43/cwt	135.00–150.00	128	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	174.07/cwt	150.00–200.00	165	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	359.07/cwt	320.00–400.00	309	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	386.58/cwt	345.00–410.00	402	13
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	104	534.77/cwt	505.00–550.00	556	6
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	115	519.69/cwt	505.00–535.00	598	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	103	473.31/cwt	460.00–480.00	488	3
Bulls	Utility	—	95	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	71	1
Bulls	Utility	—	118	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	118	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	524.70/cwt	500.00–545.00	546	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	374.00/cwt	310.00–410.00	355	16
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	125	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	575	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	249.32/cwt	220.00–275.00	217	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	369.88/cwt	365.00–375.00	425	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	352.44/cwt	345.00–360.00	426	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	76	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	57	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	263	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	91	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	419	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	76	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	342	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	102	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	92	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 Feb 1, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 132Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 163Last week 137Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Dairy bull calves traded 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Beef bull calves traded 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,312	173.00	173.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,312	162.00	162.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,764	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,495	90.00–96.00	93.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,674	97.00–106.00	99.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,349	80.00–89.00	84.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,274	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	170.00–177.00	173.13
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,421	131.00–138.00	134.50

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	500.00–550.00	529.92
2	—	95	530.00–535.00	532.46
6	—	104	505.00–550.00	534.77
4	—	115	505.00–535.00	519.69
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	555.00	555.00
2	—	88	555.00–610.00	582.50
2	—	94	575.00–580.00	577.43
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	95	230.00–305.00	258.40
2	—	111	240.00–270.00	254.86
1	—	76	235.00	235.00
4	—	87	220.00–275.00	249.32
1	—	105	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	100.00	100.00
1	—	95	75.00	75.00
2	—	118	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	87	135.00–150.00	147.43
2	—	95	150.00–200.00	174.07
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	86	320.00–400.00	359.07
13	—	104	345.00–410.00	386.58
16	—	95	310.00–410.00	374.00
3	—	115	365.00–375.00	369.88
2	—	121	345.00–360.00	352.44
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	460.00–480.00	473.31
1	—	125	460.00	460.00
1	—	91	460.00	460.00
1	—	76	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	75.00	75.00
1	—	76	75.00	75.00
1	—	102	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	121	150.00	150.00
2	—	88	125.00–185.00	155.51
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	540.00–550.00	545.00
5	—	94	500.00–550.00	530.65
5	—	104	500.00–545.00	524.70
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	111	485.00	485.00
1	—	81	450.00	450.00

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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Every lot, as filed

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Empire Livestock Sale - Bath, NY

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