Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2019-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Special Sale Report, 500 to 600 lbs Number 1-2 Feeder Steers sold steady on a light test; other Feeder Steers not tested. Number 1-2 Feeder Heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower on a light test; Number 2 Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower on a light test; other Feeder Heifers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Bulls not tested; other Feeder Bulls sold steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder Holstein Steers not tested. Replacement cattle not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $93.72/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$93.72

31 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$17.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.06

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	598	104.09	622	13thin
Medium and Large 2	492	86.23	424	18thin

One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $198 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 sale31 hd

93.72

—

NY average4 barns · 100 hd

80.66

+13.06

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

43 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Feeder and Replacement Cattle Special - Cherry Creek, 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	103.85/cwt	95.00–110.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	264	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	922	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	96.35/cwt	90.00–102.50	698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	822	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	115.05/cwt	112.50–120.00	673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	78.38/cwt	67.50–87.50	562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	104.67/cwt	104.00–105.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	988	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	108.30/cwt	105.00–112.50	520	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	85.70/cwt	77.50–90.00	331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	81.23/cwt	80.00–82.50	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	152	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	80.77/cwt	75.00–92.50	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	832	71.19/cwt	67.50–75.00	592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	232	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	83.95/cwt	70.00–97.50	395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	100.05/cwt	95.00–105.00	428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	85.83/cwt	85.00–87.50	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	93.74/cwt	92.50–95.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	80.86/cwt	67.50–95.00	374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	92.06/cwt	82.50–102.50	478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	105.05/cwt	102.50–107.50	656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	78.33/cwt	65.00–90.00	334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	97.47/cwt	95.00–100.00	648	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 Feeder and Replacement Cattle Special - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Jun 26, 2019

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	338	72.50	72.50
3	—	386	77.50–90.00	85.70
3	—	613	75.00–92.50	80.77
4	—	471	70.00–97.50	83.95
7	—	519	82.50–102.50	92.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	95.00–110.00	103.85
1	—	264	110.00	110.00
1	—	594	110.00	110.00
1	—	722	95.00	95.00
1	—	750	107.50	107.50
2	—	428	95.00–105.00	100.05
3	—	624	102.50–107.50	105.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	758	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	112.50–120.00	115.05
1	—	786	110.00	110.00
3	—	513	104.00–105.00	104.67
1	—	842	110.00	110.00
1	—	868	105.00	105.00
1	—	946	112.50	112.50
1	—	1,040	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	67.50–87.50	78.38
1	—	506	87.50	87.50
1	—	572	95.00	95.00
1	—	674	90.00	90.00
2	—	463	67.50–95.00	80.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	922	85.00	85.00
1	—	988	77.00	77.00
2	—	665	80.00–82.50	81.23
1	—	152	95.00	95.00
2	—	832	67.50–75.00	71.19
1	—	232	102.50	102.50
3	—	615	85.00–87.50	85.83
1	—	470	67.50	67.50
4	—	427	65.00–90.00	78.33
1	—	760	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	724	90.00–102.50	96.35
3	—	480	105.00–112.50	108.30
1	—	334	120.00	120.00
1	—	520	102.50	102.50
2	—	633	92.50–95.00	93.74
2	—	665	95.00–100.00	97.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	822	132.50	132.50
1	—	1,028	109.00	109.00

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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