Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 10.00-20.00 higher; other Feeder Steers not tested. Dairy Feeder Steers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 15.00-20.00 higher; Number 1-2 Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 higher on a light test, over 600.00 lbs sold 6.00 higher on a light test; Number 2 Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Number 2 Feeder Bulls over 600 lbs sold 7.00 higher on a light test; other Feeder Bulls not tested. Replacement Cattle not tested. Today's sale included a beef herd dispersal and the Spring Special Saturday Feeder Sale. Demand was moderate. Supply was light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.68/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$115.68

74 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$38.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.06

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	127.58	632	38
Medium and Large 1-2	557	108.62	605	26
Medium and Large 2	443	88.79	394	10thin

One grade step is worth $38.79/cwt here — about $238 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 sale74 hd

115.68

—

NY average5 barns · 257 hd

109.61

+6.06

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

77 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 1-2	—	660	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	125.42/cwt	120.00–130.00	411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	123.10/cwt	120.00–130.00	580	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	111.19/cwt	105.00–117.50	476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	94.21/cwt	80.00–102.50	412	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	400	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	136.05/cwt	130.00–142.50	570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	141.81/cwt	132.50–147.50	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	124.99/cwt	122.50–127.50	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	135.82/cwt	132.50–137.50	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	809	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	800.00/cwt	775.00–825.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	104.92/cwt	100.00–110.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	126.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	131.97/cwt	130.00–137.50	707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	105.63/cwt	105.00–107.50	457	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	84.49/cwt	84.00–85.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	706	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	103.30/cwt	95.00–112.50	481	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	73.74/cwt	68.00–82.00	869	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	432.10/cwt	250.00–500.00	3,859	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,550	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	518	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	306	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	134.45/cwt	132.50–140.00	432	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	773.91/cwt	475.00–875.00	—	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	96.14/cwt	90.00–102.50	849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	798	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	594	58.51/cwt	57.00–60.00	348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	135.36/cwt	125.00–140.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	145.81/cwt	145.00–147.50	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,227	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	634	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	368	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	282	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	88.19/cwt	70.00–100.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	905	1
Bulls	N/A	—	974	872.53/cwt	860.00–885.00	8,498	2
Bulls	N/A	—	838	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,028	1
Bulls	N/A	—	681	624.66/cwt	550.00–710.00	4,254	3
Bulls	N/A	—	1,210	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	10,406	1
Bulls	N/A	—	761	689.22/cwt	650.00–725.00	5,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	82.02/cwt	80.00–84.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	800	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	91.52/cwt	89.00–94.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	87.37/cwt	82.00–92.50	502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	108.41/cwt	102.50–112.50	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	111.16/cwt	107.50–115.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.02/cwt	125.00–135.00	875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	130.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	106.40/cwt	97.50–115.00	661	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	105.00/cwt	102.50–107.50	1,004	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	876	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	679	50.28/cwt	48.00–52.50	341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	133.66/cwt	130.00–137.50	501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	131.52/cwt	120.00–142.50	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	383	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	854	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	110.85/cwt	110.00–112.50	856	3

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

Sat Apr 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 148Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	102.50	102.50
1	—	382	110.00	110.00
6	—	428	105.00–117.50	111.19
2	—	722	100.00–110.00	104.92
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
3	—	475	102.50–112.50	108.41
2	—	518	107.50–115.00	111.16
1	—	314	110.00	110.00
5	—	621	97.50–115.00	106.40
3	—	772	110.00–112.50	110.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	120.00–130.00	125.42
5	—	471	120.00–130.00	123.10
3	—	443	132.50–137.50	135.82
1	—	622	130.00	130.00
6	—	372	120.00–130.00	126.67
5	—	536	130.00–137.50	131.97
1	—	724	125.00	125.00
5	—	668	125.00–135.00	131.02
3	—	559	125.00–135.00	130.86
2	—	806	115.00	115.00
1	—	276	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	80.00–102.50	94.21
1	—	282	70.00	70.00
4	—	468	70.00–100.00	88.19
1	—	368	90.00	90.00
1	—	600	92.50	92.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	51.00	51.00
1	—	518	59.00	59.00
2	—	594	57.00–60.00	58.51
1	—	634	58.00	58.00
1	—	390	55.00	55.00
2	—	679	48.00–52.50	50.28
1	—	854	54.00	54.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	396	72.50	72.50
1	—	564	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	932	105.00	105.00
1	—	414	110.00	110.00
2	—	883	90.00–102.50	96.14
1	—	742	107.50	107.50
2	—	956	102.50–107.50	105.00
1	—	796	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	130.00–142.50	136.05
4	—	529	132.50–147.50	141.81
2	—	806	122.50–127.50	124.99
1	—	866	132.50	132.50
5	—	321	132.50–140.00	134.45
7	—	479	125.00–140.00	135.36
3	—	567	145.00–147.50	145.81
1	—	1,014	121.00	121.00
6	—	375	130.00–137.50	133.66
3	—	679	120.00–142.50	131.52
2	—	738	135.00–140.00	137.50
1	—	284	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	105.00–107.50	105.63
7	—	466	95.00–112.50	103.30
2	—	536	100.00	100.00
2	—	706	89.00–94.00	91.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	84.00–85.00	84.49
1	—	706	76.00	76.00
2	—	672	80.00–84.00	82.02
1	—	800	77.00	77.00
1	—	390	72.50	72.50
2	—	575	82.00–92.50	87.37
1	—	532	74.00	74.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	775.00–825.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	635.00	635.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,178	68.00–82.00	73.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	893	250.00–500.00	432.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	350.00	350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	—	475.00–875.00	773.91

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	974	860.00–885.00	872.53
—	N/A	1	—	838	600.00	600.00
—	N/A	3	—	681	550.00–710.00	624.66
—	N/A	1	—	1,210	860.00	860.00
—	N/A	2	—	761	650.00–725.00	689.22

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Empire - Cherry Creek

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Empire Feeder and Replacement Cattle Special - Cherry Creek, NY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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