Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the Saturday Special Feeder and Replacement Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.57/cwt on 158 head.

Average price

$107.57

158 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$35.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.95

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	124.14	622	55
Medium and Large 1-2	516	113.17	584	42
Medium and Large 2	503	88.77	447	61

One grade step is worth $35.37/cwt here — about $175 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 sale158 hd

107.57

—

NY average2 barns · 246 hd

113.52

−5.95

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

112 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	102.51/cwt	100.00–107.50	625	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	96.36/cwt	77.50–107.50	357	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	105.58/cwt	100.00–110.00	338	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	113.60/cwt	110.00–115.00	541	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	295	75.87/cwt	60.00–102.50	224	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	110.84/cwt	110.00–112.50	580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	111.83/cwt	107.50–115.00	456	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	86.30/cwt	77.50–95.00	500	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	868	68.62/cwt	62.00–75.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	88.75/cwt	87.50–90.00	447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	286	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	122.83/cwt	120.00–127.50	528	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	248	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	135.83/cwt	127.50–142.50	651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	110.66/cwt	105.00–115.00	841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	136.18/cwt	132.50–140.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	111.74/cwt	107.50–117.50	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	92.70/cwt	70.00–115.00	408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	132.34/cwt	127.50–137.50	413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	138.78/cwt	137.50–140.00	391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	137.55/cwt	135.00–140.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,203	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,012	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	567	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	804	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	120.02/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	135.00/cwt	125.00–145.00	581	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	137.23/cwt	127.50–145.00	785	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	774	66.00/cwt	64.00–67.50	511	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	679	63.67/cwt	55.00–75.00	432	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	574	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	301	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	711	63.14/cwt	52.50–74.00	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	126.89/cwt	121.00–132.50	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	121.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	413	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	121.83/cwt	120.00–127.50	453	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	854	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	125.66/cwt	117.50–135.00	596	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	110.56/cwt	106.00–115.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	125.50/cwt	110.00–132.50	656	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	109.41/cwt	105.00–112.50	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	226	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	71.21/cwt	61.00–82.50	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	118.89/cwt	115.00–122.50	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	123.62/cwt	120.00–140.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	123.02/cwt	112.50–140.00	705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	108.03/cwt	100.00–115.00	414	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	812	74.27/cwt	68.00–80.00	603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	698	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	728	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	99.04/cwt	87.50–107.50	471	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	89.70/cwt	70.00–105.00	290	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	97.56/cwt	80.00–110.00	363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	87.46/cwt	85.00–90.00	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,042	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	126.00/cwt	122.50–137.50	721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	276	92.12/cwt	75.00–110.00	254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	112.61/cwt	105.00–118.00	530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	109.16/cwt	107.50–110.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	969	79.49/cwt	76.00–83.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	117.60/cwt	110.00–122.50	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	115.47/cwt	107.50–120.00	495	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	87.36/cwt	77.50–97.50	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,046	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	101.51/cwt	90.00–107.50	429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	126.16/cwt	117.50–137.50	593	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	126.31/cwt	122.50–130.00	471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	81.92/cwt	62.50–100.00	424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	117.51/cwt	112.50–122.50	675	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	93.48/cwt	92.00–95.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	125.11/cwt	121.00–129.00	971	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	134.30/cwt	127.50–137.50	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	116.94/cwt	115.00–120.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	126.81/cwt	122.50–135.00	668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	916	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	236	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	454	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	732	76.93/cwt	75.00–80.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	816	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	100.80/cwt	95.00–107.50	426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	87.20/cwt	75.00–100.00	291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	786	74.49/cwt	74.00–75.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	74.17/cwt	64.00–82.00	950	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	680.97/cwt	500.00–725.00	7,334	7

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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 436Last week 40Year ago 298

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison available. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the Saturday Special Feeder and Replacement Sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	100.00–107.50	102.51
4	—	320	100.00–110.00	105.58
7	—	476	110.00–115.00	113.60
3	—	523	110.00–112.50	110.84
4	—	408	107.50–115.00	111.83
1	—	282	112.50	112.50
1	—	882	86.00	86.00
1	—	692	95.00	95.00
4	—	568	105.00–112.50	109.41
5	—	383	100.00–115.00	108.03
1	—	236	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	77.50–107.50	96.36
3	—	295	60.00–102.50	75.87
4	—	579	77.50–95.00	86.30
2	—	868	62.00–75.00	68.62
1	—	916	70.00	70.00
1	—	454	100.00	100.00
3	—	732	75.00–80.00	76.93
1	—	816	64.00	64.00
1	—	622	82.50	82.50
3	—	423	95.00–107.50	100.80
2	—	334	75.00–100.00	87.20
2	—	786	74.00–75.00	74.49
1	—	544	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	100.00	100.00
5	—	340	120.00–125.00	121.51
4	—	372	120.00–127.50	121.83
1	—	854	95.00	95.00
8	—	474	117.50–135.00	125.66
2	—	618	106.00–115.00	110.56
10	—	523	110.00–132.50	125.50
6	—	425	120.00–140.00	123.62
7	—	573	112.50–140.00	123.02
1	—	728	110.00	110.00
1	—	672	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	566	110.00	110.00
2	—	504	87.50–90.00	88.75
1	—	286	110.00	110.00
1	—	248	102.50	102.50
3	—	471	107.50–117.50	111.74
2	—	440	70.00–115.00	92.70
1	—	654	71.00	71.00
1	—	614	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	272	122.50	122.50
1	—	368	125.00	125.00
3	—	760	105.00–115.00	110.66
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
2	—	404	122.50	122.50
1	—	312	115.00	115.00
1	—	488	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	127.50–142.50	135.83
1	—	828	130.00	130.00
2	—	679	132.50–140.00	136.18
1	—	950	120.00	120.00
2	—	312	127.50–137.50	132.34
2	—	282	137.50–140.00	138.78
2	—	622	135.00–140.00	137.55
1	—	886	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,024	117.50	117.50
3	—	928	119.00–122.00	120.02
9	—	430	125.00–145.00	135.00
9	—	572	127.50–145.00	137.23
2	—	728	121.00–132.50	126.89
3	—	377	130.00–140.00	135.04
4	—	776	121.00–129.00	125.11
7	—	518	127.50–137.50	134.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	430	120.00–127.50	122.83
1	—	842	115.00	115.00
3	—	619	115.00–122.50	118.89
1	—	926	112.50	112.50
6	—	572	122.50–137.50	126.00
1	—	970	114.00	114.00
15	—	470	117.50–137.50	126.16
4	—	373	122.50–130.00	126.31
7	—	527	122.50–135.00	126.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	336	112.50	112.50
8	—	471	105.00–118.00	112.61
3	—	608	107.50–110.00	109.16
5	—	517	110.00–122.50	117.60
10	—	429	107.50–120.00	115.47
1	—	834	109.00	109.00
1	—	992	91.00	91.00
6	—	574	112.50–122.50	117.51
2	—	732	92.00–95.00	93.48
1	—	652	110.00	110.00
4	—	373	115.00–120.00	116.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	226	92.50	92.50
3	—	738	61.00–82.50	71.21
1	—	930	81.00	81.00
3	—	812	68.00–80.00	74.27
1	—	698	70.00	70.00
8	—	476	87.50–107.50	99.04
12	—	323	70.00–105.00	89.70
6	—	372	80.00–110.00	97.56
3	—	632	85.00–90.00	87.46
5	—	276	75.00–110.00	92.12
1	—	890	87.00	87.00
2	—	969	76.00–83.00	79.49
1	—	774	75.00	75.00
2	—	570	77.50–97.50	87.36
1	—	1,046	63.00	63.00
5	—	423	90.00–107.50	101.51
6	—	518	62.50–100.00	81.92
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,012	56.00	56.00
1	—	804	67.50	67.50
4	—	774	64.00–67.50	66.00
3	—	679	55.00–75.00	63.67
1	—	574	52.50	52.50
2	—	711	52.50–74.00	63.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,281	64.00–82.00	74.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,077	500.00–725.00	680.97

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