Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2022-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to previous reports. Today's sale included the monthly Saturday Special Feeder and Replacement Sale. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.02/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$121.02

127 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

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

$38.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	138.87	883	39
Medium and Large 1-2	636	126.11	802	44
Medium and Large 2	559	100.10	559	44

One grade step is worth $38.77/cwt here — about $324 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 sale127 hd

121.02

—

NY average1 barns · 127 hd

121.02

+0.00

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

134 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	139.16/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	154.97/cwt	152.50–157.50	1,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	150.73/cwt	144.00–157.50	1,293	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	145.85/cwt	145.00–147.50	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.25/cwt	112.50–120.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	121.29/cwt	120.00–122.50	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	127.48/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	134.26/cwt	127.50–142.50	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	298	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	128.61/cwt	125.00–134.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	141.85/cwt	135.00–147.50	818	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	866	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,012	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	224	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	978	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	118.52/cwt	100.00–127.50	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	130.66/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,067	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	136.77/cwt	134.00–140.00	844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	888	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	125.49/cwt	125.00–126.00	976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	115.48/cwt	105.00–125.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	113.44/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	128.65/cwt	124.00–132.50	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	256	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	138.33/cwt	132.50–142.50	638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	138.74/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	131.48/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	152.55/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	153.73/cwt	150.00–162.50	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	135.83/cwt	132.50–145.00	907	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,109	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	152.54/cwt	150.00–157.50	816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	149.16/cwt	147.50–150.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	159.27/cwt	152.50–167.50	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	149.96/cwt	145.00–155.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	141.86/cwt	137.50–147.50	753	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,271	115.29/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,465	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	144.33/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,176	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	724	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	130.73/cwt	129.00–132.50	1,344	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	374	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	234	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	330	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	198	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,096	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,249	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	724	100.73/cwt	97.50–104.00	729	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	980	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,156	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	865	112.12/cwt	93.00–122.00	970	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	548	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	411	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	776	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	951	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	616	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	912	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	150.20/cwt	146.00–155.00	490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	744	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	142.45/cwt	141.00–144.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	501	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	110.60/cwt	80.00–125.00	999	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	98.03/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,094	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	608	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,041.67/cwt	850.00–1,325.00	—	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	116.16/cwt	112.00–121.00	1,766	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	105.84/cwt	90.00–121.00	452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	112.29/cwt	72.50–126.00	647	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	826	105.42/cwt	102.00–109.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	664	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	98.92/cwt	96.00–102.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	789	95.48/cwt	92.50–98.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	924	104.34/cwt	97.00–111.00	964	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	877	101.34/cwt	100.00–103.00	889	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	115.35/cwt	111.00–119.00	945	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	118.23/cwt	100.00–127.50	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	976	105.28/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,028	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	131.99/cwt	128.00–136.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	135.12/cwt	130.00–140.00	713	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	614	107.48/cwt	100.00–115.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	133.79/cwt	132.50–135.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	123.84/cwt	120.00–127.50	346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	809	122.17/cwt	121.00–123.00	988	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	252	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	119.92/cwt	115.00–130.00	863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	146.73/cwt	142.00–150.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	111.05/cwt	104.00–118.00	962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	133.36/cwt	130.00–137.00	898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	160.14/cwt	145.00–180.00	765	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	131.74/cwt	131.00–132.50	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.98/cwt	141.00–151.00	629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	131.13/cwt	123.00–137.50	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	107.77/cwt	72.50–126.00	567	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	105.33/cwt	100.00–111.00	763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	94.81/cwt	67.50–121.00	318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,196	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	141.79/cwt	138.00–149.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	87.91/cwt	70.00–107.50	236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	958	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	143.21/cwt	140.00–147.00	748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	95.23/cwt	80.00–110.00	358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	824	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	105.99/cwt	100.00–117.50	444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	109.70/cwt	90.00–118.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	759	91.06/cwt	82.00–100.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	101.13/cwt	77.50–121.00	482	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	91.26/cwt	70.00–113.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	116.52/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	172	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	249	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	133.02/cwt	129.00–136.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.98/cwt	124.00–137.50	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	113.74/cwt	111.00–115.00	951	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	120.11/cwt	118.00–122.50	872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	126.23/cwt	117.00–132.50	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	133.52/cwt	127.00–137.50	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	88.62/cwt	77.50–100.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	136.04/cwt	133.00–140.00	507	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 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 196Year ago 398

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 0Year ago 105

No comparison to previous reports. Today's sale included the monthly Saturday Special Feeder and Replacement Sale. Demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	952	147.50	147.50
2	—	712	152.50–157.50	154.97
2	—	858	144.00–157.50	150.73
1	—	632	150.00	150.00
2	—	664	150.00–155.00	152.55
4	—	566	150.00–162.50	153.73
4	—	535	150.00–157.50	152.54
3	—	779	147.50–150.00	149.16
3	—	466	152.50–167.50	159.27
3	—	379	145.00–155.00	149.96
2	—	1,168	125.00–129.00	126.98
4	—	815	140.00–147.50	144.33
1	—	432	167.50	167.50
2	—	1,028	129.00–132.50	130.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,028	122.00	122.00
1	—	852	124.00	124.00
2	—	771	136.00–142.50	139.16
3	—	435	145.00–147.50	145.85
1	—	844	122.50	122.50
1	—	398	137.50	137.50
2	—	908	122.00–133.00	127.48
7	—	620	127.50–142.50	134.26
4	—	577	135.00–147.50	141.85
1	—	256	135.00	135.00
3	—	461	132.50–142.50	138.33
6	—	722	135.00–145.00	138.74
2	—	972	127.00–136.00	131.48
6	—	668	132.50–145.00	135.83
4	—	531	137.50–147.50	141.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	654	120.00	120.00
2	—	538	112.50–120.00	116.25
2	—	421	120.00–122.50	121.29
1	—	298	110.00	110.00
1	—	474	115.00	115.00
1	—	718	127.50	127.50
1	—	866	102.50	102.50
1	—	1,012	113.00	113.00
1	—	224	127.50	127.50
1	—	978	115.00	115.00
3	—	584	100.00–127.50	118.52
4	—	629	105.00–125.00	115.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	724	125.00–134.00	128.61
3	—	817	130.00–132.00	130.66
4	—	617	134.00–140.00	136.77
2	—	982	118.00–120.00	118.99
2	—	778	125.00–126.00	125.49
5	—	673	130.00–137.00	133.36
5	—	478	145.00–180.00	160.14
4	—	425	141.00–151.00	147.98
1	—	1,196	119.00	119.00
6	—	575	138.00–149.00	141.79
4	—	522	140.00–147.00	143.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,002	113.00	113.00
2	—	973	111.00–116.00	113.44
4	—	619	124.00–132.50	128.65
2	—	778	118.00–122.00	120.01
1	—	324	131.00	131.00
2	—	872	114.00–119.00	116.52
1	—	172	145.00	145.00
4	—	570	129.00–136.00	133.02
5	—	471	124.00–137.50	128.98
4	—	836	111.00–115.00	113.74
4	—	726	118.00–122.50	120.11
6	—	681	117.00–132.50	126.23
5	—	532	127.00–137.50	133.52
3	—	373	133.00–140.00	136.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	888	85.00	85.00
7	—	526	72.50–126.00	107.77
6	—	724	100.00–111.00	105.33
2	—	335	67.50–121.00	94.81
2	—	268	70.00–107.50	87.91
1	—	958	94.00	94.00
3	—	376	80.00–110.00	95.23
1	—	824	80.00	80.00
3	—	419	100.00–117.50	105.99
4	—	583	90.00–118.00	109.70
2	—	759	82.00–100.00	91.06
8	—	477	77.50–121.00	101.13
2	—	627	70.00–113.00	91.26
2	—	690	77.50–100.00	88.62
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,109	118.00–120.00	119.00
3	—	1,271	110.00–120.00	115.29
1	—	374	62.50	62.50
1	—	330	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,096	114.00	114.00
2	—	724	97.50–104.00	100.73
1	—	980	118.00	118.00
3	—	865	93.00–122.00	112.12
1	—	548	75.00	75.00
1	—	776	122.50	122.50
1	—	616	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	912	152.00	152.00
2	—	326	146.00–155.00	150.20
1	—	744	139.00	139.00
2	—	532	141.00–144.00	142.45
2	—	558	141.00	141.00
1	—	350	143.00	143.00
3	—	809	121.00–123.00	122.17
1	—	252	157.50	157.50
4	—	465	142.00–150.00	146.73
1	—	644	141.00	141.00
1	—	428	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	90.00–121.00	105.84
7	—	576	72.50–126.00	112.29
1	—	356	112.00	112.00
2	—	826	102.00–109.00	105.42
1	—	664	94.00	94.00
2	—	720	96.00–102.00	98.92
1	—	474	115.00	115.00
3	—	789	92.50–98.00	95.48
6	—	924	97.00–111.00	104.34
3	—	877	100.00–103.00	101.34
4	—	507	100.00–127.50	118.23
3	—	976	100.00–110.00	105.28
2	—	614	100.00–115.00	107.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	120.00	120.00
1	—	790	115.00	115.00
3	—	819	111.00–119.00	115.35
2	—	615	128.00–136.00	131.99
7	—	528	130.00–140.00	135.12
1	—	306	123.00	123.00
2	—	428	132.50–135.00	133.79
2	—	279	120.00–127.50	123.84
4	—	720	115.00–130.00	119.92
2	—	866	104.00–118.00	111.05
2	—	654	130.00–136.00	132.98
2	—	476	131.00–132.50	131.74
5	—	572	123.00–137.50	131.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	903	80.00–125.00	110.60
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	80.00	80.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,116	90.00–105.00	98.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	838	72.50	72.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	850.00–1,325.00	1,041.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,520	112.00–121.00	116.16

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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Empire - Cherry Creek