Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2019-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Breaker Slaughter Cows sold 7.00 higher; other Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Number 2 and Utility Holstein Heifer Calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower; Number 1 and Red Heifers not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Demand was moderate.

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	1,304	76.61	999	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,668	59.94	1,000	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	54.05	677	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	35.20	383	41

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	107.20/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	92	84.73/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	89	60.92/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	84	23.41/cwt	44
Heifers	Number 1	80	87.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	92	44.35/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 3	78	23.80/cwt	10
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	88	22.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Livestock Auction - 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	Number 1	—	112	108.75/cwt	107.50–110.00	122	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	105.11/cwt	95.00–115.00	102	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	108.51/cwt	97.50–120.00	111	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	87	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	87.50/cwt	80.00–90.00	75	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	83.67/cwt	70.00–90.00	78	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	58.68/cwt	50.00–70.00	54	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	61.41/cwt	50.00–72.50	52	9
Bulls	Utility	—	114	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	34	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	42	2
Bulls	Utility	—	62	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	4
Bulls	Utility	—	82	28.79/cwt	15.00–40.00	24	9
Bulls	Utility	—	75	19.27/cwt	15.00–40.00	14	12
Bulls	Utility	—	94	24.36/cwt	15.00–40.00	23	16
Heifers	Number 1	—	80	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	70	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	105	46.21/cwt	42.50–50.00	49	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	42.50/cwt	37.50–50.00	36	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	91	44.96/cwt	40.00–50.00	41	3
Heifers	Number 3	—	80	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	73	24.00/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	23	1
Bulls	—	—	1,171	76.69/cwt	76.00–77.50	898	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	52.43/cwt	47.00–57.50	645	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	59.40/cwt	56.00–64.50	985	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	32.29/cwt	28.50–38.00	354	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	42.89/cwt	39.00–47.50	456	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	61.42/cwt	58.00–67.00	804	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,646	67.47/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,111	5
Bulls	—	—	1,846	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,532	1
Bulls	—	—	1,162	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	813	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	44.12/cwt	40.00–46.00	530	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,711	51.48/cwt	45.00–54.50	881	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	20.54/cwt	10.00–26.00	234	7

How this sale compares

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed May 29, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 111Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 144Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	107.50–110.00	108.75
9	—	97	95.00–115.00	105.11
12	—	102	97.50–120.00	108.51
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	90.00	90.00
1	—	116	75.00	75.00
7	—	86	80.00–90.00	87.50
14	—	93	70.00–90.00	83.67
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	70.00	70.00
6	—	92	50.00–70.00	58.68
9	—	85	50.00–72.50	61.41
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	30.00	30.00
2	—	104	40.00	40.00
4	—	62	10.00	10.00
9	—	82	15.00–40.00	28.79
12	—	75	15.00–40.00	19.27
16	—	94	15.00–40.00	24.36
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	42.50–50.00	46.21
3	—	84	37.50–50.00	42.50
3	—	91	40.00–50.00	44.96
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	30.00	30.00
2	—	94	20.00	20.00
7	—	73	20.00–30.00	24.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
1	—	92	25.00	25.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,171	76.00–77.50	76.69
1	—	1,846	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,162	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,230	47.00–57.50	52.43
19	—	1,309	58.00–67.00	61.42
10	—	1,202	40.00–46.00	44.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,658	56.00–64.50	59.40
5	—	1,646	66.00–70.00	67.47
4	—	1,711	45.00–54.50	51.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,095	28.50–38.00	32.29
19	—	1,063	39.00–47.50	42.89
7	—	1,137	10.00–26.00	20.54

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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