Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Average Dressing Bulls sold 8.00 lower; other Slaughter Bulls not tested. Number 1 and 2 Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 2.50 higher; other Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves and Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Dairy Cattle and Feeder Cattle 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	—	Low	1,314	60.92	801	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,723	51.54	888	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,365	46.55	635	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,039	29.89	310	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,311	101.87	1,336	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	78.63/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	94	58.27/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	92	31.60/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	86	13.16/cwt	36
Heifers	Number 2	86	22.94/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 3	80	11.25/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	71	8.80/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	—	120	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	68	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	66.30/cwt	62.50–70.00	64	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	69.46/cwt	60.00–75.00	72	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	162	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	126	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	66	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	54.42/cwt	50.00–57.50	56	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	47.05/cwt	42.50–50.00	41	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	49.37/cwt	45.00–55.00	45	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	107	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	98	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	33.79/cwt	25.00–40.00	29	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	34.48/cwt	22.50–40.00	32	5
Bulls	Utility	—	103	14.39/cwt	12.00–15.00	15	5
Bulls	Utility	—	93	15.44/cwt	15.00–17.50	14	6
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	10
Bulls	Utility	—	84	13.94/cwt	12.00–20.00	12	15
Bulls	—	—	1,130	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	576	1
Bulls	—	—	1,507	66.67/cwt	66.00–68.00	1,005	3
Bulls	—	—	1,216	59.08/cwt	55.00–62.00	718	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,311	101.87/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,336	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	18.75/cwt	17.50–20.00	15	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	96	30.00/cwt	25.00–32.50	29	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	82	19.73/cwt	17.50–23.00	16	4
Heifers	Number 3	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	88	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	11	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	71	8.80/cwt	5.00–12.50	6	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	36.62/cwt	33.50–40.00	464	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	52.28/cwt	51.00–53.50	766	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	47.52/cwt	43.00–50.00	641	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	714	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,732	56.30/cwt	56.00–57.00	975	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,727	50.83/cwt	47.50–53.00	878	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	38.76/cwt	36.00–43.00	417	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	20.20/cwt	10.00–26.00	188	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	32.17/cwt	27.50–35.00	355	11

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.

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Oct 30, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 138Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 112Last week 138Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	60.00	60.00
2	—	113	60.00	60.00
4	—	97	62.50–70.00	66.30
9	—	103	60.00–75.00	69.46
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	126	52.50	52.50
4	—	102	50.00–57.50	54.42
5	—	87	42.50–50.00	47.05
8	—	92	45.00–55.00	49.37
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	145.00	145.00
1	—	98	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	105	20.00	20.00
4	—	85	25.00–40.00	33.79
5	—	93	22.50–40.00	34.48
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	103	12.00–15.00	14.39
6	—	93	15.00–17.50	15.44
10	—	75	10.00	10.00
15	—	84	12.00–20.00	13.94
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	78	17.50–20.00	18.75
3	—	96	25.00–32.50	30.00
4	—	82	17.50–23.00	19.73
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
1	—	88	12.50	12.50
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	71	5.00–12.50	8.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	51.00	51.00
3	—	1,507	66.00–68.00	66.67
4	—	1,216	55.00–62.00	59.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,311	97.00–106.00	101.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,266	33.50–40.00	36.62
15	—	1,465	51.00–53.50	52.28
24	—	1,348	43.00–50.00	47.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	43.00	43.00
3	—	1,732	56.00–57.00	56.30
8	—	1,727	47.50–53.00	50.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,077	36.00–43.00	38.76
9	—	930	10.00–26.00	20.20
11	—	1,103	27.50–35.00	32.17

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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