Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Report for the monthly Special Dairy Heifer Sale. 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	1,549	65.73	1,018	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,761	53.56	943	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,378	48.10	663	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	33.35	373	36

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	90.73/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 2	97	63.34/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 3	95	40.87/cwt	15
Bulls	Utility	88	13.74/cwt	43
Heifers	Number 1	88	169.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	93	28.16/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 3	89	15.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	81	11.01/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,396	61.81/cwt	60.00–63.50	863	3
Bulls	—	—	1,701	69.65/cwt	67.50–71.00	1,185	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	81.25/cwt	75.00–87.50	78	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	66.30/cwt	60.00–70.00	68	4
Bulls	Utility	—	123	17.52/cwt	15.00–20.00	22	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	100	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	11.76/cwt	10.00–12.50	10	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	33.67/cwt	30.00–37.00	379	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,784	58.15/cwt	55.00–60.50	1,037	13
Heifers	Number 2	—	76	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	91	25.05/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	103	27.34/cwt	22.50–37.50	28	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	42.38/cwt	35.50–45.50	570	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	50.03/cwt	46.50–54.50	692	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,707	41.52/cwt	38.00–45.00	709	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,749	51.46/cwt	46.50–54.50	900	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	15.34/cwt	5.00–27.00	153	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	42.64/cwt	40.00–45.00	499	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	138	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	69	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	58.75/cwt	55.00–62.50	52	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	59.43/cwt	50.00–70.00	56	16
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	40.39/cwt	27.50–47.50	34	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	107	40.06/cwt	30.00–50.00	43	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	58.24/cwt	56.50–60.50	856	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	41.30/cwt	30.00–50.00	39	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	78.45/cwt	72.50–87.50	81	13
Bulls	Utility	—	103	15.81/cwt	10.00–20.00	16	6
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	10
Bulls	Utility	—	93	14.06/cwt	5.00–20.00	13	10
Bulls	Utility	—	84	14.68/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	15
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	126	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	182	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	98	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	137	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	172.42/cwt	165.00–180.00	160	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	166.72/cwt	165.00–170.00	142	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.

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Jan 15, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 175Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 130Last week 149Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,396	60.00–63.50	61.81
3	—	1,701	67.50–71.00	69.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,126	30.00–37.00	33.67
7	—	999	5.00–27.00	15.34
13	—	1,170	40.00–45.00	42.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,784	55.00–60.50	58.15
2	—	1,707	38.00–45.00	41.52
17	—	1,749	46.50–54.50	51.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,345	35.50–45.50	42.38
27	—	1,383	46.50–54.50	50.03
5	—	1,469	56.50–60.50	58.24

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	75.00–87.50	81.25
13	—	103	72.50–87.50	78.45
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	60.00	60.00
4	—	102	60.00–70.00	66.30
1	—	138	50.00	50.00
2	—	88	55.00–62.50	58.75
16	—	94	50.00–70.00	59.43
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	123	15.00–20.00	17.52
6	—	103	10.00–20.00	15.81
10	—	74	10.00	10.00
10	—	93	5.00–20.00	14.06
15	—	84	10.00–20.00	14.68
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	27.50–47.50	40.39
3	—	107	30.00–50.00	40.06
9	—	95	30.00–50.00	41.30
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	170.00	170.00
1	—	96	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	82	15.00	15.00
2	—	95	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	100	15.00	15.00
4	—	82	10.00–12.50	11.76
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	35.00	35.00
1	—	86	30.00	30.00
2	—	91	20.00–30.00	25.05
3	—	103	22.50–37.50	27.34
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	165.00–180.00	172.42
3	—	85	165.00–170.00	166.72

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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