Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower on a light test, except Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls not tested. Number 1 and 2 Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 15.00 lower; other Holstein Bull Calves sold 5.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Feeder and Dairy 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	—	Average	1,575	70.41	1,109	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,738	64.86	1,127	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	51.90	692	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,064	35.57	378	20

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	90.63/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	100	58.64/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	93	28.40/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	89	12.01/cwt	44
Heifers	Number 2	98	29.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	79	11.31/cwt	3

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	—	—	1,367	63.55/cwt	60.00–66.50	869	2
Bulls	—	—	1,714	74.98/cwt	73.00–77.50	1,285	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	86	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	81	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	35.97/cwt	30.00–41.00	368	8
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	88	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	11	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	74	10.97/cwt	10.00–12.00	8	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	98	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	28	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	53.31/cwt	48.50–58.50	701	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	814	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,779	59.80/cwt	56.00–61.00	1,064	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,728	67.26/cwt	61.50–72.00	1,162	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	19.40/cwt	10.00–26.00	201	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	46.65/cwt	45.00–48.50	528	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	70.13/cwt	65.00–80.00	67	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	76.22/cwt	72.50–85.00	79	10
Bulls	Utility	—	115	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	51.72/cwt	45.00–57.50	44	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	62.02/cwt	59.00–69.50	911	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	40.66/cwt	30.00–46.00	510	18
Bulls	Utility	—	83	11.15/cwt	5.00–15.00	9	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	55.02/cwt	50.00–62.50	58	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	123	54.78/cwt	45.00–65.00	67	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	54.80/cwt	45.00–62.50	52	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	116	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	46	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	27.44/cwt	20.00–40.00	24	6
Bulls	Utility	—	93	13.17/cwt	5.00–17.50	12	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	27.47/cwt	22.50–40.00	26	8
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	132	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	20	1
Bulls	Utility	—	103	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	4
Bulls	Utility	—	76	9.73/cwt	5.00–17.50	7	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	104	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	140	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	101	158.29/cwt	155.00–160.00	160	3

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Jan 29, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 147Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 110Last week 132Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,367	60.00–66.50	63.55
3	—	1,714	73.00–77.50	74.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,024	30.00–41.00	35.97
5	—	1,034	10.00–26.00	19.40
7	—	1,131	45.00–48.50	46.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,315	48.50–58.50	53.31
15	—	1,469	59.00–69.50	62.02
18	—	1,254	30.00–46.00	40.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,628	50.00	50.00
8	—	1,779	56.00–61.00	59.80
23	—	1,728	61.50–72.00	67.26

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	75.00	75.00
1	—	124	65.00	65.00
4	—	96	65.00–80.00	70.13
10	—	104	72.50–85.00	76.22
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	60.00	60.00
3	—	85	45.00–57.50	51.72
3	—	105	50.00–62.50	55.02
3	—	123	45.00–65.00	54.78
9	—	94	45.00–62.50	54.80
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	30.00	30.00
1	—	116	40.00	40.00
6	—	86	20.00–40.00	27.44
8	—	94	22.50–40.00	27.47
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	115	15.00	15.00
14	—	83	5.00–15.00	11.15
14	—	93	5.00–17.50	13.17
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
1	—	132	15.00	15.00
4	—	103	15.00	15.00
8	—	76	5.00–17.50	9.73
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	155.00	155.00
3	—	101	155.00–160.00	158.29
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	12.00	12.00
2	—	74	10.00–12.00	10.97
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	29.00	29.00

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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