Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Breaker Slaughter Cows sold steady to 2.00 lower; Boner Slaughter Cows sold steady to 8.00 lower; Lean Slaughter Cows sold steady. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower, except Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls not tested. Number 1 Holstein Bull Calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher; Number 2 and 3 Holstein Bull Calves sold 10.00-12.00 higher; Utility Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 7.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer 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	1,566	68.08	1,066	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,716	58.37	1,001	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,395	52.83	737	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,049	39.14	411	21

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	95.06/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 2	97	72.52/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	99	39.61/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	87	14.13/cwt	37
Heifers	Number 1	94	180.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	74	42.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	92	27.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	98	15.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,387	61.58/cwt	60.00–63.50	854	2
Bulls	—	—	1,617	69.94/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,131	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	88.14/cwt	77.50–100.00	99	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	80	1
Bulls	Utility	—	92	16.54/cwt	15.00–22.50	15	8
Bulls	Utility	—	76	9.76/cwt	5.00–12.50	7	10
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	118	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	92	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	25	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,656	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	803	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	46.60/cwt	44.00–50.50	509	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,779	65.60/cwt	63.50–71.00	1,167	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	55.66/cwt	52.00–60.00	941	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	19.50/cwt	12.00–26.00	187	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	37.17/cwt	30.00–41.00	382	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	91.83/cwt	80.00–107.50	95	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	84.50/cwt	77.50–95.00	81	13
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	40.74/cwt	30.00–52.50	42	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,484	59.16/cwt	58.00–61.50	878	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	44.86/cwt	40.50–47.50	572	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	53.63/cwt	48.50–57.50	755	42
Bulls	Utility	—	67	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	136	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	65.19/cwt	60.00–70.00	68	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	64.12/cwt	57.50–77.50	55	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	68.03/cwt	57.50–75.00	63	10
Bulls	Utility	—	83	15.26/cwt	10.00–22.50	13	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	38	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	122	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	61	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	113	34.87/cwt	30.00–40.00	39	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	38.14/cwt	30.00–50.00	32	4
Bulls	Utility	—	112	18.75/cwt	15.00–22.50	21	2
Bulls	Utility	—	104	18.56/cwt	10.00–25.00	19	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	174	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	128	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	166	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	155	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	173	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	169	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	72	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	40	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	86	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	47	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	56	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	31	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	60	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	18	1

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Feb 5, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 137Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 125Last week 110Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,387	60.00–63.50	61.58
7	—	1,617	68.00–74.00	69.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,656	48.50	48.50
7	—	1,779	63.50–71.00	65.60
15	—	1,690	52.00–60.00	55.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,093	44.00–50.50	46.60
3	—	959	12.00–26.00	19.50
8	—	1,028	30.00–41.00	37.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,484	58.00–61.50	59.16
9	—	1,275	40.50–47.50	44.86
42	—	1,408	48.50–57.50	53.63

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	112	77.50–100.00	88.14
10	—	103	80.00–107.50	91.83
13	—	96	77.50–95.00	84.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	114	70.00	70.00
1	—	136	75.00	75.00
2	—	104	60.00–70.00	65.19
6	—	86	57.50–77.50	64.12
10	—	93	57.50–75.00	68.03
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	92	15.00–22.50	16.54
10	—	76	5.00–12.50	9.76
2	—	67	5.00	5.00
10	—	83	10.00–22.50	15.26
2	—	112	15.00–22.50	18.75
5	—	104	10.00–25.00	18.56
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	102	30.00–52.50	40.74
1	—	96	40.00	40.00
1	—	122	50.00	50.00
2	—	113	30.00–40.00	34.87
4	—	84	30.00–50.00	38.14
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	150.00	150.00
1	—	90	172.50	172.50
1	—	108	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	125.00	125.00
1	—	128	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	118	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	27.50	27.50
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	55.00	55.00
1	—	86	55.00	55.00
1	—	56	55.00	55.00
1	—	60	30.00	30.00

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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