Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

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. Number 1 Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 7.00 lower; other Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. 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	1,873	70.45	1,320	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,746	57.74	1,008	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,315	52.71	693	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	34.79	344	17

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	89.78/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	95	67.34/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 3	91	30.62/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	85	19.90/cwt	20
Heifers	Number 1	88	158.75/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	91	48.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	82	17.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	10.67/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	86	79.38/cwt	75.00–82.50	68	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	131	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	70.62/cwt	65.00–75.00	74	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	25	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	30.07/cwt	27.50–32.50	28	3
Bulls	Utility	—	103	15.89/cwt	10.00–20.00	16	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	84.35/cwt	80.00–90.00	86	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	61	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	69.23/cwt	62.50–75.00	65	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	29.22/cwt	27.50–32.50	25	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	158.75/cwt	157.50–160.00	140	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	94	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	11.01/cwt	10.00–12.00	9	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	26	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	94	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	82	17.50/cwt	17.50–17.50	14	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	57.91/cwt	55.50–62.50	775	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,868	66.74/cwt	65.00–68.50	1,247	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	33.08/cwt	30.00–38.00	313	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	47.02/cwt	42.00–49.50	608	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	50.16/cwt	50.00–50.50	818	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	15.25/cwt	10.00–20.00	163	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	52.54/cwt	50.00–55.00	689	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,725	55.84/cwt	52.50–60.00	963	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	45.62/cwt	42.00–51.00	445	8
Bulls	Utility	—	98	23.75/cwt	20.00–27.50	23	2
Bulls	Utility	—	73	20.82/cwt	10.00–27.50	15	10
Bulls	—	—	1,873	70.45/cwt	69.00–72.50	1,320	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	81.90/cwt	80.00–92.50	77	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	186	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	64.85/cwt	57.50–77.50	55	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	32.60/cwt	30.00–35.00	34	2
Bulls	Utility	—	118	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	18.66/cwt	7.50–25.00	16	4

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Mar 11, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 135Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 97Last week 116Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	86	75.00–82.50	79.38
1	—	112	90.00	90.00
8	—	102	80.00–90.00	84.35
8	—	94	80.00–92.50	81.90
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	152.50	152.50
1	—	106	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	105	65.00–75.00	70.62
2	—	110	50.00–60.00	55.00
14	—	94	62.50–75.00	69.23
6	—	85	57.50–77.50	64.85
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	32.50	32.50
3	—	93	27.50–32.50	30.07
3	—	85	27.50–32.50	29.22
2	—	104	30.00–35.00	32.60
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	10.00–20.00	15.89
2	—	98	20.00–27.50	23.75
10	—	73	10.00–27.50	20.82
1	—	118	20.00	20.00
4	—	85	7.50–25.00	18.66
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	157.50–160.00	158.75
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	10.00–12.00	11.01
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	30.00	30.00
1	—	94	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	17.50	17.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,339	55.50–62.50	57.91
13	—	1,293	42.00–49.50	47.02
24	—	1,311	50.00–55.00	52.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,868	65.00–68.50	66.74
3	—	1,630	50.00–50.50	50.16
7	—	1,725	52.50–60.00	55.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	946	30.00–38.00	33.08
4	—	1,069	10.00–20.00	15.25
8	—	975	42.00–51.00	45.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,873	69.00–72.50	70.45

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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