Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 8.00-9.00 higher, except Lean Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 7.00 lower, except Number 1 Holstein Bull Calves not tested. Holstein Heifer Calves and Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Sale Report for monthly Dairy Heifer Special 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	1,637	75.07	1,229	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,730	68.60	1,187	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,393	61.24	853	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	43.95	447	18

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	101.67/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 2	97	56.75/cwt	36
Bulls	Number 3	94	38.49/cwt	18
Bulls	Utility	90	16.63/cwt	28
Heifers	Number 3	77	12.25/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	9.00/cwt	5

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	—	98	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	69	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	115	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	63.24/cwt	60.00–70.00	71	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	56.24/cwt	50.00–70.00	52	15
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	39.34/cwt	30.00–47.50	41	4
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Utility	—	104	21.70/cwt	20.00–22.50	23	3
Bulls	—	—	1,580	72.61/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	122	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	57.71/cwt	50.00–65.00	60	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	31	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	39.70/cwt	30.00–45.00	34	6
Bulls	Utility	—	116	18.69/cwt	15.00–22.50	22	2
Bulls	Utility	—	84	17.02/cwt	5.00–22.50	14	10
Bulls	—	—	1,752	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	71	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	132	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	53.57/cwt	50.00–57.50	46	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	21	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	70	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	9	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	84	12.00/cwt	12.00–12.00	10	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	71	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	46.03/cwt	40.00–51.00	632	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	56.24/cwt	56.00–56.50	930	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	30.78/cwt	30.00–32.00	303	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	58.39/cwt	52.50–63.50	782	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	72.19/cwt	69.50–77.00	1,260	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	49.27/cwt	45.00–53.50	530	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	67.51/cwt	64.00–74.50	980	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,721	65.65/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,130	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	39.47/cwt	34.00–42.00	367	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	42.96/cwt	37.50–47.50	40	5
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	2
Bulls	Utility	—	94	18.11/cwt	10.00–22.50	17	9

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 Mar 18, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 135Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 97Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	70.00	70.00
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
1	—	102	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	140.00	140.00
1	—	102	120.00	120.00
1	—	94	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	113	60.00–70.00	63.24
15	—	93	50.00–70.00	56.24
11	—	104	50.00–65.00	57.71
7	—	86	50.00–57.50	53.57
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	103	30.00–47.50	39.34
2	—	112	27.50	27.50
6	—	85	30.00–45.00	39.70
1	—	78	27.50	27.50
5	—	94	37.50–47.50	42.96
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	64	5.00	5.00
3	—	104	20.00–22.50	21.70
2	—	116	15.00–22.50	18.69
10	—	84	5.00–22.50	17.02
2	—	74	10.00	10.00
9	—	94	10.00–22.50	18.11
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	12.50	12.50
1	—	84	12.00	12.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	10.00	10.00
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
3	—	71	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	72.00–74.00	72.61
1	—	1,752	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,373	40.00–51.00	46.03
33	—	1,340	52.50–63.50	58.39
32	—	1,452	64.00–74.50	67.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	56.00–56.50	56.24
20	—	1,745	69.50–77.00	72.19
16	—	1,721	60.00–69.00	65.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	30.00–32.00	30.78
10	—	1,076	45.00–53.50	49.27
6	—	930	34.00–42.00	39.47

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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