Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 7.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Special Sale Report for Feeder Cattle. 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	1,130	73.00	825	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,725	66.66	1,150	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,351	59.01	797	117
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	997	46.81	467	40
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,501	100.92	1,515	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,304	105.00	1,369	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	87.49/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	96	63.59/cwt	40
Bulls	Number 3	96	38.72/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	84	18.96/cwt	20
Heifers	Number 1	96	117.52/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	102	26.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	102	17.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	77	15.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	50.20/cwt	47.00–55.00	506	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,714	66.04/cwt	62.50–69.50	1,132	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	58.04/cwt	53.00–62.50	775	70
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	63.70/cwt	52.50–70.00	59	16
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	73	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	148	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	73.13/cwt	70.00–75.00	84	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	130	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	101	1
Bulls	—	—	1,130	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	825	1
Bulls	Utility	—	92	23.08/cwt	12.50–27.50	21	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	39.64/cwt	32.50–47.50	37	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	41.39/cwt	30.00–47.50	35	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	77	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	112	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	28	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	125.06/cwt	120.00–130.00	104	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	98	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	25	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	131.24/cwt	130.00–132.50	125	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	66	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	102	17.50/cwt	17.50–17.50	18	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	138	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	62.49/cwt	60.00–67.50	71	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	118	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	150	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	70.85/cwt	70.00–72.50	74	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	72.45/cwt	70.00–75.00	70	2
Bulls	Utility	—	74	16.36/cwt	10.00–22.50	12	8
Bulls	Utility	—	101	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	28	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,501	100.92/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,515	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	32.47/cwt	30.00–37.50	33	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	108	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	86	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	60.74/cwt	50.00–70.00	63	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	62.25/cwt	57.50–70.00	53	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	132.41/cwt	125.00–140.00	110	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	71.65/cwt	70.00–72.50	62	3
Bulls	Utility	—	86	15.57/cwt	5.00–27.50	13	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	111	40.88/cwt	32.50–50.00	45	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	29	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,304	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,369	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	822	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	164	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,707	58.77/cwt	53.00–62.00	1,003	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	47.90/cwt	40.00–52.00	601	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	43.17/cwt	37.00–46.50	428	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,757	72.31/cwt	70.00–75.50	1,270	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,429	66.35/cwt	63.00–73.00	948	32

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 25, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 162Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 139Last week 103Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,008	47.00–55.00	50.20
1	—	822	20.00	20.00
15	—	992	37.00–46.50	43.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,714	62.50–69.50	66.04
8	—	1,707	53.00–62.00	58.77
14	—	1,757	70.00–75.50	72.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,336	53.00–62.50	58.04
15	—	1,255	40.00–52.00	47.90
32	—	1,429	63.00–73.00	66.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,501	99.00–103.00	100.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,304	105.00	105.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	93	52.50–70.00	63.70
1	—	122	60.00	60.00
3	—	113	60.00–67.50	62.49
9	—	104	50.00–70.00	60.74
9	—	85	57.50–70.00	62.25
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	140.00	140.00
1	—	118	127.50	127.50
2	—	83	125.00–140.00	132.41
1	—	92	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	115	70.00–75.00	73.13
1	—	130	77.50	77.50
6	—	104	70.00–72.50	70.85
2	—	96	70.00–75.00	72.45
3	—	87	70.00–72.50	71.65
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	92	12.50–27.50	23.08
8	—	74	10.00–22.50	16.36
2	—	101	27.50	27.50
5	—	86	5.00–27.50	15.57
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	93	32.50–47.50	39.64
3	—	84	30.00–47.50	41.39
3	—	103	30.00–37.50	32.47
3	—	111	32.50–50.00	40.88
1	—	76	37.50	37.50
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	90.00	90.00
1	—	108	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	10.00	10.00
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	25.00	25.00
2	—	98	25.00	25.00
1	—	100	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	120.00–130.00	125.06
2	—	95	130.00–132.50	131.24
1	—	100	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	17.50	17.50

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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