Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

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 10.00-15.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 30.00 higher 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	1,953	62.34	1,218	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	48.27	825	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,386	45.04	624	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	35.80	376	35

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	103.96/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	96	76.79/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 3	89	50.73/cwt	20
Bulls	Utility	85	20.34/cwt	23
Heifers	Number 1	93	115.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 3	68	90.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	76	32.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	96	83.84/cwt	77.50–90.00	80	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	171.69/cwt	165.00–175.00	160	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	68.96/cwt	60.00–75.00	72	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	92	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	120	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	55	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	45.54/cwt	35.00–55.00	38	8
Bulls	Utility	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	19.60/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	83.71/cwt	80.00–90.00	94	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	174.88/cwt	170.00–180.00	147	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	68.63/cwt	60.00–75.00	58	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	88	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	128	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	34	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	46.47/cwt	40.00–52.50	44	7
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	74	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	15.96/cwt	5.00–27.50	12	6
Bulls	—	—	1,953	62.34/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,218	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	73	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	86.54/cwt	80.00–102.50	90	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	79	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	65.62/cwt	60.00–72.50	61	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	145	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	151	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	68	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	61	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	76	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	25	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	40.20/cwt	34.00–44.00	548	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,718	49.78/cwt	46.50–53.50	855	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	35.29/cwt	31.00–38.00	368	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	54.02/cwt	53.00–55.00	797	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	44.58/cwt	43.00–45.50	753	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	43.24/cwt	40.00–47.00	456	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	47.73/cwt	45.00–51.00	665	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	26.59/cwt	23.00–30.00	282	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	116	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	76	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	72	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	27.60/cwt	22.50–32.50	29	2
Bulls	Utility	—	84	23.65/cwt	12.50–30.00	20	8

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 Apr 22, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 105Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 101Last week 102Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	96	77.50–90.00	83.84
4	—	112	80.00–90.00	83.71
1	—	88	82.50	82.50
7	—	104	80.00–102.50	86.54
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	165.00–175.00	171.69
2	—	84	170.00–180.00	174.88
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	104	60.00–75.00	68.96
5	—	85	60.00–75.00	68.63
3	—	113	70.00	70.00
8	—	93	60.00–72.50	65.62
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	130.00	130.00
1	—	88	145.00	145.00
1	—	100	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	55.00	55.00
8	—	83	35.00–55.00	45.54
1	—	76	45.00	45.00
7	—	95	40.00–52.50	46.47
1	—	116	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
6	—	95	15.00–30.00	19.60
6	—	75	5.00–27.50	15.96
2	—	104	22.50–32.50	27.60
8	—	84	12.50–30.00	23.65
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	80.00	80.00
1	—	76	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	32.50	32.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,953	60.00–65.00	62.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,364	34.00–44.00	40.20
3	—	1,475	53.00–55.00	54.02
35	—	1,394	45.00–51.00	47.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,718	46.50–53.50	49.78
9	—	1,690	43.00–45.50	44.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,044	31.00–38.00	35.29
11	—	1,055	40.00–47.00	43.24
8	—	1,059	23.00–30.00	26.59

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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