Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 5.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. 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	1,538	66.58	1,024	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,718	47.56	817	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,364	44.63	609	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,074	36.42	391	23

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	81.23/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	92	70.16/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	94	48.29/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	84	15.04/cwt	33
Heifers	Number 1	98	55.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 3	76	34.17/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	93	29.14/cwt	3

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	—	88	75.00/cwt	72.50–77.50	66	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	82.58/cwt	70.00–95.00	86	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	63.12/cwt	55.00–70.00	54	9
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	130	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	2
Bulls	Utility	—	103	20.63/cwt	15.00–30.00	21	4
Bulls	Utility	—	74	14.91/cwt	10.00–25.00	11	12
Bulls	—	—	1,622	70.44/cwt	68.50–73.00	1,143	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	79.42/cwt	75.00–85.00	91	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	69	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	84	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	42.53/cwt	40.00–45.00	39	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	106	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	61	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	62	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	8	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	47	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	101	26.21/cwt	22.50–30.00	26	2
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	88	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	66	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	40.53/cwt	37.00–42.50	529	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	43.03/cwt	42.00–44.00	707	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	15.60/cwt	13.00–19.00	154	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	47.66/cwt	46.50–50.00	671	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	47.48/cwt	45.50–49.00	809	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	36.76/cwt	32.00–39.00	398	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	44.37/cwt	43.00–46.00	603	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,845	52.35/cwt	51.00–53.50	966	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	42.51/cwt	40.50–45.00	461	6
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	12.04/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	11
Bulls	—	—	1,284	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	706	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	82.55/cwt	75.00–90.00	80	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	68.65/cwt	60.00–72.50	65	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	49.88/cwt	40.00–55.00	43	4
Bulls	Utility	—	94	19.48/cwt	15.00–30.00	18	5

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 29, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 145Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 97Last week 101Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	72.50–77.50	75.00
13	—	104	70.00–95.00	82.58
5	—	115	75.00–85.00	79.42
3	—	97	75.00–90.00	82.55
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	85	55.00–70.00	63.12
1	—	120	57.50	57.50
1	—	112	70.00	70.00
9	—	94	60.00–72.50	68.65
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	130.00	130.00
1	—	84	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	50.00	50.00
2	—	91	40.00–45.00	42.53
1	—	112	50.00	50.00
4	—	86	40.00–55.00	49.88
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	103	15.00–30.00	20.63
12	—	74	10.00–25.00	14.91
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
11	—	85	10.00–20.00	12.04
5	—	94	15.00–30.00	19.48
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	35.00	35.00
2	—	101	22.50–30.00	26.21
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	15.00	15.00
1	—	62	12.50	12.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	57.50	57.50
1	—	90	52.50	52.50
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,622	68.50–73.00	70.44
1	—	1,284	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,306	37.00–42.50	40.53
19	—	1,407	46.50–50.00	47.66
17	—	1,360	43.00–46.00	44.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,642	42.00–44.00	43.03
7	—	1,703	45.50–49.00	47.48
2	—	1,845	51.00–53.50	52.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	984	13.00–19.00	15.60
15	—	1,082	32.00–39.00	36.76
6	—	1,084	40.50–45.00	42.51

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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