Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 15.00 higher except Lean Slaughter Cows sold 6.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 30.00-40.00 lower 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	—	High	1,572	84.65	1,331	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,730	73.39	1,270	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,358	64.36	874	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	46.06	470	18

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	98.72/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	90	74.65/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 3	90	42.50/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	84	20.77/cwt	20
Heifers	Number 1	99	102.50/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	86	39.23/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	32.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 3	72	22.50/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	94.19/cwt	80.00–102.50	97	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	68.67/cwt	55.00–75.00	59	11
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	81	147.72/cwt	130.00–165.00	120	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	35.80/cwt	32.50–42.50	28	3
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	23.03/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	5
Bulls	—	—	1,516	88.00/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,334	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	89.00/cwt	80.00–102.50	101	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	74.18/cwt	72.50–75.00	76	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	76	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	99	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	117	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	59	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	45.72/cwt	35.00–50.00	38	7
Bulls	Utility	—	74	16.09/cwt	10.00–25.00	12	5
Bulls	—	—	1,628	81.29/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	79.91/cwt	77.50–82.50	68	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	84.40/cwt	80.00–102.50	80	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	195	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	106	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	64	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	92	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	35	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	74	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	24	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	50	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	27	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	72	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	16	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	183	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	40.72/cwt	35.00–45.00	35	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	51.64/cwt	46.50–55.00	712	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,699	57.63/cwt	55.00–61.00	979	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	33.96/cwt	32.50–35.00	299	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	71.93/cwt	68.00–78.50	1,002	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,701	70.87/cwt	64.00–75.50	1,205	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	42.95/cwt	40.00–47.00	468	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	61.53/cwt	57.00–67.00	805	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,767	78.84/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,393	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	53.51/cwt	49.50–58.00	521	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	63.47/cwt	55.00–75.00	58	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	42	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	38.77/cwt	35.00–40.00	36	4
Bulls	Utility	—	101	25.10/cwt	15.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	Utility	—	82	23.52/cwt	12.50–35.00	19	7

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 May 13, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 145Year ago 130

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 107Last week 129Year ago 82

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
6	—	103	80.00–102.50	94.19
5	—	114	80.00–102.50	89.00
2	—	85	77.50–82.50	79.91
12	—	95	80.00–102.50	84.40
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
1	—	88	200.00	200.00
1	—	100	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	86	55.00–75.00	68.67
3	—	103	72.50–75.00	74.18
12	—	92	55.00–75.00	63.47
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	81	130.00–165.00	147.72
1	—	76	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	77	32.50–42.50	35.80
2	—	117	50.00	50.00
7	—	84	35.00–50.00	45.72
1	—	104	40.00	40.00
4	—	94	35.00–40.00	38.77
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
5	—	94	20.00–30.00	23.03
5	—	74	10.00–25.00	16.09
2	—	101	15.00–35.00	25.10
7	—	82	12.50–35.00	23.52
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	60.00	60.00
1	—	96	52.50	52.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	37.50	37.50
1	—	78	35.00	35.00
4	—	86	35.00–45.00	40.72
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	32.50	32.50
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	22.50	22.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,516	87.00–89.00	88.00
2	—	1,628	78.00–84.00	81.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,379	46.50–55.00	51.64
25	—	1,393	68.00–78.50	71.93
22	—	1,309	57.00–67.00	61.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,699	55.00–61.00	57.63
18	—	1,701	64.00–75.50	70.87
17	—	1,767	77.00–80.00	78.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	32.50–35.00	33.96
9	—	1,090	40.00–47.00	42.95
7	—	973	49.50–58.00	53.51

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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