Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold steady. Holstein Calves sold steady. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Dairy Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Sale Report for monthly Feeder 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	—	High	1,219	75.70	923	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,640	67.59	1,108	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,303	61.52	802	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,016	41.68	424	27

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	97.08/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	96	72.53/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	90	42.28/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	92	20.71/cwt	28
Heifers	Number 1	99	52.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	84	48.31/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	98	33.75/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	77	13.75/cwt	2

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	—	86	87.50/cwt	85.00–90.00	75	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	128	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	106	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	42.40/cwt	40.00–45.00	44	2
Bulls	Utility	—	86	18.41/cwt	10.00–32.50	16	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	78	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	36.22/cwt	35.00–37.50	30	2
Bulls	Utility	—	76	16.06/cwt	5.00–30.00	12	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	235	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	Utility	—	112	22.46/cwt	20.00–27.50	25	3
Bulls	—	—	1,355	87.68/cwt	82.00–96.00	1,188	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	94.25/cwt	82.50–105.00	98	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	71.62/cwt	60.00–80.00	66	9
Bulls	Utility	—	104	21.73/cwt	20.00–25.00	23	3
Bulls	—	—	1,063	64.46/cwt	59.00–68.00	685	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	90.75/cwt	82.50–110.00	86	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	72.11/cwt	60.00–80.00	62	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	42.51/cwt	37.50–50.00	33	5
Bulls	—	—	1,261	74.24/cwt	70.00–77.00	936	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	99.18/cwt	97.50–100.00	113	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	73.31/cwt	70.00–80.00	76	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	97	43.02/cwt	32.50–50.00	42	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	66.30/cwt	63.00–70.00	920	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	59.13/cwt	54.50–62.50	727	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	48.51/cwt	45.00–54.00	494	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	49.85/cwt	46.50–53.00	596	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	38.80/cwt	35.00–41.00	412	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	22.68/cwt	20.00–29.00	190	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	64.76/cwt	60.00–67.00	1,041	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,697	72.53/cwt	69.50–75.00	1,231	4
Heifers	Number 3	—	86	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	28	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	87	47.47/cwt	45.00–50.00	41	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	39	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	102	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	54	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	50	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	62	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	8	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	110	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	23.81/cwt	17.50–30.00	23	10

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed May 27, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 136Last week 214Year ago 111

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 107Last week 141Year ago 125

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	85.00–90.00	87.50
13	—	104	82.50–105.00	94.25
10	—	95	82.50–110.00	90.75
3	—	114	97.50–100.00	99.18
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	128	82.50	82.50
1	—	112	70.00	70.00
9	—	92	60.00–80.00	71.62
4	—	86	60.00–80.00	72.11
3	—	103	70.00–80.00	73.31
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	40.00–45.00	42.40
2	—	84	35.00–37.50	36.22
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
5	—	77	37.50–50.00	42.51
4	—	97	32.50–50.00	43.02
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	86	10.00–32.50	18.41
5	—	76	5.00–30.00	16.06
3	—	112	20.00–27.50	22.46
3	—	104	20.00–25.00	21.73
10	—	95	17.50–30.00	23.81
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	32.50	32.50
1	—	110	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	87	45.00–50.00	47.47
1	—	78	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	52.50	52.50
1	—	96	52.50	52.50
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00
1	—	62	12.50	12.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	82.00–96.00	87.68
4	—	1,063	59.00–68.00	64.46
2	—	1,261	70.00–77.00	74.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,387	63.00–70.00	66.30
28	—	1,230	54.50–62.50	59.13
9	—	1,196	46.50–53.00	49.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,019	45.00–54.00	48.51
11	—	1,061	35.00–41.00	38.80
3	—	838	20.00–29.00	22.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,607	60.00–67.00	64.76
4	—	1,697	69.50–75.00	72.53

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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