Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-8.00 lower except Lean Slaughter Cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher except Low Dressing Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Calves sold steady. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement 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	1,605	90.41	1,451	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,746	71.80	1,253	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,384	65.87	912	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	46.10	501	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,460	83.00	1,212	1thin
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,408	119.50	1,683	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,438	106.92	1,538	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	119.85/cwt	55
Bulls	Number 2	97	77.88/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	92	56.80/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	86	24.66/cwt	33
Heifers	Number 1	94	99.40/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	93	49.25/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 3	80	32.46/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	68	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	85	93.76/cwt	90.00–97.50	80	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	61.79/cwt	57.50–67.50	58	4
Bulls	—	—	1,639	96.05/cwt	89.50–100.00	1,574	4
Bulls	Utility	—	84	25.95/cwt	10.00–40.00	22	9
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,460	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,212	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	46.60/cwt	42.00–51.00	496	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	64.31/cwt	64.00–65.00	1,067	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	55.41/cwt	51.50–61.00	704	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	77.12/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,334	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,498	72.68/cwt	70.50–76.50	1,089	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,761	71.86/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,265	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	66.71/cwt	62.50–70.00	920	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	28.81/cwt	10.00–40.00	301	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	58.47/cwt	52.00–62.00	669	12
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	48.07/cwt	45.00–52.50	40	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	100	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	63	1
Heifers	Prime	—	1,408	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	74	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	24	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	95	66.29/cwt	62.50–70.00	63	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	83	32.44/cwt	27.50–37.50	27	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	170	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	47	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	43	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	197.26/cwt	185.00–210.00	205	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	77.77/cwt	70.00–87.50	72	9
Bulls	Utility	—	93	24.27/cwt	20.00–32.50	23	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	115	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	242	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	76.46/cwt	70.00–87.50	79	5
Bulls	Utility	—	104	28.94/cwt	20.00–40.00	30	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	173	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	79.14/cwt	75.00–82.50	67	3
Bulls	Utility	—	114	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	98.23/cwt	90.00–112.50	93	19
Bulls	Number 2	—	128	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	96	1
Bulls	Utility	—	68	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	9	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	101.20/cwt	90.00–110.00	104	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	118	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	100	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,438	106.92/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	128	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	74	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	50	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	23.30/cwt	15.00–32.50	17	10
Bulls	—	—	1,577	85.89/cwt	83.50–88.50	1,354	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	54.03/cwt	50.00–60.00	45	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	101.22/cwt	100.00–105.00	116	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	206.17/cwt	190.00–225.00	175	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 Jun 24, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 190Last week 93Year ago 143

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 148Last week 131Year ago 153

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	90.00–97.50	93.76
2	—	121	95.00	95.00
19	—	95	90.00–112.50	98.23
15	—	103	90.00–110.00	101.20
4	—	115	100.00–105.00	101.22
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	57.50–67.50	61.79
1	—	114	60.00	60.00
1	—	106	47.50	47.50
5	—	84	50.00–60.00	54.03
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	84	10.00–40.00	25.95
7	—	93	20.00–32.50	24.27
5	—	104	20.00–40.00	28.94
1	—	114	20.00	20.00
1	—	68	12.50	12.50
10	—	74	15.00–32.50	23.30
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	185.00–210.00	197.26
1	—	110	220.00	220.00
1	—	96	180.00	180.00
7	—	85	190.00–225.00	206.17
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	92	70.00–87.50	77.77
5	—	103	70.00–87.50	76.46
3	—	85	75.00–82.50	79.14
1	—	128	75.00	75.00
1	—	118	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	45.00–52.50	48.07
1	—	90	52.50	52.50
1	—	100	42.50	42.50
1	—	128	57.50	57.50
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	62.50	62.50
2	—	95	62.50–70.00	66.29
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	32.50	32.50
2	—	83	27.50–37.50	32.44
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,639	89.50–100.00	96.05
5	—	1,577	83.50–88.50	85.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	83.00	83.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,065	42.00–51.00	46.60
9	—	1,044	10.00–40.00	28.81
12	—	1,145	52.00–62.00	58.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,659	64.00–65.00	64.31
4	—	1,730	76.00–78.00	77.12
21	—	1,761	67.00–75.00	71.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,270	51.50–61.00	55.41
16	—	1,498	70.50–76.50	72.68
45	—	1,379	62.50–70.00	66.71
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	119.00–120.00	119.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,438	100.00–113.00	106.92

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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