Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 5.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Feeder Cattle not tested. Dairy Cows not tested. Springing Heifers sold steady to 100.00 lower on a light test; other Bred Dairy Heifers not tested. Open Dairy Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady on a light test, over 600 lbs sold 100.00 higher on a light test. Dairy Bulls 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	—	Low	1,346	80.32	1,081	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,738	72.09	1,253	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	62.68	844	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,070	39.66	424	30

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	111.08/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	96	86.04/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	97	61.56/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	87	21.70/cwt	44
Heifers	Number 1	83	173.55/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	110	31.25/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 3	88	25.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	84	20.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

70 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 2Beef Cross	—	82	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	139	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	160	1
Bulls	Utility	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	8
Bulls	Utility	—	103	21.65/cwt	20.00–35.00	22	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	99.30/cwt	95.00–100.00	101	7
Bulls	Utility	—	75	19.97/cwt	10.00–30.00	15	6
Bulls	N/ACrossbred	—	1,182	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	11,347	1
Bulls	—	—	1,190	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	833	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	750	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,000	1
Open Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	350	355.00/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,243	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	550	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,613	1
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	833	761.67/cwt	685.00–800.00	6,345	3
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	550	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	3,218	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	650	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,153	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	650	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	4,290	1
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	900	777.50/cwt	700.00–825.00	6,998	4
Bulls	—	—	1,424	85.48/cwt	84.50–86.50	1,217	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	43	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	189	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	25.28/cwt	15.00–40.00	21	18
Bulls	Number 3	—	134	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	84	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	87	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	118	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	109	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	54.90/cwt	50.00–60.00	53	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	75	2
Bred Heifers	SupremeCrossbred	—	—	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	MediumJersey	—	—	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	—	458.75/cwt	400.00–500.00	—	4
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	—	848.13/cwt	810.00–885.00	—	8
Bred Heifers	Supreme	—	—	950.00/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	—	7
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	—	802.00/cwt	750.00–850.00	—	5
Bred Heifers	Supreme	—	—	982.69/cwt	885.00–1,075.00	—	13
Bred Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	—	630.00/cwt	585.00–675.00	—	2
Bulls	N/A	—	1,190	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,127	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	55.88/cwt	50.00–60.00	47	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	81.86/cwt	70.00–90.00	85	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	81.87/cwt	70.00–90.00	78	13
Bulls	N/AJersey	—	930	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,348	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	93.77/cwt	90.00–100.00	88	4
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	650	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	4,713	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	69.55/cwt	66.00–74.50	973	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	62.73/cwt	62.00–63.50	1,006	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	61.73/cwt	58.00–65.00	830	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,762	73.79/cwt	70.50–77.00	1,300	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	52.06/cwt	50.00–54.00	552	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	26.49/cwt	10.00–32.00	278	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	43.82/cwt	40.00–49.00	481	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	53.32/cwt	49.50–56.00	674	13
Bred Heifers	SupremeJersey	—	—	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	875.00/cwt	825.00–900.00	—	4
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,042.50/cwt	1,035.00–1,050.00	—	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	98	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	122	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	40	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	88	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	83	173.55/cwt	170.00–180.00	144	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	800	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,800	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	450	435.00/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,958	3
Open Heifers	SupremeJersey	—	500	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,675	3
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	750	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,138	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	414	376.43/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,558	7
Open Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	500	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,300	1
Open Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Open Heifers	ApprovedCrossbred	—	450	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,183	1
Open Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	8.38/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3

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 Jul 29, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 163Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 107Last week 115Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 89Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	200.00	200.00
1	—	98	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	95	20.00	20.00
9	—	103	20.00–35.00	21.65
6	—	75	10.00–30.00	19.97
18	—	84	15.00–40.00	25.28
3	—	66	5.00–10.00	8.38
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	102	95.00–100.00	99.30
1	—	118	92.50	92.50
4	—	94	90.00–100.00	93.77
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	42.50	42.50
1	—	134	62.50	62.50
2	—	96	50.00–60.00	54.90
3	—	85	50.00–60.00	55.88
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	75.00	75.00
2	—	88	85.00	85.00
4	—	104	70.00–90.00	81.86
13	—	95	70.00–90.00	81.87
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	30.00	30.00
1	—	122	32.50	32.50
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	25.00	25.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	170.00–180.00	173.55

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	1,182	960.00	960.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	1,190	935.00	935.00
Bulls — Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	930	575.00	575.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	750	400.00	400.00
Open Heifers — Medium · Crossbred$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	350	335.00–375.00	355.00
—	Open	1	—	400	300.00	300.00
—	Open	1	—	500	325.00	325.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	350	310.00	310.00
—	Open	1	—	650	485.00	485.00
—	Open	1	—	800	475.00	475.00
—	Open	7	—	414	375.00–385.00	376.43
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	550	475.00	475.00
—	Open	1	—	650	660.00	660.00
—	Open	3	—	450	410.00–460.00	435.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	833	685.00–800.00	761.67
—	Open	1	—	550	585.00	585.00
—	Open	4	—	900	700.00–825.00	777.50
—	Open	1	—	650	725.00	725.00
—	Open	1	—	750	685.00	685.00
Open Heifers — Supreme · Jersey$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	500	535.00	535.00
Open Heifers — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	500	460.00	460.00
Open Heifers — Approved · Crossbred$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	450	485.00	485.00
Bred Heifers — Supreme · Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	810.00	810.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	400.00	400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium · Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	400.00–500.00	458.75
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	810.00–885.00	848.13
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	750.00–850.00	802.00
Bred Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	925.00–1,025.00	950.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	—	885.00–1,075.00	982.69
Bred Heifers — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	585.00–675.00	630.00
Bred Heifers — Supreme · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	500.00	500.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	825.00–900.00	875.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,035.00–1,050.00	1,042.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,424	84.50–86.50	85.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,399	66.00–74.50	69.55
31	—	1,344	58.00–65.00	61.73
13	—	1,264	49.50–56.00	53.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	62.00–63.50	62.73
11	—	1,762	70.50–77.00	73.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,060	50.00–54.00	52.06
11	—	1,050	10.00–32.00	26.49
11	—	1,097	40.00–49.00	43.82

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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