Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 4.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold 15.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 20.00-40.00 higher 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	1,769	78.75	1,393	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,714	61.82	1,059	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	55.86	745	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	990	44.16	437	26

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	131.16/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	98	103.86/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	91	61.04/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	88	22.94/cwt	24
Heifers	Number 1	82	242.50/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	89	125.83/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	84	78.75/cwt	2

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	—	94	113.26/cwt	110.00–120.00	106	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	94.51/cwt	80.00–105.00	88	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	101	64.97/cwt	55.00–70.00	66	3
Bulls	Utility	—	75	20.22/cwt	10.00–40.00	15	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	118.47/cwt	110.00–130.00	102	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	90	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	57.50/cwt	55.00–60.00	47	2
Bulls	Utility	—	94	20.98/cwt	20.00–25.00	20	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	219	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	52.50/cwt	50.00–55.00	41	2
Bulls	Utility	—	111	29.09/cwt	22.50–35.00	32	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	194	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	190	1
Bulls	Utility	—	101	24.95/cwt	20.00–30.00	25	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,695	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	183	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	162	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	—	1,508	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	112.86/cwt	110.00–117.50	119	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	95.94/cwt	90.00–105.00	100	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	63.51/cwt	55.00–70.00	60	5
Heifers	Number 3	—	72	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	23	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	92	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	138	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	82	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	139	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	94	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	54	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	199	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	96	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	120	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,668	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,159	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	57.57/cwt	54.00–60.50	770	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	50.15/cwt	44.00–53.00	649	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	47.60/cwt	43.50–53.00	484	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	62.62/cwt	61.00–64.00	879	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	894	37.28/cwt	30.00–42.50	333	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	215	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,718	61.12/cwt	56.00–64.00	1,050	11
Bulls	Utility	—	85	26.01/cwt	15.00–45.00	22	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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 95Last week 142Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	94	110.00–120.00	113.26
5	—	86	110.00–130.00	118.47
7	—	105	110.00–117.50	112.86
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	93	80.00–105.00	94.51
1	—	86	105.00	105.00
10	—	104	90.00–105.00	95.94
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	101	55.00–70.00	64.97
2	—	82	55.00–60.00	57.50
2	—	78	50.00–55.00	52.50
5	—	94	55.00–70.00	63.51
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	75	10.00–40.00	20.22
5	—	94	20.00–25.00	20.98
3	—	111	22.50–35.00	29.09
2	—	101	20.00–30.00	24.95
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
7	—	85	15.00–45.00	26.01
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	237.50	237.50
1	—	88	220.00	220.00
1	—	78	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	190.00	190.00
1	—	90	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	32.50	32.50
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	150.00	150.00
1	—	82	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	57.50	57.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	83.50	83.50
1	—	1,508	74.00	74.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,668	69.50	69.50
11	—	1,718	56.00–64.00	61.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,337	54.00–60.50	57.57
22	—	1,294	44.00–53.00	50.15
12	—	1,403	61.00–64.00	62.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,016	43.50–53.00	47.60
6	—	894	30.00–42.50	37.28
1	—	1,076	20.00	20.00

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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