Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold 10.00 lower on a light test. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 2.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady on a light test. 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	1,690	79.13	1,337	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,663	60.06	999	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,357	50.35	683	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,092	38.91	425	33

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	146.42/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 2	92	99.72/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 3	91	58.77/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	86	21.19/cwt	26
Heifers	Number 1	91	200.92/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	80	84.18/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	66	13.09/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	71	10.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	112	110.00/cwt	105.00–120.00	123	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	88.73/cwt	80.00–97.50	90	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	55.41/cwt	50.00–70.00	52	4
Bulls	Utility	—	95	22.89/cwt	15.00–40.00	22	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	88	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	221.54/cwt	200.00–235.00	186	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	101	64.19/cwt	57.50–75.00	65	3
Bulls	Utility	—	75	18.40/cwt	10.00–35.00	14	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	213.82/cwt	207.50–217.50	203	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	45	1
Bulls	Utility	—	122	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	221	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	95	185.44/cwt	170.00–195.00	176	4
Bulls	Utility	—	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	—	—	2,034	85.52/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,739	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	108.00/cwt	100.00–117.50	114	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	84.77/cwt	75.00–95.00	80	12
Bulls	Utility	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	—	—	1,345	72.74/cwt	71.00–74.50	978	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	106.58/cwt	100.00–112.50	101	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	86.44/cwt	82.50–95.00	73	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	58.50/cwt	50.00–70.00	50	6
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	107	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	53.77/cwt	52.50–55.00	45	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	202.36/cwt	195.00–212.50	196	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	158	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	170	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	63	14.12/cwt	10.00–22.50	9	3
Heifers	Number 3	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,711	63.34/cwt	62.50–65.00	1,084	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	43.46/cwt	37.00–46.50	572	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	52.74/cwt	48.00–56.50	716	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	38.48/cwt	29.00–43.50	422	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,439	59.95/cwt	58.00–64.50	863	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	47.22/cwt	44.00–50.00	524	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	23.81/cwt	19.00–28.00	248	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	58.09/cwt	56.00–60.50	949	5
Bulls	Utility	—	84	23.56/cwt	15.00–42.50	20	9

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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 142Year ago 149

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 180Year ago 116

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	105.00–120.00	110.00
1	—	88	100.00	100.00
10	—	106	100.00–117.50	108.00
6	—	95	100.00–112.50	106.58
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	101	80.00–97.50	88.73
12	—	94	75.00–95.00	84.77
9	—	85	82.50–95.00	86.44
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	50.00–70.00	55.41
3	—	101	57.50–75.00	64.19
1	—	78	57.50	57.50
6	—	85	50.00–70.00	58.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	95	15.00–40.00	22.89
7	—	75	10.00–35.00	18.40
1	—	122	20.00	20.00
1	—	102	20.00	20.00
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
9	—	84	15.00–42.50	23.56
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	84	200.00–235.00	221.54
4	—	95	207.50–217.50	213.82
1	—	108	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	95	170.00–195.00	185.44
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	52.50–55.00	53.77
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	97	195.00–212.50	202.36
1	—	88	180.00	180.00
1	—	78	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	63	10.00–22.50	14.12
1	—	74	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,034	85.00–86.00	85.52
2	—	1,345	71.00–74.50	72.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,711	62.50–65.00	63.34
5	—	1,634	56.00–60.50	58.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,316	37.00–46.50	43.46
14	—	1,357	48.00–56.50	52.74
8	—	1,439	58.00–64.50	59.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,097	29.00–43.50	38.48
10	—	1,109	44.00–50.00	47.22
5	—	1,043	19.00–28.00	23.81

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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