Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 7.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold 10.00 lower on a light test. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Report for monthly Dairy Heifer 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	1,475	83.64	1,234	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,714	64.81	1,111	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	58.73	774	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,042	41.78	435	21

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	129.99/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	92	95.15/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	95	60.74/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	82	16.72/cwt	34
Heifers	Number 1	91	193.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	90	49.50/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 3	74	24.24/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Heifers	Number 2	—	74	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	20	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	71	13.27/cwt	10.00–20.00	9	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	176	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	86	22.44/cwt	20.00–25.00	19	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	222	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	62	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	6	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	133	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	112	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	146	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	94	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	28	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	72	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	54	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	209	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	126	1
Bulls	Utility	—	58	2.00/cwt	2.00–2.00	1	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	103.31/cwt	97.50–115.00	98	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	82.46/cwt	72.50–90.00	77	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	65.38/cwt	50.00–72.50	56	6
Bulls	Utility	—	76	17.63/cwt	10.00–30.00	13	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	103.76/cwt	95.00–112.50	107	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	83.17/cwt	75.00–90.00	73	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	60.85/cwt	50.00–70.00	57	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	65.79/cwt	61.00–70.00	935	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	48.19/cwt	46.50–50.50	512	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	56.98/cwt	52.00–60.50	712	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	22.92/cwt	15.00–31.50	219	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	46.87/cwt	40.00–51.00	569	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,739	66.00/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,148	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	61.24/cwt	60.00–62.50	1,004	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	42.84/cwt	40.00–45.00	451	11
Bulls	—	—	1,604	89.28/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,432	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	26.82/cwt	20.00–30.00	28	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	114	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	205.62/cwt	200.00–212.50	214	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	56.75/cwt	50.00–70.00	58	3
Bulls	Utility	—	95	26.62/cwt	20.00–30.00	25	3
Bulls	Utility	—	86	19.04/cwt	10.00–30.00	16	10
Bulls	—	—	1,346	78.00/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	98.78/cwt	97.50–100.00	85	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	203.87/cwt	200.00–207.50	190	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	52.52/cwt	50.00–55.00	60	2
Bulls	Utility	—	122	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	37	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	6.65/cwt	2.00–10.00	4	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	185.12/cwt	180.00–190.00	152	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	114	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	208	1
Bulls	Utility	—	110	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Sep 16, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 116Year ago 119

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 122Year ago 137

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	27.50	27.50
2	—	84	30.00	30.00
1	—	94	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	71	10.00–20.00	13.27
2	—	86	20.00–25.00	22.44
1	—	62	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	200.00	200.00
1	—	114	195.00	195.00
1	—	74	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	190.00	190.00
4	—	104	200.00–212.50	205.62
2	—	93	200.00–207.50	203.87
2	—	82	180.00–190.00	185.12
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	170.00	170.00
1	—	114	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	58	2.00	2.00
6	—	76	10.00–30.00	17.63
3	—	105	20.00–30.00	26.82
3	—	95	20.00–30.00	26.62
10	—	86	10.00–30.00	19.04
1	—	122	30.00	30.00
9	—	65	2.00–10.00	6.65
1	—	110	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	95	97.50–115.00	103.31
8	—	103	95.00–112.50	103.76
2	—	111	100.00–105.00	102.52
2	—	86	97.50–100.00	98.78
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	93	72.50–90.00	82.46
4	—	88	75.00–90.00	83.17
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	86	50.00–72.50	65.38
5	—	94	50.00–70.00	60.85
3	—	103	50.00–70.00	56.75
2	—	115	50.00–55.00	52.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,421	61.00–70.00	65.79
17	—	1,250	52.00–60.50	56.98
10	—	1,214	40.00–51.00	46.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,063	46.50–50.50	48.19
3	—	954	15.00–31.50	22.92
11	—	1,053	40.00–45.00	42.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,739	64.00–69.00	66.00
2	—	1,640	60.00–62.50	61.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,604	85.00–93.00	89.28
2	—	1,346	77.00–79.00	78.00

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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