Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Average Dressing Slaughter Bulls sold steady on a light test; other Slaughter Bulls not tested. Number 1 and 2 Holstein Bull Calves sold 2.00-5.00 higher; other Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 2.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady on a light test except Number 2 Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 20.00-25.00 lower 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	—	Average	1,975	79.56	1,571	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,696	66.26	1,124	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,384	61.53	852	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,103	45.88	506	15

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	108.50/cwt	40
Bulls	Number 2	95	94.59/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	94	54.51/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	86	23.12/cwt	30
Heifers	Number 1	93	191.98/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 3	82	29.17/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	78	26.25/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	84	13.75/cwt	4

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	—	70	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	19	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	74	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	70	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	68	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	15	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	191.98/cwt	187.50–197.50	179	5
Heifers	Number 3	—	100	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	104	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	808	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,043	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	68.00/cwt	64.00–74.50	957	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	54.93/cwt	50.00–58.00	608	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	59.18/cwt	54.00–63.00	803	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	44.83/cwt	40.00–48.00	488	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	49.29/cwt	42.00–52.50	683	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	29.86/cwt	24.00–35.00	336	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,701	70.67/cwt	68.00–74.50	1,202	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	115	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	88.32/cwt	80.00–95.00	77	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	48.32/cwt	45.00–50.00	40	3
Bulls	Utility	—	102	37.35/cwt	30.00–45.00	38	2
Bulls	Utility	—	95	26.50/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	56.71/cwt	50.00–70.00	53	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	86.98/cwt	80.00–95.00	90	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	104.05/cwt	95.00–122.50	98	15
Bulls	—	—	1,975	79.56/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,571	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	27.50/cwt	22.50–32.50	24	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	20.81/cwt	10.00–32.50	16	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	57.50/cwt	50.00–70.00	60	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	85.58/cwt	75.00–95.00	79	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	103.93/cwt	92.50–110.00	108	17
Bulls	Utility	—	84	23.84/cwt	5.00–40.00	20	9
Bulls	Utility	—	114	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Bulls	Utility	—	130	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	36	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	78	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	117	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	207	1
Bulls	Utility	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	92	152.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	140	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	82.50/cwt	75.00–90.00	92	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	98.79/cwt	95.00–102.50	86	2

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Sep 23, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 100Year ago 174

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 130Last week 123Year ago 170

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	27.50	27.50
1	—	68	22.50	22.50
2	—	86	22.50–32.50	27.50
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	20.00	20.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	93	187.50–197.50	191.98
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	20.00	20.00
1	—	86	15.00	15.00
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	112	100.00–105.00	102.49
15	—	94	95.00–122.50	104.05
17	—	104	92.50–110.00	103.93
2	—	87	95.00–102.50	98.79
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	80.00–95.00	88.32
5	—	103	80.00–95.00	86.98
10	—	92	75.00–95.00	85.58
2	—	112	75.00–90.00	82.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	45.00–50.00	48.32
3	—	93	50.00–70.00	56.71
4	—	104	50.00–70.00	57.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	30.00–45.00	37.35
7	—	95	20.00–35.00	26.50
8	—	75	10.00–32.50	20.81
9	—	84	5.00–40.00	23.84
1	—	114	15.00	15.00
1	—	130	27.50	27.50
2	—	62	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	210.00	210.00
1	—	106	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	150.00	150.00
2	—	92	150.00–155.00	152.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,738	46.50	46.50
1	—	1,630	64.00	64.00
5	—	1,701	68.00–74.50	70.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,407	64.00–74.50	68.00
22	—	1,357	54.00–63.00	59.18
9	—	1,386	42.00–52.50	49.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,107	50.00–58.00	54.93
6	—	1,088	40.00–48.00	44.83
3	—	1,125	24.00–35.00	29.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	79.00–80.00	79.56

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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