Sale reports / New York / Empire - Cherry Creek / 2020-10-07

Empire - Cherry Creek

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cherry Creek, New York · Wed, Oct 7
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1977
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 119▼ 6 vs year ago 110 · −5.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
129 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 121▲ 6 vs year ago 123 · +4.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 5.00-8.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Calves sold steady. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady to 10.00 higher on a light test. Feeder and Dairy Cattle not tested. Demand was light due to the temporary closure of a large beef buyer.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,55072.051,1179thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74148.968529thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,40846.0464851
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09135.7639031

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100110.70/cwt41
BullsNumber 29686.02/cwt19
BullsNumber 39347.87/cwt19
BullsUtility8719.07/cwt34
HeifersNumber 199200.54/cwt4
HeifersNumber 28766.88/cwt4
HeifersNumber 38820.00/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8820.00/cwt1

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 3—10443.27/cwt40.00–50.00453
BullsNumber 3—9146.62/cwt40.00–52.50426
BullsNumber 3—8447.50/cwt40.00–62.50408
HeifersNumber 3—8020.00/cwt20.00–20.00161
HeifersNumber 3—9620.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8820.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14244.72/cwt43.00–46.005116
Bulls——2,02176.96/cwt76.00–78.001,5552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,46451.75/cwt50.00–55.0075811
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,83842.50/cwt42.50–42.507811
CowsLean 85-90%—99626.80/cwt20.00–31.5026710
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33841.27/cwt38.00–42.5055215
HeifersNumber 2—9435.00/cwt35.00–35.00331
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,69447.05/cwt45.00–50.007975
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13438.15/cwt35.00–42.0043315
Bulls——1,41570.65/cwt67.00–74.001,0007
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42546.38/cwt44.00–49.5066125
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,78654.30/cwt52.00–57.509703
BullsNumber 2—8779.96/cwt75.00–85.00703
BullsNumber 3—11460.00/cwt60.00–60.00682
BullsNumber 2—9173.89/cwt70.00–85.00677
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—86155.00/cwt155.00–155.001331
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—93129.84/cwt125.00–135.001212
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—76150.00/cwt150.00–150.001141
BullsNumber 1—8890.00/cwt90.00–90.00791
HeifersNumber 2—8841.25/cwt35.00–47.50362
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—90199.17/cwt187.50–210.001793
BullsNumber 1—113101.46/cwt97.50–110.001155
BullsNumber 1—105103.09/cwt90.00–115.0010814
BullsNumber 2—11575.13/cwt70.00–80.00862
BullsUtility—10524.24/cwt20.00–30.00254
BullsNumber 2—10478.07/cwt70.00–87.50814
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—88207.50/cwt207.50–207.501831
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—98202.50/cwt202.50–202.501981
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—105196.07/cwt190.00–202.502062
BullsNumber 1—9694.14/cwt90.00–110.009016
BullsUtility—7615.63/cwt10.00–20.00129
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84197.20/cwt185.00–210.001662
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility—11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility—8316.63/cwt15.00–20.00149
BullsUtility—9423.61/cwt15.00–35.002210

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.