Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,550	72.05	1,117	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,741	48.96	852	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,408	46.04	648	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,091	35.76	390	31

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	110.70/cwt	41
Bulls	Number 2	96	86.02/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	93	47.87/cwt	19
Bulls	Utility	87	19.07/cwt	34
Heifers	Number 1	99	200.54/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	87	66.88/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	88	20.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	88	20.00/cwt	1

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	43.27/cwt	40.00–50.00	45	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	46.62/cwt	40.00–52.50	42	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	47.50/cwt	40.00–62.50	40	8
Heifers	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	96	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	88	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	44.72/cwt	43.00–46.00	511	6
Bulls	—	—	2,021	76.96/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,555	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,464	51.75/cwt	50.00–55.00	758	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,838	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	781	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	26.80/cwt	20.00–31.50	267	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	41.27/cwt	38.00–42.50	552	15
Heifers	Number 2	—	94	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,694	47.05/cwt	45.00–50.00	797	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	38.15/cwt	35.00–42.00	433	15
Bulls	—	—	1,415	70.65/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,000	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	46.38/cwt	44.00–49.50	661	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,786	54.30/cwt	52.00–57.50	970	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	79.96/cwt	75.00–85.00	70	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	68	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	73.89/cwt	70.00–85.00	67	7
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	133	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	93	129.84/cwt	125.00–135.00	121	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	76	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	114	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	79	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	41.25/cwt	35.00–47.50	36	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	199.17/cwt	187.50–210.00	179	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	101.46/cwt	97.50–110.00	115	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	103.09/cwt	90.00–115.00	108	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	75.13/cwt	70.00–80.00	86	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	24.24/cwt	20.00–30.00	25	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	78.07/cwt	70.00–87.50	81	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	183	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	98	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	198	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	196.07/cwt	190.00–202.50	206	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	94.14/cwt	90.00–110.00	90	16
Bulls	Utility	—	76	15.63/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	197.20/cwt	185.00–210.00	166	2
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	110	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	16.63/cwt	15.00–20.00	14	9
Bulls	Utility	—	94	23.61/cwt	15.00–35.00	22	10

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 119Year ago 110

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 129Last week 121Year ago 123

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	104	40.00–50.00	43.27
6	—	91	40.00–52.50	46.62
8	—	84	40.00–62.50	47.50
2	—	114	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	75.00–85.00	79.96
7	—	91	70.00–85.00	73.89
2	—	115	70.00–80.00	75.13
4	—	104	70.00–87.50	78.07
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	155.00	155.00
2	—	93	125.00–135.00	129.84
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	90.00	90.00
5	—	113	97.50–110.00	101.46
14	—	105	90.00–115.00	103.09
16	—	96	90.00–110.00	94.14
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	187.50–210.00	199.17
2	—	84	185.00–210.00	197.20
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	105	20.00–30.00	24.24
9	—	76	10.00–20.00	15.63
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
1	—	110	20.00	20.00
9	—	83	15.00–20.00	16.63
10	—	94	15.00–35.00	23.61
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	96	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	35.00	35.00
2	—	88	35.00–47.50	41.25
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	207.50	207.50
1	—	98	202.50	202.50
2	—	105	190.00–202.50	196.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,142	43.00–46.00	44.72
10	—	996	20.00–31.50	26.80
15	—	1,134	35.00–42.00	38.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,464	50.00–55.00	51.75
15	—	1,338	38.00–42.50	41.27
25	—	1,425	44.00–49.50	46.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,838	42.50	42.50
5	—	1,694	45.00–50.00	47.05
3	—	1,786	52.00–57.50	54.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,021	76.00–78.00	76.96
7	—	1,415	67.00–74.00	70.65

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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