Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 5.00-6.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady to 20.00 lower on a light test. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Sale 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	—	Average	1,345	66.22	890	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,713	58.14	996	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,341	50.30	674	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	41.45	433	25

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	103.91/cwt	35
Bulls	Number 2	92	81.03/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	92	51.73/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	87	17.76/cwt	29
Heifers	Number 1	90	179.01/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	95	37.08/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 3	79	20.71/cwt	10
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	77	11.67/cwt	3

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	—	108	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	54	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	75	10.42/cwt	10.00–12.00	8	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	179.76/cwt	170.00–190.00	151	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	74.15/cwt	65.00–85.00	69	9
Bulls	Utility	—	76	11.70/cwt	10.00–20.00	9	9
Bulls	Utility	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	10
Bulls	Utility	—	102	23.33/cwt	20.00–30.00	24	3
Bulls	Utility	—	85	19.95/cwt	15.00–30.00	17	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	181	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	96.43/cwt	90.00–105.00	92	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	100.43/cwt	92.50–107.50	113	11
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	172	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	112	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	107.07/cwt	100.00–120.00	112	13
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	54.84/cwt	50.00–60.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	72.29/cwt	65.00–85.00	63	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	87	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	118	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	189	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	113	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	144	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	49.91/cwt	40.00–60.00	42	7
Heifers	Number 2	—	132	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	26	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	84	20.83/cwt	20.00–22.50	17	3
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	84	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	50	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	102	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	61	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	122	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	73	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,679	55.18/cwt	53.00–56.50	926	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	41.79/cwt	38.00–44.50	437	9
Bulls	—	—	1,221	66.63/cwt	64.00–70.00	814	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	49.12/cwt	45.00–53.00	645	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	56.46/cwt	54.00–60.50	797	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,741	60.60/cwt	58.50–63.50	1,055	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	47.29/cwt	45.50–48.50	497	9
Bulls	—	—	1,875	78.03/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,463	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	33.50/cwt	31.00–35.00	346	7
Bulls	—	—	1,000	53.79/cwt	51.50–56.00	538	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	41.93/cwt	37.00–44.00	540	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 Oct 21, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 127Year ago 147

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 110Last week 121Year ago 148

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	50.00	50.00
2	—	95	50.00–60.00	54.84
7	—	84	40.00–60.00	49.91
1	—	122	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	93	65.00–85.00	74.15
10	—	87	65.00–85.00	72.29
1	—	106	82.50	82.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	76	10.00–20.00	11.70
10	—	94	20.00	20.00
3	—	102	20.00–30.00	23.33
7	—	85	15.00–30.00	19.95
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	95	90.00–105.00	96.43
11	—	113	92.50–107.50	100.43
1	—	124	90.00	90.00
13	—	105	100.00–120.00	107.07
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	118	160.00	160.00
1	—	96	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
2	—	82	15.00	15.00
5	—	75	10.00–12.00	10.42
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	10.00	10.00
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	170.00–190.00	179.76
1	—	102	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
1	—	132	20.00	20.00
3	—	84	20.00–22.50	20.83
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	60.00	60.00
1	—	102	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,679	53.00–56.50	55.18
6	—	1,741	58.50–63.50	60.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,045	38.00–44.50	41.79
9	—	1,052	45.50–48.50	47.29
7	—	1,032	31.00–35.00	33.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,314	45.00–53.00	49.12
18	—	1,411	54.00–60.50	56.46
9	—	1,289	37.00–44.00	41.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,221	64.00–70.00	66.63
2	—	1,875	76.00–80.00	78.03
2	—	1,000	51.50–56.00	53.79

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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