Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Breaker Slaughter Cows sold steady to 4.00 higher; Boner Slaughter Cows sold steady; Lean Slaughter Cows sold 5.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold steady on a light test. Holstein Bull Calves sold 2.00-7.00 lower except Utility Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 10.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady to 20.00 lower on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves not tested. 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	1,411	65.70	927	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	59.97	1,020	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,382	51.60	713	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	28.49	298	21

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	101	111.05/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	96	81.55/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	95	49.10/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	84	16.45/cwt	31
Heifers	Number 1	86	170.93/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	94	48.75/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	94	39.50/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	97	17.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	86	53.15/cwt	50.00–57.50	46	4
Heifers	Number 3	—	78	17.50/cwt	17.50–17.50	14	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	81	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	106	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	43	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	92	26.25/cwt	25.00–27.50	24	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	171	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	161.40/cwt	155.00–167.50	136	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	179.15/cwt	175.00–185.00	165	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	95.03/cwt	90.00–100.00	92	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	45.00/cwt	40.00–50.00	46	2
Bulls	Utility	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	105	1
Bulls	Utility	—	82	18.44/cwt	15.00–30.00	15	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	82.04/cwt	80.00–85.00	85	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	75.06/cwt	70.00–80.00	65	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	102	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	31	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	11.30/cwt	10.00–20.00	8	8
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	100	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	80	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	98.30/cwt	90.00–110.00	101	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	76.18/cwt	67.50–85.00	70	13
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	101	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	98.33/cwt	95.00–100.00	108	3
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	128	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	46	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	21.98/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	5
Bulls	Utility	—	67	8.40/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,673	56.34/cwt	51.50–60.00	943	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	31.70/cwt	29.00–35.00	342	7
Bulls	—	—	1,498	69.50/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,041	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	51.13/cwt	45.00–54.50	702	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	41.47/cwt	38.00–45.00	451	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	88	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,424	58.16/cwt	55.00–64.00	828	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,736	64.68/cwt	61.50–67.50	1,123	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	15.95/cwt	5.00–25.00	158	8
Bulls	—	—	1,062	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	536	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	40.74/cwt	35.00–44.00	542	12
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	114	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	137	1

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Nov 4, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 133Year ago 160

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 151Year ago 140

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	86	50.00–57.50	53.15
1	—	114	37.50	37.50
2	—	102	40.00–50.00	45.00
3	—	96	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	175.00–185.00	179.15
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	97	90.00–100.00	95.03
8	—	103	90.00–110.00	98.30
3	—	110	95.00–100.00	98.33
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	94	20.00	20.00
10	—	82	15.00–30.00	18.44
8	—	75	10.00–20.00	11.30
5	—	105	20.00–30.00	21.98
3	—	67	5.00–10.00	8.40
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	125.00	125.00
1	—	114	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	104	80.00–85.00	82.04
2	—	87	70.00–80.00	75.06
13	—	92	67.50–85.00	76.18
1	—	110	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	17.50	17.50
2	—	81	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
1	—	106	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	25.00–27.50	26.25
1	—	102	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	190.00	190.00
2	—	84	155.00–167.50	161.40
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	80.00	80.00
1	—	128	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	112.50	112.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,673	51.50–60.00	56.34
10	—	1,736	61.50–67.50	64.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,079	29.00–35.00	31.70
6	—	1,088	38.00–45.00	41.47
8	—	990	5.00–25.00	15.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,372	45.00–54.50	51.13
22	—	1,424	55.00–64.00	58.16
12	—	1,331	35.00–44.00	40.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,498	65.00–72.00	69.50
1	—	1,062	50.50	50.50

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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