Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady to 10.00 higher on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred 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	—	High	1,324	67.78	897	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,742	50.13	873	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,406	46.71	657	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,127	30.21	340	28

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	100.89/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	103	76.33/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	92	48.21/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	88	16.86/cwt	56
Heifers	Number 1	96	155.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	101	52.56/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	75	13.33/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	81	12.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1	—	97	78.31/cwt	75.00–85.00	76	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	94	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	31	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	62.20/cwt	60.00–70.00	58	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	66.11/cwt	55.00–70.00	69	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	45.35/cwt	45.00–46.00	800	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,793	54.90/cwt	53.00–56.50	984	7
Bulls	Utility	—	83	17.21/cwt	5.00–30.00	14	20
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	172.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	176	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	41.36/cwt	35.00–43.50	564	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,477	52.16/cwt	51.00–54.50	770	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	43.27/cwt	39.00–48.00	501	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,718	49.90/cwt	47.00–52.50	857	21
Bulls	—	—	1,390	71.67/cwt	70.00–73.00	996	2
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	74	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	26	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	31.67/cwt	27.00–35.00	364	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	13.52/cwt	4.00–25.00	143	8
Bulls	Utility	—	65	7.01/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	135	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	163	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	21.35/cwt	10.00–30.00	22	9
Bulls	Utility	—	76	13.10/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	9
Bulls	Utility	—	110	22.50/cwt	20.00–30.00	25	4
Bulls	—	—	1,192	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	715	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	47.25/cwt	44.00–50.50	662	28
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	82	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	94	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	122	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	90	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	65.09/cwt	60.00–70.00	73	2
Bulls	Utility	—	132	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	26	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	15.72/cwt	10.00–20.00	15	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	46.54/cwt	40.00–50.00	47	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	58	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	72	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	114	31.36/cwt	25.00–37.50	36	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	83.76/cwt	75.00–90.00	86	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	81.21/cwt	75.00–85.00	91	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	87	51.24/cwt	50.00–52.50	45	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	47.50/cwt	35.00–52.50	43	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	133	57.52/cwt	55.00–60.00	77	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	121	63.41/cwt	50.00–70.00	77	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	110	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	85	126.77/cwt	120.00–130.00	108	3

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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 84Year ago 162

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 139Last week 129Year ago 131

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	97	75.00–85.00	78.31
4	—	103	75.00–90.00	83.76
4	—	112	75.00–85.00	81.21
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	94	60.00–70.00	62.20
4	—	104	55.00–70.00	66.11
2	—	112	60.00–70.00	65.09
2	—	133	55.00–60.00	57.52
3	—	121	50.00–70.00	63.41
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	83	5.00–30.00	17.21
5	—	65	5.00–10.00	7.01
9	—	104	10.00–30.00	21.35
9	—	76	10.00–20.00	13.10
4	—	110	20.00–30.00	22.50
1	—	132	20.00	20.00
7	—	93	10.00–20.00	15.72
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	102	170.00–175.00	172.55
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	130.00	130.00
1	—	100	110.00	110.00
3	—	85	120.00–130.00	126.77
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	102	40.00–50.00	46.54
4	—	87	50.00–52.50	51.24
10	—	91	35.00–52.50	47.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	32.50	32.50
2	—	114	25.00–37.50	31.36
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
1	—	102	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	15.00	15.00
1	—	72	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	58	5.00	5.00
1	—	88	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,765	45.00–46.00	45.35
7	—	1,793	53.00–56.50	54.90
21	—	1,718	47.00–52.50	49.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,363	35.00–43.50	41.36
10	—	1,477	51.00–54.50	52.16
28	—	1,401	44.00–50.50	47.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	39.00–48.00	43.27
11	—	1,150	27.00–35.00	31.67
8	—	1,059	4.00–25.00	13.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,390	70.00–73.00	71.67
1	—	1,192	60.00	60.00

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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