Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

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 10.00 higher except Number 3 and Utility Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves not tested. Dairy Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Sale Report for monthly Feeder 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	—	High	1,507	60.84	917	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,695	52.05	882	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,368	47.29	647	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	33.45	361	26

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	97.42/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 2	92	73.16/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	85	53.59/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	88	16.20/cwt	34
Heifers	Number 1	91	150.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	91	66.25/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 3	96	15.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	72	10.06/cwt	5

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	Utility	—	110	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Utility	—	132	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	26	1
Bulls	Utility	—	73	14.44/cwt	10.00–30.00	11	7
Bulls	Utility	—	97	17.88/cwt	15.00–20.00	17	7
Bulls	Utility	—	103	17.55/cwt	15.00–22.50	18	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	90.39/cwt	80.00–100.00	87	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	54.90/cwt	53.50–57.00	938	5
Bulls	—	—	1,864	71.04/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,324	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	48.67/cwt	46.00–51.00	661	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	42.28/cwt	37.50–45.00	572	13
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	67	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	145	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	34.54/cwt	29.00–39.50	372	16
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	68.82/cwt	65.00–75.00	64	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	45.32/cwt	42.50–48.50	491	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	71	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	18.08/cwt	5.00–25.00	196	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	104	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	54.52/cwt	52.50–56.50	789	5
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	76	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	99	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	47.36/cwt	46.00–48.50	808	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	92	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	99	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	52.02/cwt	51.00–52.50	871	5
Heifers	Number 3	—	96	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	15.68/cwt	5.00–30.00	13	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	46.76/cwt	37.50–57.50	40	7
Bulls	—	—	1,649	62.65/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,033	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	76	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	80	1
Bulls	—	—	1,187	53.92/cwt	47.50–57.00	640	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	94.82/cwt	90.00–100.00	108	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	64	7.66/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	93.99/cwt	80.00–105.00	97	15
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	127	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	108	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	151	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	82	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	82	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	163.79/cwt	160.00–167.50	152	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	65.63/cwt	60.00–77.50	56	5
Heifers	Number 2	—	90	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	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.

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Dec 9, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 135Year ago 145

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 109Last week 139Year ago 127

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	15.00	15.00
1	—	132	20.00	20.00
7	—	73	10.00–30.00	14.44
7	—	97	15.00–20.00	17.88
4	—	103	15.00–22.50	17.55
14	—	83	5.00–30.00	15.68
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	96	80.00–100.00	90.39
1	—	86	77.50	77.50
2	—	114	90.00–100.00	94.82
15	—	103	80.00–105.00	93.99
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	93	65.00–75.00	68.82
1	—	102	70.00	70.00
5	—	86	60.00–77.50	65.63
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	85	37.50–57.50	46.76
1	—	96	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	108	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	160.00–167.50	163.79
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	145.00	145.00
1	—	82	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	20.00	20.00
1	—	90	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	130.00	130.00
1	—	92	107.50	107.50
1	—	82	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	15.00	15.00
2	—	64	5.00–10.00	7.66
2	—	76	10.00	10.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,708	53.50–57.00	54.90
3	—	1,706	46.00–48.50	47.36
5	—	1,675	51.00–52.50	52.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,358	46.00–51.00	48.67
13	—	1,354	37.50–45.00	42.28
5	—	1,448	52.50–56.50	54.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,077	29.00–39.50	34.54
5	—	1,084	42.50–48.50	45.32
5	—	1,082	5.00–25.00	18.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,864	70.00–72.00	71.04
4	—	1,649	60.00–65.00	62.65
4	—	1,187	47.50–57.00	53.92

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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