Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 3.00-4.00 lower, except Breaker Slaughter Cows not tested. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold 5.00-7.00 lower on a light test. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady to 10.00 higher on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold 20.00-40.00 lower on a light test. Feeder and Dairy Cattle not tested. Demand was moderate. Supply was light due to the holiday and predicted inclement weather.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,815	51.53	936	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,432	43.56	624	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	34.76	368	13

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	133.10/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 2	100	66.17/cwt	33
Bulls	Number 3	99	47.78/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	90	15.43/cwt	50
Heifers	Number 1	88	155.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	81	81.54/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 3	82	19.39/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	13.37/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	95	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	8
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	19.51/cwt	15.00–30.00	20	12
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	83.06/cwt	80.00–87.50	86	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	90	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	150.00/cwt	145.00–155.00	135	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	72	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	150	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	46.00/cwt	37.50–55.00	47	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	49.13/cwt	40.00–55.00	46	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	74	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	61.68/cwt	60.00–62.50	54	3
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	80	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	10	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	66.45/cwt	55.00–75.00	63	11
Heifers	Number 3	—	82	18.78/cwt	17.50–20.00	15	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	12.56/cwt	10.00–15.00	11	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	102.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	76	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	136	2
Bulls	Utility	—	111	23.10/cwt	17.50–27.50	26	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	113	52.57/cwt	50.00–55.00	59	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	72	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	78	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	14.22/cwt	10.00–30.00	12	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	44.13/cwt	42.00–47.00	594	11
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	72	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	22	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	83	33.77/cwt	32.50–35.00	28	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	122	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,789	53.80/cwt	53.00–54.50	962	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	31.56/cwt	23.00–36.00	317	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	39.88/cwt	39.00–40.50	456	5
Bulls	Utility	—	75	8.05/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	168.99/cwt	160.00–180.00	161	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	66.78/cwt	60.00–77.50	69	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	49.23/cwt	47.50–52.50	742	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,419	34.99/cwt	30.00–40.00	497	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,868	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	878	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 23, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 115Year ago 125

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 124Last week 148Year ago 121

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	95	15.00	15.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
12	—	104	15.00–30.00	19.51
4	—	111	17.50–27.50	23.10
15	—	83	10.00–30.00	14.22
8	—	75	5.00–10.00	8.05
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	80.00–87.50	83.06
1	—	112	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	35.00	35.00
2	—	103	37.50–55.00	46.00
5	—	94	40.00–55.00	49.13
2	—	113	50.00–55.00	52.57
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	170.00	170.00
1	—	106	170.00	170.00
5	—	95	160.00–180.00	168.99
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	67.50	67.50
3	—	87	60.00–62.50	61.68
11	—	95	55.00–75.00	66.45
1	—	120	65.00	65.00
17	—	104	60.00–77.50	66.78
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	12.50	12.50
1	—	72	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	90	145.00–155.00	150.00
2	—	85	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
2	—	82	17.50–20.00	18.78
1	—	72	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	10.00–15.00	12.56
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	74	100.00–105.00	102.57
1	—	90	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	32.50–35.00	33.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,347	42.00–47.00	44.13
14	—	1,507	47.50–52.50	49.23
10	—	1,419	30.00–40.00	34.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,789	53.00–54.50	53.80
1	—	1,868	47.00	47.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,006	23.00–36.00	31.56
5	—	1,143	39.00–40.50	39.88

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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