Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2020-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Breaker Slaughter Cows sold 6.00 higher on a light test; other Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher on a light test. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves sold steady 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	—	Average	1,642	62.03	1,019	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,716	53.79	923	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,383	47.68	660	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,079	35.21	380	17

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	112.50/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 2	98	86.86/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 3	93	52.50/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	84	13.63/cwt	39
Heifers	Number 1	88	200.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	97	57.48/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	86	41.18/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	10.05/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

46 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	—	85	13.20/cwt	10.00–20.00	11	11
Bulls	Utility	—	74	12.10/cwt	5.00–20.00	9	15
Bulls	Utility	—	93	15.75/cwt	5.00–22.50	15	10
Bulls	Utility	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	75	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	93.49/cwt	90.00–100.00	107	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	43.82/cwt	43.00–47.00	468	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	21.62/cwt	8.00–29.00	250	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,644	49.99/cwt	48.50–50.50	822	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	36.62/cwt	33.00–40.00	383	8
Bulls	—	—	1,642	62.03/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,019	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,417	46.22/cwt	43.00–49.00	655	10
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	185.35/cwt	170.00–200.00	159	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,696	53.52/cwt	52.50–55.00	908	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,831	58.89/cwt	57.50–60.00	1,078	4
Bulls	Utility	—	108	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	Utility	—	130	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	29	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	73.09/cwt	67.50–80.00	64	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	77.89/cwt	70.00–87.50	73	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	52.35/cwt	50.00–56.50	734	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	37.10/cwt	30.00–42.00	475	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	92.27/cwt	87.50–102.50	89	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	50.66/cwt	50.00–52.50	42	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	40.00/cwt	30.00–50.00	42	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	8.41/cwt	5.00–10.00	6	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	104	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	104	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	39.96/cwt	30.00–50.00	38	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	92	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	74	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	83	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	103	145.78/cwt	125.00–162.50	150	3
Heifers	Number 2	—	93	31.21/cwt	30.00–32.50	29	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	112	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	36	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	75.56/cwt	70.00–87.50	79	11
Heifers	Number 3	—	83	16.11/cwt	12.50–20.00	13	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	104	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	95	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	212	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	187	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	178.13/cwt	170.00–185.00	183	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	105	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	122	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	95.53/cwt	90.00–107.50	99	13

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 30, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 58Year ago 125

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 136Last week 124Year ago 121

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	85	10.00–20.00	13.20
15	—	74	5.00–20.00	12.10
10	—	93	5.00–22.50	15.75
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
1	—	108	20.00	20.00
1	—	130	22.50	22.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	85.00	85.00
5	—	114	90.00–100.00	93.49
8	—	96	87.50–102.50	92.27
13	—	104	90.00–107.50	95.53
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	170.00–200.00	185.35
1	—	110	192.50	192.50
1	—	96	195.00	195.00
3	—	103	170.00–185.00	178.13
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	88	67.50–80.00	73.09
8	—	94	70.00–87.50	77.89
11	—	104	70.00–87.50	75.56
1	—	112	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	83	50.00–52.50	50.66
2	—	106	30.00–50.00	40.00
5	—	94	30.00–50.00	39.96
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	100.00	100.00
1	—	92	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	125.00	125.00
3	—	103	125.00–162.50	145.78
1	—	84	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
3	—	73	5.00–10.00	8.41
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	30.00–32.50	31.21
1	—	112	32.50	32.50
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	12.50–20.00	16.11
1	—	104	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,068	43.00–47.00	43.82
4	—	1,155	8.00–29.00	21.62
8	—	1,047	33.00–40.00	36.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,644	48.50–50.50	49.99
5	—	1,696	52.50–55.00	53.52
4	—	1,831	57.50–60.00	58.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,417	43.00–49.00	46.22
19	—	1,403	50.00–56.50	52.35
7	—	1,281	30.00–42.00	37.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,642	60.00–66.00	62.03

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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