Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Number 1 and 2 Holstein Bull Calves sold 7.00-15.00 lower; other Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves sold 15.00 lower on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 20.00-25.00 higher. 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	1,284	62.08	797	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,743	53.55	933	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,386	44.04	610	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	28.57	305	31

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	113.26/cwt	40
Bulls	Number 2	94	70.81/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	95	40.30/cwt	12
Bulls	Utility	86	15.34/cwt	49
Heifers	Number 1	92	211.95/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	97	72.50/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 3	79	21.16/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	92	15.00/cwt	1

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	—	123	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	98	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	66.51/cwt	55.00–72.50	62	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	65.49/cwt	52.50–72.50	56	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	228	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,773	55.66/cwt	54.00–57.50	987	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	51.09/cwt	48.00–52.50	873	6
Bulls	Utility	—	94	17.31/cwt	12.50–20.00	16	12
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	214.65/cwt	200.00–225.00	202	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	46.45/cwt	42.00–50.50	644	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	34.70/cwt	27.00–40.00	467	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	19.48/cwt	10.00–27.00	201	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,444	53.22/cwt	51.00–57.00	768	11
Bulls	—	—	1,599	66.88/cwt	61.00–70.00	1,069	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	84.18/cwt	82.50–85.00	94	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	43.04/cwt	41.00–47.00	485	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	35.10/cwt	30.00–39.00	382	9
Bulls	Utility	—	82	14.18/cwt	5.00–25.00	12	17
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	202.62/cwt	200.00–205.00	170	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	130	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	104	1
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	76	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	49	1
Bulls	Utility	—	114	22.50/cwt	15.00–30.00	26	2
Bulls	Utility	—	67	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	2
Bulls	—	—	1,484	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,106	1
Bulls	—	—	983	56.33/cwt	52.00–60.00	554	8
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	106	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	191	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	106	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	191	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	227	1
Bulls	Utility	—	103	17.02/cwt	15.00–20.00	18	5
Bulls	Utility	—	75	9.79/cwt	5.00–20.00	7	10
Heifers	Number 3	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	82	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	49	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	85	9.82/cwt	5.00–15.00	8	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	81	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	83.50/cwt	80.00–92.50	86	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	81.55/cwt	77.50–90.00	77	15
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	120	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	120	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	35.12/cwt	30.00–40.00	30	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	34.82/cwt	27.50–42.50	33	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	210.66/cwt	200.00–222.50	196	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	207.43/cwt	200.00–217.50	216	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	61.82/cwt	50.00–72.50	64	4
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	23	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

Thu Jan 7, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 80Year ago 113

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 152Last week 136Year ago 128

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	123	80.00	80.00
3	—	112	82.50–85.00	84.18
1	—	130	80.00	80.00
8	—	103	80.00–92.50	83.50
15	—	94	77.50–90.00	81.55
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	93	55.00–72.50	66.51
6	—	86	52.50–72.50	65.49
1	—	112	72.50	72.50
4	—	103	50.00–72.50	61.82
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	190.00	190.00
3	—	93	200.00–222.50	210.66
6	—	104	200.00–217.50	207.43
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	94	12.50–20.00	17.31
17	—	82	5.00–25.00	14.18
2	—	114	15.00–30.00	22.50
2	—	67	5.00	5.00
5	—	103	15.00–20.00	17.02
10	—	75	5.00–20.00	9.79
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	30.00–40.00	35.12
9	—	94	27.50–42.50	34.82
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	200.00–225.00	214.65
2	—	84	200.00–205.00	202.62
1	—	102	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	15.00	15.00
1	—	100	22.50	22.50
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	106	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
2	—	85	5.00–15.00	9.82
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,773	54.00–57.50	55.66
6	—	1,708	48.00–52.50	51.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,387	42.00–50.50	46.45
17	—	1,347	27.00–40.00	34.70
11	—	1,444	51.00–57.00	53.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,034	10.00–27.00	19.48
6	—	1,128	41.00–47.00	43.04
9	—	1,088	30.00–39.00	35.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	61.00–70.00	66.88
1	—	1,484	74.50	74.50
8	—	983	52.00–60.00	56.33

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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