Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 5.00-6.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady to 10.00 higher. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Report for monthly Dairy Heifer 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	—	Low	1,142	73.00	834	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,751	68.95	1,208	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,409	61.41	865	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	48.37	497	21

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	122.47/cwt	47
Bulls	Number 2	95	91.59/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	101	59.68/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	89	13.64/cwt	31
Heifers	Number 1	94	198.00/cwt	14
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	82	10.00/cwt	1

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	—	82	12.20/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	9
Bulls	Utility	—	95	14.48/cwt	10.00–20.00	14	9
Bulls	Utility	—	110	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	5
Bulls	Utility	—	103	17.93/cwt	10.00–30.00	18	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	101.64/cwt	95.00–110.00	105	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,812	74.13/cwt	71.50–77.00	1,343	9
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	200.50/cwt	197.50–205.00	174	5
Bulls	—	—	990	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	634	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	67.28/cwt	63.50–73.00	964	23
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	80.24/cwt	70.00–90.00	76	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	95.81/cwt	95.00–97.50	108	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,654	50.59/cwt	46.00–55.00	837	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	215	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	43.07/cwt	36.00–46.00	439	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	52	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	53.19/cwt	50.00–60.00	551	11
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	164	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,424	57.46/cwt	52.00–62.50	818	20
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	202.43/cwt	195.00–210.00	209	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	50.25/cwt	49.00–51.00	623	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,693	67.29/cwt	60.00–70.50	1,139	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	80.04/cwt	70.00–87.50	69	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	205.74/cwt	192.50–220.00	191	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	151	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	220	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	80.00/cwt	70.00–87.50	82	5
Bulls	—	—	1,294	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	196.71/cwt	180.00–205.00	185	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	198.34/cwt	195.00–200.00	224	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	98	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	134	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	67	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	96.38/cwt	90.00–110.00	91	16
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	58.75/cwt	50.00–67.50	52	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	100	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	91.69/cwt	90.00–95.00	80	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	173	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	91	54.95/cwt	50.00–60.00	50	2
Bulls	Utility	—	68	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	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 Feb 17, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 166Year ago 126

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 129Last week 139Year ago 126

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	82	10.00–20.00	12.20
9	—	95	10.00–20.00	14.48
1	—	110	15.00	15.00
5	—	74	10.00	10.00
6	—	103	10.00–30.00	17.93
1	—	68	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	103	95.00–110.00	101.64
3	—	113	95.00–97.50	95.81
16	—	94	90.00–110.00	96.38
3	—	87	90.00–95.00	91.69
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	95	70.00–90.00	80.24
6	—	86	70.00–87.50	80.04
5	—	103	70.00–87.50	80.00
1	—	112	87.50	87.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	50.00	50.00
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
1	—	134	50.00	50.00
2	—	88	50.00–67.50	58.75
2	—	91	50.00–60.00	54.95
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	200.00	200.00
2	—	103	195.00–210.00	202.43
5	—	93	192.50–220.00	205.74
3	—	113	195.00–200.00	198.34
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	180.00	180.00
1	—	96	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	87	197.50–205.00	200.50
1	—	106	202.50	202.50
1	—	116	190.00	190.00
7	—	94	180.00–205.00	196.71
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	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
9	—	1,812	71.50–77.00	74.13
2	—	1,654	46.00–55.00	50.59
6	—	1,693	60.00–70.50	67.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,433	63.50–73.00	67.28
20	—	1,424	52.00–62.50	57.46
5	—	1,240	49.00–51.00	50.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,019	36.00–46.00	43.07
11	—	1,035	50.00–60.00	53.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,294	82.00	82.00

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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