Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 10.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady to 30.00 lower. Dairy and Feeder Cattle not tested. Demand was light due to two large beef buyers' absence.

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	1,810	72.50	1,312	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,726	56.82	981	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,386	50.14	695	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	38.18	415	28
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,397	104.52	1,460	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	130.52/cwt	34
Bulls	Number 2	90	82.55/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	90	54.78/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	84	15.61/cwt	39
Heifers	Number 1	90	175.43/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	66	5.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

42 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	N/A	—	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	116.25/cwt	102.50–130.00	109	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	80	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	40	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	54.25/cwt	42.50–65.00	51	6
Bulls	Utility	—	92	19.22/cwt	10.00–30.00	18	6
Bulls	Utility	—	84	16.21/cwt	10.00–20.00	14	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	42.81/cwt	34.00–47.00	543	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	51.00/cwt	48.00–55.00	714	56
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	156	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	204.14/cwt	200.00–212.50	194	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	22.59/cwt	10.00–29.00	222	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	35.60/cwt	35.00–37.00	417	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	57.76/cwt	55.50–61.50	868	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	45.80/cwt	42.50–50.00	506	16
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	79.56/cwt	70.00–87.50	68	9
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	74	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,697	54.77/cwt	51.00–58.00	929	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,782	60.72/cwt	59.00–65.00	1,082	10
Bulls	Utility	—	111	22.57/cwt	15.00–30.00	25	2
Bulls	Utility	—	104	21.88/cwt	20.00–27.50	23	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	68	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	46	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,312	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,397	104.52/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,460	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	99.08/cwt	90.00–102.50	112	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	97.37/cwt	85.00–110.00	93	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	91	75.42/cwt	70.00–82.50	69	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	105.13/cwt	100.00–110.00	109	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	203.75/cwt	200.00–207.50	216	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	199.40/cwt	187.50–210.00	185	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	220	1
Bulls	Utility	—	67	7.54/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Bulls	Utility	—	73	11.26/cwt	10.00–20.00	8	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	210.24/cwt	190.00–220.00	177	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	83	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	778.33/cwt	710.00–860.00	—	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	787.50/cwt	750.00–825.00	—	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	—	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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 189Year ago 135

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 131Year ago 116

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 84

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	N/A	1	—	600	375.00	375.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	710.00–860.00	778.33
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	750.00–825.00	787.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	910.00	910.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	94	102.50–130.00	116.25
1	—	74	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	50.00	50.00
1	—	100	50.00	50.00
6	—	94	42.50–65.00	54.25
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	92	10.00–30.00	19.22
13	—	84	10.00–20.00	16.21
2	—	111	15.00–30.00	22.57
4	—	104	20.00–27.50	21.88
2	—	67	5.00–10.00	7.54
12	—	73	10.00–20.00	11.26
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	200.00–212.50	204.14
2	—	106	200.00–207.50	203.75
1	—	110	200.00	200.00
4	—	84	190.00–220.00	210.24
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	86	70.00–87.50	79.56
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
6	—	91	70.00–82.50	75.42
1	—	104	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	68	67.50	67.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	113	90.00–102.50	99.08
13	—	95	85.00–110.00	97.37
1	—	86	90.00	90.00
5	—	104	100.00–110.00	105.13
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	200.00	200.00
4	—	93	187.50–210.00	199.40
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	55.00	55.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,269	34.00–47.00	42.81
56	—	1,400	48.00–55.00	51.00
11	—	1,503	55.50–61.50	57.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	982	10.00–29.00	22.59
5	—	1,171	35.00–37.00	35.60
16	—	1,105	42.50–50.00	45.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,697	51.00–58.00	54.77
10	—	1,782	59.00–65.00	60.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	72.50	72.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	102.00–106.00	104.52

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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