Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Number 1 Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady; other Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves not tested. 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	1,604	73.63	1,181	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,716	58.82	1,010	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,410	54.16	764	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,081	35.69	386	43
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,445	103.30	1,493	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	136.67/cwt	38
Bulls	Number 2	95	86.97/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	91	66.76/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	86	19.43/cwt	33
Heifers	Number 1	85	210.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	79	21.00/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	73	14.10/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	108.93/cwt	100.00–112.50	114	12
Bulls	Utility	—	114	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	31	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	19.47/cwt	10.00–37.50	16	13
Bulls	Utility	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	103	28.93/cwt	22.50–35.00	30	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	44.17/cwt	38.50–47.50	590	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	117	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	117	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	58.49/cwt	56.00–62.50	846	28
Bulls	—	—	1,630	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,223	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,707	58.42/cwt	56.50–60.50	997	16
Bulls	—	—	1,378	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	896	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,704	51.37/cwt	47.00–55.50	875	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	204.44/cwt	195.00–210.00	192	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	47.29/cwt	45.00–50.50	513	10
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	226	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	35.51/cwt	30.00–44.50	388	26
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	74	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	35	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,737	63.46/cwt	61.50–66.00	1,102	11
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	153	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	19.76/cwt	10.00–28.00	205	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	80.00/cwt	70.00–90.00	80	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	82.87/cwt	67.50–90.00	78	7
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	96	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	98	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	101	203.71/cwt	200.00–207.50	206	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	53.31/cwt	50.00–60.00	55	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	80	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	83	92.59/cwt	85.00–100.00	77	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	203.02/cwt	180.00–217.50	175	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	78	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	43	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	103.79/cwt	100.00–115.00	98	10
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	104.82/cwt	100.00–110.00	89	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	63	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	17.98/cwt	12.50–22.50	17	10
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	94	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	52.51/cwt	48.50–55.50	731	31
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,445	103.30/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	77.25/cwt	77.00–77.50	1,316	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	46	4

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 10, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 167Last week 154Year ago 135

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 112Last week 123Year ago 97

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	73	10.00–20.00	14.10
1	—	114	27.50	27.50
13	—	84	10.00–37.50	19.47
1	—	62	5.00	5.00
2	—	103	22.50–35.00	28.93
10	—	93	12.50–22.50	17.98
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	105	100.00–112.50	108.93
2	—	117	100.00	100.00
10	—	94	100.00–115.00	103.79
2	—	85	100.00–110.00	104.82
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	94	195.00–210.00	204.44
2	—	113	200.00	200.00
2	—	101	200.00–207.50	203.71
3	—	86	180.00–217.50	203.02
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	47.50	47.50
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	100	70.00–90.00	80.00
7	—	94	67.50–90.00	82.87
1	—	84	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	102.50	102.50
2	—	83	85.00–100.00	92.59
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	50.00–60.00	53.31
4	—	84	50.00–60.00	55.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	5.00	5.00
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
1	—	94	20.00	20.00
1	—	76	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	210.00	210.00
1	—	90	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	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
7	—	1,336	38.50–47.50	44.17
28	—	1,447	56.00–62.50	58.49
31	—	1,393	48.50–55.50	52.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,707	56.50–60.50	58.42
6	—	1,704	47.00–55.50	51.37
11	—	1,737	61.50–66.00	63.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,084	45.00–50.50	47.29
26	—	1,092	30.00–44.50	35.51
7	—	1,038	10.00–28.00	19.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,378	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,703	77.00–77.50	77.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	103.00–104.00	103.30

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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