Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 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 10.00 higher. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves not tested. 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	—	High	1,328	73.23	973	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,808	63.69	1,152	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,367	55.60	760	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	42.14	424	26

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	133.51/cwt	51
Bulls	Number 2	94	92.02/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	92	56.58/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	88	26.79/cwt	19
Heifers	Number 1	92	198.71/cwt	12
Heifers	Number 2	89	159.61/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	13.75/cwt	2

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	—	85	27.47/cwt	20.00–35.00	23	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	95.34/cwt	90.00–105.00	81	6
Bulls	Utility	—	95	24.42/cwt	10.00–32.50	23	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	209.66/cwt	192.50–222.50	199	10
Bulls	Utility	—	118	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	32	1
Bulls	Utility	—	102	22.50/cwt	15.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	—	—	1,454	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,112	1
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	72	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	36	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	46.72/cwt	45.00–48.00	613	10
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	116	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	235	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,797	64.36/cwt	61.50–67.50	1,157	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	102.72/cwt	90.00–112.50	97	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	40.65/cwt	34.00–46.00	402	18
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	211.24/cwt	210.00–212.50	184	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	28.52/cwt	28.00–29.00	282	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	85	162.81/cwt	150.00–180.00	138	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	54.07/cwt	49.00–58.50	716	34
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	213	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,871	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,123	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	193.77/cwt	192.50–195.00	202	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	51.14/cwt	47.50–55.00	546	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	207.50/cwt	192.50–222.50	162	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	81	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	150	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	56.80/cwt	50.00–60.00	47	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	200.54/cwt	187.50–210.00	191	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	196.59/cwt	190.00–200.00	165	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	123	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	102	53.27/cwt	50.00–57.50	54	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	74.82/cwt	67.50–82.50	63	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	57.90/cwt	40.00–67.50	53	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	104.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	119	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	83	172.65/cwt	160.00–185.00	143	2
Bulls	Utility	—	74	22.03/cwt	12.50–32.50	16	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	128	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	211	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	218.67/cwt	210.00–227.50	230	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	17	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	61.47/cwt	59.00–65.00	891	24
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	77.77/cwt	70.00–87.50	73	7
Bulls	—	—	1,303	72.57/cwt	70.00–74.00	946	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	77.55/cwt	75.00–80.00	79	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	102.52/cwt	90.00–112.50	107	11
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	64	7.50/cwt	7.50–7.50	5	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 17, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 167Year ago 162

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 120Last week 112Year ago 103

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	85	20.00–35.00	27.47
3	—	95	10.00–32.50	24.42
1	—	118	27.50	27.50
2	—	102	15.00–30.00	22.50
3	—	74	12.50–32.50	22.03
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	85	90.00–105.00	95.34
14	—	94	90.00–112.50	102.72
2	—	123	100.00	100.00
3	—	114	100.00–110.00	104.14
11	—	104	90.00–112.50	102.52
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	95	192.50–222.50	209.66
1	—	116	202.50	202.50
2	—	87	210.00–212.50	211.24
2	—	105	210.00–227.50	218.67
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	72	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	72.50	72.50
5	—	84	67.50–82.50	74.82
7	—	94	70.00–87.50	77.77
2	—	102	75.00–80.00	77.55
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	50.00–60.00	56.80
3	—	102	50.00–57.50	53.27
7	—	92	40.00–67.50	57.90
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	83	160.00–185.00	172.65
1	—	128	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	150.00–180.00	162.81
1	—	100	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	190.00	190.00
2	—	104	192.50–195.00	193.77
2	—	78	192.50–222.50	207.50
4	—	95	187.50–210.00	200.54
3	—	84	190.00–200.00	196.59
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	20.00	20.00
1	—	64	7.50	7.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,454	76.50	76.50
5	—	1,303	70.00–74.00	72.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,312	45.00–48.00	46.72
34	—	1,325	49.00–58.50	54.07
24	—	1,450	59.00–65.00	61.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,797	61.50–67.50	64.36
2	—	1,871	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	989	34.00–46.00	40.65
2	—	988	28.00–29.00	28.52
6	—	1,068	47.50–55.00	51.14

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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