Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold firm. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. 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	—	Low	1,538	75.54	1,162	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,783	59.30	1,057	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,403	56.55	794	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,043	41.37	432	21

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	152.31/cwt	57
Bulls	Number 2	98	109.36/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 3	88	68.67/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	84	24.44/cwt	18
Heifers	Number 2	96	175.63/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	96	162.06/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 3	84	117.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80	40.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,427	61.73/cwt	59.00–66.50	881	23
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	—	—	1,227	65.87/cwt	65.00–66.50	808	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	112.33/cwt	107.50–122.50	97	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	110.24/cwt	100.00–120.00	114	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	80.06/cwt	75.00–87.50	66	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	51.04/cwt	48.00–55.00	529	7
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	110	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	193	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,873	47.05/cwt	45.00–50.00	881	3
Bulls	Utility	—	83	27.57/cwt	20.00–40.00	23	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,809	59.69/cwt	58.00–60.50	1,080	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	111.61/cwt	105.00–127.50	126	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	26.61/cwt	21.00–30.00	240	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	91.26/cwt	75.00–100.00	94	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	39.24/cwt	34.00–45.00	426	11
Bulls	—	—	1,745	81.98/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,431	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,729	63.61/cwt	61.50–65.50	1,100	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	108.51/cwt	100.00–117.50	102	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	45.70/cwt	39.00–48.50	622	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	234	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	54.76/cwt	50.00–58.00	763	24
Bulls	Utility	—	124	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	50	1
Bulls	Utility	—	91	22.04/cwt	20.00–27.50	20	5
Bulls	Utility	—	75	26.38/cwt	10.00–42.50	20	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	198.73/cwt	190.00–205.00	193	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	122	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	55	1
Bulls	Utility	—	67	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	97	174.95/cwt	170.00–180.00	170	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	57.63/cwt	45.00–70.00	49	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	92	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	106	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	77	90.00/cwt	80.00–100.00	69	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	106	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	191	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	78	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	125	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	84.91/cwt	72.50–97.50	81	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	55.70/cwt	50.00–62.50	53	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	50.00/cwt	45.00–55.00	39	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	81	89.88/cwt	80.00–100.00	73	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	218.81/cwt	207.50–230.00	184	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	124	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	230	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	75	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	113	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	110	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	204	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	98	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	108	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	208.38/cwt	205.00–210.00	219	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	80	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	213.46/cwt	200.00–225.00	220	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	85.00/cwt	77.50–92.50	95	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	128	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	128	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	165	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	92	48.67/cwt	45.00–52.50	45	2
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	70	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	88	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	84	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	42	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	214.71/cwt	200.00–227.50	200	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	222.63/cwt	205.00–230.00	187	4
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	102	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	186	1

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed Mar 24, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 152Year ago 225

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 146Last week 120Year ago 139

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,427	59.00–66.50	61.73
7	—	1,360	39.00–48.50	45.70
24	—	1,393	50.00–58.00	54.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,037	48.00–55.00	51.04
3	—	901	21.00–30.00	26.61
11	—	1,086	34.00–45.00	39.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,873	45.00–50.00	47.05
6	—	1,809	58.00–60.50	59.69
8	—	1,729	61.50–65.50	63.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,227	65.00–66.50	65.87
3	—	1,745	80.00–85.00	81.98

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
4	—	85	45.00–70.00	57.63
3	—	95	50.00–62.50	55.70
2	—	78	45.00–55.00	50.00
1	—	124	55.00	55.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	86	107.50–122.50	112.33
10	—	103	100.00–120.00	110.24
9	—	113	105.00–127.50	111.61
10	—	94	100.00–117.50	108.51
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	75.00–87.50	80.06
7	—	103	75.00–100.00	91.26
6	—	95	72.50–97.50	84.91
2	—	112	77.50–92.50	85.00
1	—	128	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	175.00	175.00
2	—	97	170.00–180.00	174.95
2	—	106	180.00	180.00
2	—	75	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	83	20.00–40.00	27.57
1	—	124	40.00	40.00
5	—	91	20.00–27.50	22.04
5	—	75	10.00–42.50	26.38
2	—	67	10.00	10.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	195.00	195.00
1	—	112	205.00	205.00
10	—	103	200.00–225.00	213.46
7	—	93	200.00–227.50	214.71
4	—	84	205.00–230.00	222.63
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	115.00	115.00
3	—	77	80.00–100.00	90.00
2	—	81	80.00–100.00	89.88
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	97	190.00–205.00	198.73
3	—	84	207.50–230.00	218.81
3	—	105	205.00–210.00	208.38
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	122	45.00	45.00
2	—	92	45.00–52.50	48.67
1	—	84	50.00	50.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	160.00	160.00
1	—	110	185.00	185.00
1	—	94	175.00	175.00
1	—	102	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	110.00	110.00
1	—	70	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	40.00	40.00

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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