Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 3.00-8.00 higher except Lean Slaughter Cows sold steady on a light test. 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 on a light test. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady to 15.00 lower. 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	1,381	76.63	1,058	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,734	66.94	1,161	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,372	58.04	796	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	41.77	450	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,259	109.33	1,376	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,516	98.45	1,493	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	134.30/cwt	29
Bulls	Number 2	95	124.49/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 3	89	76.80/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	83	19.83/cwt	33
Heifers	Number 1	95	195.19/cwt	14
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	81	62.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	88	59.32/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 3	68	32.50/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

59 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	Number 2Beef Cross	—	100	198.75/cwt	192.50–205.00	199	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	124	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	236	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	16.04/cwt	10.00–30.00	14	4
Bulls	Utility	—	66	10.05/cwt	5.00–12.50	7	7
Bulls	Utility	—	95	21.36/cwt	15.00–35.00	20	7
Bulls	Utility	—	73	16.55/cwt	10.00–40.00	12	10
Bulls	Utility	—	120	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	33	1
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	86	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	86	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,731	69.78/cwt	66.50–73.00	1,208	12
Bulls	—	—	1,060	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	689	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,259	109.33/cwt	109.00–109.50	1,376	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	64.66/cwt	62.00–71.00	927	14
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	133	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	116.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	120	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	38.71/cwt	35.00–44.00	420	7
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	38	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	50.60/cwt	48.00–52.50	550	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	214	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	30.42/cwt	30.00–31.00	312	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	212.44/cwt	210.00–215.00	178	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	58.39/cwt	53.50–61.50	795	25
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	205.66/cwt	200.00–215.00	195	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	47.91/cwt	38.00–51.00	627	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	66	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,739	63.15/cwt	60.00–64.50	1,098	9
Heifers	Number 2	—	78	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Utility	—	110	28.75/cwt	15.00–42.50	32	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	93.34/cwt	80.00–100.00	78	7
Bulls	—	—	1,488	80.50/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,198	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	108	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	118	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	34	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	53.24/cwt	50.00–60.00	45	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	55	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	105	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	64	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	38	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	93	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-TubingBeef Cross	—	98	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	64	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	93.25/cwt	80.00–100.00	96	3
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	74	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	91.63/cwt	82.50–100.00	85	5
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	86	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	129	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	200	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	62	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	217.40/cwt	215.00–220.00	226	2
Heifers	Number 3	—	65	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	223	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	47	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	77	222.53/cwt	220.00–225.00	171	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	62.50/cwt	55.00–70.00	70	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	116.92/cwt	105.00–127.50	110	14
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	114	203.62/cwt	200.00–207.50	232	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	83	119.29/cwt	110.00–127.50	99	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	93	196.13/cwt	192.50–200.00	182	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	108.74/cwt	107.50–110.00	123	2
Heifers	Number 2	—	85	24.94/cwt	20.00–30.00	21	2
Bulls	Utility	—	108	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	64	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	96	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,516	98.45/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,493	2

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 31, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 103Year ago 80

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 102Last week 146Year ago 105

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	100	192.50–205.00	198.75
1	—	124	190.00	190.00
2	—	114	200.00–207.50	203.62
2	—	93	192.50–200.00	196.13
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	85	10.00–30.00	16.04
7	—	66	5.00–12.50	10.05
7	—	95	15.00–35.00	21.36
10	—	73	10.00–40.00	16.55
1	—	120	27.50	27.50
2	—	110	15.00–42.50	28.75
1	—	108	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	121	110.00	110.00
3	—	103	110.00–120.00	116.71
14	—	94	105.00–127.50	116.92
3	—	83	110.00–127.50	119.29
2	—	113	107.50–110.00	108.74
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	85.00	85.00
7	—	84	80.00–100.00	93.34
3	—	103	80.00–100.00	93.25
5	—	93	82.50–100.00	91.63
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	84	50.00–60.00	53.24
1	—	78	70.00	70.00
1	—	94	50.00	50.00
2	—	112	55.00–70.00	62.50
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	160.00	160.00
1	—	86	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	232.50	232.50
2	—	104	215.00–220.00	217.40
2	—	77	220.00–225.00	222.53
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	210.00	210.00
2	—	84	210.00–215.00	212.44
8	—	95	200.00–215.00	205.66
1	—	110	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	20.00	20.00
1	—	118	29.00	29.00
2	—	93	20.00	20.00
2	—	85	20.00–30.00	24.94
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	120.00	120.00
1	—	84	125.00	125.00
1	—	64	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
2	—	65	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	64	60.00	60.00
1	—	98	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	62	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,731	66.50–73.00	69.78
9	—	1,739	60.00–64.50	63.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,434	62.00–71.00	64.66
25	—	1,362	53.50–61.50	58.39
10	—	1,308	38.00–51.00	47.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,085	35.00–44.00	38.71
5	—	1,086	48.00–52.50	50.60
2	—	1,025	30.00–31.00	30.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	65.00	65.00
3	—	1,488	78.00–82.50	80.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,259	109.00–109.50	109.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,516	96.00–101.00	98.45

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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