Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 7.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 20.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady. 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	1,330	73.06	972	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,738	69.54	1,209	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,378	57.42	791	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	43.02	430	34
Steers	Choice	Average	1,236	102.69	1,269	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	164.49/cwt	49
Bulls	Number 2	100	122.53/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	81	81.88/cwt	4
Bulls	Utility	80	23.84/cwt	24
Heifers	Number 1	94	221.43/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	80	159.39/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	85	20.61/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1	—	85	148.89/cwt	130.00–167.50	127	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	78	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	101	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	92	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	35	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	54.05/cwt	48.50–59.00	590	7
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	71	201.27/cwt	200.00–202.50	143	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,682	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	950	1
Bulls	Utility	—	110	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	33	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,697	63.74/cwt	62.00–65.00	1,082	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	224.99/cwt	215.00–232.50	232	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	31.85/cwt	29.00–35.00	297	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	115.55/cwt	97.50–127.50	118	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	42.53/cwt	37.00–47.00	421	21
Bulls	—	—	1,330	73.06/cwt	72.00–74.00	972	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,751	71.54/cwt	67.00–75.00	1,253	21
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	148.51/cwt	135.00–160.00	143	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	40.94/cwt	40.00–43.00	584	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	218.24/cwt	210.00–230.00	188	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	55.85/cwt	51.00–60.50	770	21
Bulls	Utility	—	84	29.65/cwt	20.00–50.00	25	8
Bulls	Utility	—	75	15.98/cwt	10.00–50.00	12	7
Bulls	Utility	—	65	6.31/cwt	5.00–10.00	4	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	233	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	142.70/cwt	130.00–152.50	160	7
Bulls	Utility	—	95	39.32/cwt	20.00–50.00	37	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,236	102.69/cwt	95.00–109.50	1,269	8
Heifers	Number 3	—	83	20.81/cwt	20.00–22.50	17	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	64.47/cwt	61.00–72.00	878	14
Bulls	Number 2	—	126	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	151	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	110	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	250	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	224.15/cwt	220.00–227.50	213	3
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	74	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	74	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	150.56/cwt	135.00–162.50	155	9
Heifers	Number 3	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	105.33/cwt	90.00–120.00	97	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	100.04/cwt	92.50–105.00	85	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	213.72/cwt	210.00–217.50	242	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	170	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	229.17/cwt	227.50–230.00	213	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	74	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	59	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	130	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	156	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	118	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	212	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	77	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	64	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	66	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	170	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	110.84/cwt	102.50–120.00	127	3

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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 118Last week 128Year ago 74

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 121Last week 134Year ago 83

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	85	130.00–167.50	148.89
1	—	78	130.00	130.00
14	—	96	135.00–160.00	148.51
7	—	112	130.00–152.50	142.70
9	—	103	135.00–162.50	150.56
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	30.00	30.00
8	—	84	20.00–50.00	29.65
7	—	75	10.00–50.00	15.98
4	—	65	5.00–10.00	6.31
3	—	95	20.00–50.00	39.32
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	103	215.00–232.50	224.99
2	—	113	210.00–217.50	213.72
3	—	93	227.50–230.00	229.17
1	—	82	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	102	97.50–127.50	115.55
1	—	126	120.00	120.00
2	—	92	90.00–120.00	105.33
3	—	85	92.50–105.00	100.04
1	—	130	120.00	120.00
2	—	77	100.00	100.00
3	—	115	102.50–120.00	110.84
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	202.50	202.50
1	—	90	200.00	200.00
1	—	118	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	80.00	80.00
1	—	82	77.50	77.50
1	—	94	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	37.50	37.50
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	71	200.00–202.50	201.27
1	—	86	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	86	210.00–230.00	218.24
1	—	106	220.00	220.00
1	—	110	227.50	227.50
3	—	95	220.00–227.50	224.15
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	20.00–22.50	20.81
1	—	92	20.00	20.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,091	48.50–59.00	54.05
6	—	934	29.00–35.00	31.85
21	—	989	37.00–47.00	42.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,682	56.50	56.50
5	—	1,697	62.00–65.00	63.74
21	—	1,751	67.00–75.00	71.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	40.00–43.00	40.94
21	—	1,379	51.00–60.50	55.85
14	—	1,362	61.00–72.00	64.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	72.00–74.00	73.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	95.00–109.50	102.69

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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