Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-21

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 12.00-20.00 higher. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 25.00 higher. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold 10.00 higher. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Replacement and Feeder Sale Report for monthly Dairy Heifer Special Sale. Demand was moderate for Slaughter Cattle, good for Feeder Dairy Calves.

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	1,503	77.99	1,172	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,745	63.20	1,103	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	56.40	750	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	43.24	434	31

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	188.84/cwt	42
Bulls	Number 2	94	140.18/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	84	90.65/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	83	27.92/cwt	16
Heifers	Number 1	93	207.63/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	80	167.48/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1Beef Cross	—	110	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	259	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	280.00/cwt	260.00–300.00	218	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	250.33/cwt	237.50–260.00	215	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	78	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	88	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	90	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	117	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	82	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	122.28/cwt	110.00–130.00	103	7
Bulls	Utility	—	66	15.15/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	2
Bulls	Utility	—	92	43.45/cwt	30.00–57.50	40	2
Bulls	Utility	—	110	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	33	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	185	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	93	153.00/cwt	142.50–170.00	142	11
Heifers	Number 1	—	106	57.41/cwt	52.50–62.50	61	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	52.91/cwt	51.00–55.00	563	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	30.94/cwt	23.00–36.00	308	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,816	73.58/cwt	72.50–74.50	1,336	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,778	52.92/cwt	51.00–55.00	941	4
Bulls	—	—	1,106	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	730	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	57.02/cwt	53.50–60.50	753	19
Bulls	Utility	—	75	28.75/cwt	15.00–52.50	22	3
Bulls	Utility	—	85	26.66/cwt	10.00–50.00	23	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	67.28/cwt	66.00–69.50	1,137	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	43.79/cwt	39.00–49.00	427	16
Bulls	—	—	1,576	76.42/cwt	75.00–79.50	1,204	6
Bulls	—	—	1,492	83.33/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,243	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	152.93/cwt	147.50–160.00	132	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	164.75/cwt	150.00–172.50	170	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	63.79/cwt	62.00–67.50	873	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	45.22/cwt	38.00–51.50	589	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	252.00/cwt	245.00–257.50	234	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	243.61/cwt	235.00–255.00	205	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	240	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	234.90/cwt	230.00–240.00	226	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	244.17/cwt	237.50–252.50	244	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	126.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	128	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	134	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	89.76/cwt	80.00–100.00	74	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	69	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	75	185.27/cwt	165.00–200.00	139	4
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	106	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	106	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	60	107.50/cwt	90.00–125.00	65	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	179	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	82	184.39/cwt	160.00–210.00	151	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	104	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	239	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	122	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	265	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 Apr 21, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 118Year ago 105

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 108Last week 121Year ago 102

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	235.00	235.00
2	—	78	260.00–300.00	280.00
5	—	93	245.00–257.50	252.00
3	—	84	235.00–255.00	243.61
3	—	100	237.50–252.50	244.17
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	112.50	112.50
1	—	90	130.00	130.00
7	—	84	110.00–130.00	122.28
5	—	101	120.00–130.00	126.46
1	—	112	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	66	10.00–20.00	15.15
2	—	92	30.00–57.50	43.45
1	—	110	30.00	30.00
3	—	75	15.00–52.50	28.75
8	—	85	10.00–50.00	26.66
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	165.00	165.00
11	—	93	142.50–170.00	153.00
6	—	86	147.50–160.00	152.93
10	—	103	150.00–172.50	164.75
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	82	80.00–100.00	89.76
2	—	98	70.00	70.00
1	—	106	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	225.00	225.00
1	—	104	230.00	230.00
1	—	122	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	60	90.00–125.00	107.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	86	237.50–260.00	250.33
1	—	100	240.00	240.00
2	—	96	230.00–240.00	234.90
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	40.00	40.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	106	52.50–62.50	57.41
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	75	165.00–200.00	185.27
1	—	94	190.00	190.00
2	—	82	160.00–210.00	184.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,065	51.00–55.00	52.91
7	—	997	23.00–36.00	30.94
16	—	975	39.00–49.00	43.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,816	72.50–74.50	73.58
4	—	1,778	51.00–55.00	52.92
5	—	1,690	66.00–69.50	67.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,320	53.50–60.50	57.02
12	—	1,368	62.00–67.50	63.79
9	—	1,302	38.00–51.50	45.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,106	66.00	66.00
6	—	1,576	75.00–79.50	76.42
4	—	1,492	82.00–85.00	83.33

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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