Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

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 10.00-20.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold 15.00-20.00 lower. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady. Dairy and Feeder 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	1,577	80.98	1,277	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,705	64.42	1,098	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,377	58.57	807	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	42.13	437	29

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	179.56/cwt	39
Bulls	Number 2	95	152.32/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	85	100.38/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	78	26.62/cwt	26
Heifers	Number 1	92	228.28/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 3	82	165.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	66	10.00/cwt	1

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	76	25.48/cwt	10.00–50.00	19	13
Bulls	Utility	—	100	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	28	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	36.95/cwt	30.00–47.50	34	3
Bulls	Utility	—	68	10.63/cwt	10.00–12.50	7	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	123	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	151.81/cwt	140.00–170.00	158	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	58.84/cwt	57.00–60.50	994	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	229.23/cwt	225.00–235.00	238	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	61.55/cwt	57.00–65.50	849	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	52.35/cwt	43.00–56.00	710	23
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	109.58/cwt	100.00–132.50	92	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	145.00/cwt	140.00–150.00	165	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	41.38/cwt	36.00–45.00	444	16
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	250.73/cwt	237.50–257.50	241	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	52.91/cwt	47.00–58.50	564	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	68	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	27.29/cwt	21.00–33.00	237	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	101	240.10/cwt	230.00–250.00	243	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,429	68.28/cwt	66.00–73.50	976	8
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	126.58/cwt	122.50–130.00	116	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,719	64.80/cwt	62.00–70.00	1,114	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,698	72.82/cwt	71.50–74.50	1,236	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	213.10/cwt	200.00–225.00	179	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	253.32/cwt	242.50–272.50	215	4
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	110	208.75/cwt	200.00–217.50	230	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	77	225.02/cwt	222.50–227.50	173	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	120	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	258	1
Bulls	—	—	1,577	80.98/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	216	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	268	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	125.89/cwt	110.00–137.50	127	3
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	82	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	135	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	156.75/cwt	140.00–175.00	147	15
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	70	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	98	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	176	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	174	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	103	210.29/cwt	200.00–220.00	217	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	71.73/cwt	60.00–85.00	60	3
Bulls	Utility	—	80	36.02/cwt	10.00–50.00	29	5

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 May 5, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 100Year ago 145

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 120Last week 123Year ago 129

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	76	10.00–50.00	25.48
1	—	100	27.50	27.50
3	—	93	30.00–47.50	36.95
4	—	68	10.00–12.50	10.63
5	—	80	10.00–50.00	36.02
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	86	140.00–145.00	142.52
7	—	104	140.00–170.00	151.81
2	—	114	140.00–150.00	145.00
15	—	94	140.00–175.00	156.75
1	—	124	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	84	100.00–132.50	109.58
3	—	92	122.50–130.00	126.58
3	—	101	110.00–137.50	125.89
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	96	237.50–257.50	250.73
2	—	101	230.00–250.00	240.10
4	—	85	242.50–272.50	253.32
1	—	114	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	67.50	67.50
1	—	78	90.00	90.00
3	—	83	60.00–85.00	71.73
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	200.00–225.00	213.10
2	—	110	200.00–217.50	208.75
1	—	120	215.00	215.00
2	—	103	200.00–220.00	210.29
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	70	150.00	150.00
1	—	98	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	104	225.00–235.00	229.23
3	—	77	222.50–227.50	225.02
4	—	94	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	82	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,690	57.00–60.50	58.84
7	—	1,719	62.00–70.00	64.80
3	—	1,698	71.50–74.50	72.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,380	57.00–65.50	61.55
23	—	1,357	43.00–56.00	52.35
8	—	1,429	66.00–73.50	68.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,074	36.00–45.00	41.38
8	—	1,066	47.00–58.50	52.91
5	—	870	21.00–33.00	27.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,577	80.00–82.00	80.98

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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