Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls not tested. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 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	1,511	79.39	1,200	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,726	65.89	1,137	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,397	57.06	797	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	42.36	430	28

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	173.77/cwt	38
Bulls	Number 2	97	131.45/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	108	110.66/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	85	21.55/cwt	33
Heifers	Number 1	94	208.85/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 2	106	170.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 3	82	52.50/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	73	7.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	110	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	30	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	20.91/cwt	10.00–37.50	16	9
Bulls	Utility	—	84	16.16/cwt	5.00–30.00	14	9
Bulls	Utility	—	108	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	30	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	24.30/cwt	15.00–42.50	23	10
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	90	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	41	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,797	71.57/cwt	70.50–73.50	1,286	5
Bulls	—	—	1,170	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	831	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	64.76/cwt	61.50–71.50	933	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,384	58.58/cwt	56.50–60.50	811	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	152.11/cwt	140.00–165.00	143	14
Heifers	Number 1	—	112	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	64	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	42.88/cwt	38.00–47.00	452	14
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	232.17/cwt	220.00–245.00	176	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	53.19/cwt	50.00–60.00	563	9
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	227.62/cwt	225.00–230.00	191	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	21.41/cwt	13.00–33.00	179	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	232.48/cwt	230.00–235.00	263	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	49.75/cwt	42.00–55.50	683	16
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	232	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	65.49/cwt	61.00–68.00	1,115	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	157	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	53.06/cwt	48.50–58.00	865	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	136	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	180	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	267	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	119.15/cwt	100.00–130.00	101	7
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	126	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	227	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	113.49/cwt	100.00–125.00	106	6
Heifers	Number 3	—	72	16.25/cwt	10.00–22.50	12	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	71	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	78	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	122	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	159	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	68	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	242.71/cwt	232.50–252.50	233	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	133	152.66/cwt	135.00–162.50	203	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	92	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	207	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	122	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	195	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	235.03/cwt	232.50–237.50	219	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	100	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	170	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	218	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	102	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	128	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	106	109.81/cwt	100.00–130.00	116	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	62	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	139.16/cwt	137.50–140.00	118	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	77.25/cwt	70.00–90.00	66	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	162.94/cwt	150.00–177.50	169	13
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	126	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	271	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	239.17/cwt	235.00–247.50	244	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	72	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	151	1
Bulls	—	—	1,682	83.58/cwt	82.50–84.50	1,406	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	138	1
Bulls	Utility	—	65	17.31/cwt	5.00–30.00	11	2

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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Empire Livestock Auction - Cherry Creek, NY

Wed May 12, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 115Year ago 140

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 127Last week 120Year ago 107

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	27.50	27.50
9	—	75	10.00–37.50	20.91
9	—	84	5.00–30.00	16.16
1	—	108	27.50	27.50
10	—	94	15.00–42.50	24.30
2	—	65	5.00–30.00	17.31
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	94	140.00–165.00	152.11
3	—	85	137.50–140.00	139.16
13	—	104	150.00–177.50	162.94
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	230.00–235.00	232.48
1	—	86	270.00	270.00
2	—	96	232.50–252.50	242.71
3	—	102	235.00–247.50	239.17
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	135.00	135.00
1	—	136	132.50	132.50
7	—	85	100.00–130.00	119.15
6	—	93	100.00–125.00	113.49
1	—	122	130.00	130.00
3	—	106	100.00–130.00	109.81
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	75.00	75.00
1	—	114	62.50	62.50
1	—	104	60.00	60.00
3	—	85	70.00–90.00	77.25
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	133	135.00–162.50	152.66
1	—	122	160.00	160.00
1	—	100	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	225.00	225.00
1	—	126	215.00	215.00
1	—	72	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	57.50	57.50
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	76	220.00–245.00	232.17
2	—	84	225.00–230.00	227.62
1	—	124	215.00	215.00
2	—	93	232.50–237.50	235.03
1	—	100	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	126	180.00	180.00
1	—	86	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	72	10.00–22.50	16.25
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	10.00	10.00
1	—	68	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,797	70.50–73.50	71.57
7	—	1,703	61.00–68.00	65.49
2	—	1,631	48.50–58.00	53.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,440	61.50–71.50	64.76
11	—	1,384	56.50–60.50	58.58
16	—	1,372	42.00–55.50	49.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,053	38.00–47.00	42.88
9	—	1,058	50.00–60.00	53.19
5	—	838	13.00–33.00	21.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	71.00	71.00
2	—	1,682	82.50–84.50	83.58

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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