Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold firm on a light test. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Calves sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Report for monthly Dairy Heifer Special Sale. 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	—	High	1,407	89.78	1,263	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,672	68.33	1,142	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,328	55.62	739	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	949	44.50	422	22

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 2	93	171.83/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 1	101	169.11/cwt	30
Bulls	Number 3	87	98.15/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	88	28.96/cwt	23
Heifers	Number 2	89	189.45/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	108	132.79/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 3	73	15.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	70	8.75/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

54 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	—	96	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	230	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	132	57.52/cwt	50.00–65.00	76	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	122.22/cwt	110.00–130.00	115	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	152.96/cwt	137.50–167.50	145	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	156.73/cwt	140.00–170.00	165	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	147.53/cwt	140.00–152.50	168	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	156.05/cwt	147.50–165.00	134	2
Bulls	UtilityBeef Cross	—	92	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	94	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	120	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	69	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	43.62/cwt	40.00–46.00	592	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	67.23/cwt	63.00–71.50	907	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	55.88/cwt	51.00–60.00	723	9
Bulls	—	—	1,482	92.79/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,375	3
Bulls	—	—	1,294	85.27/cwt	82.00–88.50	1,103	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	104	56.39/cwt	52.50–60.00	59	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	33.38/cwt	28.00–37.00	316	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	57.60/cwt	55.00–60.00	622	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	44.74/cwt	39.00–50.00	407	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,664	60.65/cwt	58.00–62.00	1,009	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,681	77.35/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,300	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,671	67.53/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,128	5
Bulls	Utility	—	83	27.07/cwt	5.00–60.00	22	8
Bulls	Utility	—	76	16.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	5
Bulls	Utility	—	103	31.15/cwt	12.50–50.00	32	4
Bulls	Utility	—	114	40.18/cwt	30.00–50.00	46	2
Bulls	Utility	—	92	28.51/cwt	17.50–40.00	26	2
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	93	137.73/cwt	127.50–150.00	128	3
Heifers	Number 3	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	66	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	83.39/cwt	80.00–85.00	69	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	76.25/cwt	75.00–77.50	59	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	76	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	10	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	88	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	202	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	232.53/cwt	230.00–235.00	223	4
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	103	216.79/cwt	190.00–235.00	223	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	71	213.94/cwt	200.00–227.50	152	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	122	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	256	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	110	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	259	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	113	207.57/cwt	205.00–210.00	235	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	187	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	100	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	30	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	120.16/cwt	100.00–130.00	103	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	98	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	66	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	131	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	197	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	235.39/cwt	227.50–250.00	200	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	107	228.76/cwt	227.50–230.00	245	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	221	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	75	212.00/cwt	200.00–220.00	159	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	90	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	106	252.74/cwt	240.00–265.00	268	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	122	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	293	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 May 19, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 95Year ago 214

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 127Year ago 141

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	240.00	240.00
1	—	82	240.00	240.00
2	—	106	240.00–265.00	252.74
1	—	122	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	94	110.00–130.00	122.22
8	—	86	100.00–130.00	120.16
1	—	116	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	95	137.50–167.50	152.96
9	—	105	140.00–170.00	156.73
3	—	114	140.00–152.50	147.53
2	—	86	147.50–165.00	156.05
Bulls — Utility · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	83	5.00–60.00	27.07
5	—	76	10.00–20.00	16.00
4	—	103	12.50–50.00	31.15
2	—	114	30.00–50.00	40.18
2	—	92	17.50–40.00	28.51
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	93	127.50–150.00	137.73
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	80.00–85.00	83.39
2	—	78	75.00–77.50	76.25
1	—	98	67.50	67.50
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	230.00	230.00
4	—	96	230.00–235.00	232.53
3	—	103	190.00–235.00	216.79
2	—	71	200.00–227.50	213.94
1	—	122	210.00	210.00
1	—	110	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	132	50.00–65.00	57.52
1	—	120	57.50	57.50
2	—	104	52.50–60.00	56.39
1	—	90	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	20.00	20.00
1	—	66	10.00	10.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	12.50	12.50
1	—	64	5.00	5.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	113	205.00–210.00	207.57
1	—	84	222.50	222.50
4	—	75	200.00–220.00	212.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	30.00	30.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	227.50–250.00	235.39
2	—	107	227.50–230.00	228.76
1	—	92	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,358	40.00–46.00	43.62
6	—	1,349	63.00–71.50	67.23
9	—	1,294	51.00–60.00	55.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	948	28.00–37.00	33.38
4	—	1,079	55.00–60.00	57.60
13	—	909	39.00–50.00	44.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,664	58.00–62.00	60.65
3	—	1,681	76.00–79.50	77.35
5	—	1,671	64.00–70.00	67.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,482	90.00–97.00	92.79
2	—	1,294	82.00–88.50	85.27

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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