Name: Empire - Cherry Creek livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Slaughter Cattle not tested. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 9.00 lower except Breaker Slaughter Cows sold steady on a light test. Organic Slaughter Cows not tested. Slaughter Bulls sold steady. Holstein Bull Calves sold steady to 15.00 lower. Holstein Heifer Calves not tested. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Bull Calves sold steady to 30.00 higher. Dairy/Beef Crossbred Heifer Calves sold steady to 10.00 higher. Dairy Cattle not tested. See Cherry Creek Feeder and Replacement Report for monthly Feeder 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	—	Average	1,305	81.28	1,061	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,694	73.20	1,240	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	64.72	836	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	49.44	514	28

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	159.85/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	97	128.38/cwt	31
Bulls	Number 3	96	81.70/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	91	28.52/cwt	25
Heifers	Number 1	101	244.89/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 2	93	128.13/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 3	88	72.50/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	74	31.08/cwt	10.00–50.00	23	2
Bulls	Utility	—	103	29.27/cwt	20.00–45.00	30	4
Bulls	Utility	—	85	26.01/cwt	12.50–50.00	22	11
Bulls	Utility	—	95	28.22/cwt	7.50–50.00	27	7
Bulls	Utility	—	116	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	58	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	140.96/cwt	132.50–152.50	148	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,707	77.62/cwt	75.00–80.50	1,325	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,692	71.35/cwt	70.50–72.50	1,207	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	60.49/cwt	57.00–64.00	998	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	32.06/cwt	30.00–35.00	309	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	45.77/cwt	42.00–48.00	449	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	57.03/cwt	50.50–67.50	629	14
Bulls	—	—	1,443	87.29/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,260	4
Bulls	—	—	1,637	96.45/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,579	2
Bulls	—	—	1,002	67.69/cwt	61.00–75.00	678	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	66.17/cwt	61.50–69.50	831	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	73.65/cwt	71.00–80.50	1,000	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	54.80/cwt	49.00–60.00	692	20
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	132.50/cwt	130.00–135.00	146	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	98	137.49/cwt	130.00–147.50	135	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	96	249.79/cwt	240.00–260.00	240	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	252	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	260	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	281	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	119.09/cwt	107.50–130.00	136	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	109.19/cwt	100.00–125.00	92	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	117.45/cwt	100.00–125.00	110	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	136	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	113.70/cwt	100.00–130.00	117	10
Heifers	Number 2	—	86	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	37	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	96	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	46	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	172	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	104	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	231	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	74	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	192	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	88	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	235	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	94	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	230	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	52	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	76.74/cwt	65.00–85.00	72	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	122	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	61	1
Heifers	Number 3	—	74	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	9	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	102	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	135	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	86	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	129	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 26, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 73Year ago 136

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 108Last week 123Year ago 107

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	74	10.00–50.00	31.08
4	—	103	20.00–45.00	29.27
11	—	85	12.50–50.00	26.01
7	—	95	7.50–50.00	28.22
1	—	116	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	105	132.50–152.50	140.96
2	—	110	130.00–135.00	132.50
5	—	98	130.00–147.50	137.49
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	280.00	280.00
1	—	102	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	114	107.50–130.00	119.09
5	—	84	100.00–125.00	109.19
9	—	94	100.00–125.00	117.45
1	—	124	110.00	110.00
10	—	103	100.00–130.00	113.70
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	260.00	260.00
1	—	88	267.50	267.50
1	—	94	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	60.00	60.00
3	—	94	65.00–85.00	76.74
1	—	122	50.00	50.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	240.00–260.00	249.79
2	—	105	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	42.50	42.50
1	—	96	47.50	47.50
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	200.00	200.00
1	—	104	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	12.50	12.50
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,707	75.00–80.50	77.62
3	—	1,692	70.50–72.50	71.35
2	—	1,650	57.00–64.00	60.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	963	30.00–35.00	32.06
10	—	982	42.00–48.00	45.77
14	—	1,103	50.50–67.50	57.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,256	61.50–69.50	66.17
19	—	1,358	71.00–80.50	73.65
20	—	1,263	49.00–60.00	54.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,443	82.00–92.00	87.29
2	—	1,637	95.00–98.00	96.45
4	—	1,002	61.00–75.00	67.69

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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