Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2019-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Feeder Steers sold 10.00-15.00 lower except Number 1 Feeder Steers not tested. Feeder Dairy Steers under 600 lbs sold 15.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 3.00 lower on a light test. Feeder Heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher except Number 1 Feeder Heifers not tested. Feeder Bulls sold 10.00 lower. Short Bred Replacement Cows sold 100.00 higher. Bred Replacement Cows sold 70.00 lower. Springer Replacement Cows not tested. Other Replacement Cattle not tested. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $81.25/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$81.25

61 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.41

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	117.50	472	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	467	99.29	464	12thin
Medium and Large 2	447	75.98	340	48

One grade step is worth $41.52/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

81.25

—

NY average5 barns · 118 hd

72.84

+8.41

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

84 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Bath, 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	Medium and Large 1	—	425	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	684	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	100.55/cwt	95.00–110.00	424	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	97.67/cwt	92.50–107.50	355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	87.48/cwt	85.00–90.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	92.98/cwt	91.00–95.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	101.22/cwt	100.00–102.50	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	93.77/cwt	92.50–95.00	459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	94.78/cwt	92.50–97.00	326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	99.26/cwt	96.00–102.50	295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	122.84/cwt	118.00–126.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	74.45/cwt	62.50–82.50	345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	80.54/cwt	70.00–89.00	306	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	79.81/cwt	60.00–90.00	255	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	78.97/cwt	70.00–87.50	340	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	74.69/cwt	67.50–82.00	427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	69.07/cwt	61.00–75.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	70.34/cwt	70.00–71.00	365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	77.96/cwt	72.50–87.50	211	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	776	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	224	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	106.65/cwt	105.00–108.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	97.54/cwt	94.00–101.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	95.74/cwt	93.00–98.50	352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	95.73/cwt	92.50–99.00	320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	566	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	661	57.10/cwt	50.00–64.00	377	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	—	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	681.67/cwt	650.00–735.00	—	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	667.50/cwt	650.00–685.00	—	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	635	54.52/cwt	40.00–69.00	346	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	423	54.86/cwt	52.50–57.50	232	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	869	47.55/cwt	40.00–55.00	413	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	574	72.62/cwt	59.00–80.00	417	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	465	73.67/cwt	62.50–82.50	343	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	836	43.76/cwt	40.00–47.50	366	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	720	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	324	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	502	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	276	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	326	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	163	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	494.00/cwt	410.00–650.00	—	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	667.27/cwt	425.00–800.00	—	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	82.60/cwt	80.00–85.00	315	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	832	83.29/cwt	80.00–90.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	87.09/cwt	85.00–89.00	455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,114	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	918	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	589	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,494	60.04/cwt	54.00–64.00	897	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	69.96/cwt	55.00–82.50	295	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	82.58/cwt	80.00–85.00	392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	78.83/cwt	72.50–85.00	307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	61.30/cwt	57.50–65.00	196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	914	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	90.64/cwt	87.50–93.00	567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	95.67/cwt	94.00–98.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	90.50/cwt	90.00–91.00	457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	106.50/cwt	106.00–107.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	100.97/cwt	100.00–102.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	105.78/cwt	104.00–107.50	559	2

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - Bath, NY

Sat Nov 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 194Last week 453Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 72Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	104.00	104.00
1	—	684	110.00	110.00
2	—	643	106.00–107.00	106.50
2	—	572	100.00–102.00	100.97
2	—	528	104.00–107.50	105.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	422	55.00–82.50	69.96
2	—	475	80.00–85.00	82.58
2	—	389	72.50–85.00	78.83
2	—	320	57.50–65.00	61.30
1	—	914	67.50	67.50
1	—	666	80.00	80.00
1	—	642	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	87.50–93.00	90.64
3	—	575	94.00–98.00	95.67
2	—	505	90.00–91.00	90.50
1	—	860	85.00	85.00
1	—	706	88.00	88.00
1	—	322	92.50	92.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	88.00	88.00
1	—	498	80.00	80.00
1	—	336	87.50	87.50
1	—	290	75.00	75.00
4	—	381	80.00–85.00	82.60
3	—	832	80.00–90.00	83.29
2	—	562	72.50	72.50
2	—	523	85.00–89.00	87.09
1	—	1,114	62.00	62.00
1	—	918	65.00	65.00
1	—	882	78.00	78.00
1	—	662	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	422	95.00–110.00	100.55
3	—	363	92.50–107.50	97.67
2	—	791	85.00–90.00	87.48
2	—	688	91.00–95.00	92.98
2	—	568	100.00–102.50	101.22
2	—	532	107.50	107.50
2	—	490	92.50–95.00	93.77
2	—	344	92.50–97.00	94.78
2	—	297	96.00–102.50	99.26
1	—	1,052	82.50	82.50
1	—	902	88.00	88.00
1	—	882	90.00	90.00
1	—	838	85.00	85.00
1	—	714	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	118.00–126.00	122.84
1	—	584	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	62.50–82.50	74.45
8	—	380	70.00–89.00	80.54
8	—	320	60.00–90.00	79.81
7	—	431	70.00–87.50	78.97
4	—	572	67.50–82.00	74.69
3	—	662	61.00–75.00	69.07
3	—	519	70.00–71.00	70.34
3	—	271	72.50–87.50	77.96
1	—	880	75.00	75.00
1	—	776	70.00	70.00
1	—	608	60.00	60.00
1	—	224	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	105.00–108.00	106.65
2	—	485	94.00–101.00	97.54
1	—	598	110.00	110.00
1	—	440	92.50	92.50
2	—	368	93.00–98.50	95.74
2	—	334	92.50–99.00	95.73
1	—	622	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	402	117.50	117.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	661	50.00–64.00	57.10
2	—	635	40.00–69.00	54.52
2	—	423	52.50–57.50	54.86
3	—	869	40.00–55.00	47.55
3	—	574	59.00–80.00	72.62
3	—	465	62.50–82.50	73.67
2	—	836	40.00–47.50	43.76
1	—	720	45.00	45.00
1	—	502	55.00	55.00
1	—	326	50.00	50.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	485.00	485.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	650.00–735.00	681.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	650.00–685.00	667.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	410.00–650.00	494.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	375.00	375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	—	425.00–800.00	667.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,494	54.00–64.00	60.04

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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