Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2021-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; other Feeder Steers sold 10.00 lower. Dairy Feeder Steers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 8.00-13.00 lower; other Feeder Heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Number 2 Feeder Bulls under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 25.00 lower; other Feeder Bulls sold 10.00 lower. Replacement Stock Cows sold 6.00 lower. Short Bred Replacement Cows sold 25.00 higher; Bred Replacement Cows sold 15.00 lower; Springer Replacement Cows not tested. Short Bred Replacement Heifers sold 70.00 higher on a light test; Bred Replacement Heifers sold 100.00 lower; Springing Replacement Heifers not tested. Cow-Calf Pairs sold 19.00 lower. Replacement Bulls not tested. Today's sale included the monthly Saturday Special Feeder and Replacement Sale. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $98.50/cwt on 206 head.

Average price

$98.50

206 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$36.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.50

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	120.28	715	38
Medium and Large 1-2	572	107.59	615	71
Medium and Large 2	497	83.31	414	97

One grade step is worth $36.97/cwt here — about $301 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 sale206 hd

98.50

—

NY average3 barns · 352 hd

105.00

−6.50

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

132 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 1-2	—	452	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	107.39/cwt	102.50–112.50	330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	104.98/cwt	102.50–107.50	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	227	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	86.28/cwt	50.00–105.00	372	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	84.48/cwt	70.00–90.00	612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	74.96/cwt	60.00–87.50	468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	82.58/cwt	73.00–90.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	121.55/cwt	117.50–132.50	520	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	88.62/cwt	70.00–100.00	331	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	88.40/cwt	55.00–102.50	418	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	96.39/cwt	85.00–102.50	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	94.89/cwt	90.00–107.50	493	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	116.98/cwt	115.00–120.00	684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	73.02/cwt	60.00–90.00	236	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	886	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	966	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	78.82/cwt	76.00–80.00	642	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	120.12/cwt	112.50–127.50	447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	86.46/cwt	70.00–100.00	376	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	774	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	846	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	95.05/cwt	90.00–97.50	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	87.51/cwt	60.00–100.00	582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	819	79.26/cwt	76.00–82.50	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	916	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	82.77/cwt	67.50–90.00	387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	93.46/cwt	75.00–102.50	529	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	109.41/cwt	99.00–115.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	111.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	138.04/cwt	122.00–145.00	664	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	113.40/cwt	112.50–115.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	90.40/cwt	70.00–105.00	302	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	138.24/cwt	122.50–145.00	722	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	131.04/cwt	125.00–137.00	487	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	115.79/cwt	110.00–122.50	541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	124.27/cwt	118.00–127.50	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	124.39/cwt	118.00–132.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	116.92/cwt	114.00–120.00	843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	132.45/cwt	125.00–144.00	430	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	864	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	553	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	818	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	409	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	488	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	366	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	606	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	303	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	330	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	256	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	669	61.56/cwt	50.00–75.00	412	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,092	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	124.54/cwt	115.00–132.50	646	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	134.19/cwt	132.50–135.00	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	364	123.75/cwt	120.00–127.50	450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	112.15/cwt	110.00–115.00	754	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	754	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	131.11/cwt	117.50–140.00	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	73.94/cwt	55.00–95.00	426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	80.84/cwt	50.00–102.50	420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	88.67/cwt	60.00–107.50	281	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	92.32/cwt	80.00–100.00	257	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	109.25/cwt	105.00–111.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	80.93/cwt	77.00–85.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	881	71.45/cwt	68.00–75.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	105.46/cwt	100.00–111.00	649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	107.94/cwt	100.00–115.00	620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	108.14/cwt	105.00–110.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	113.05/cwt	110.00–115.00	477	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	108.10/cwt	102.50–115.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	126.11/cwt	117.50–138.00	721	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	123.29/cwt	117.50–135.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	96.36/cwt	92.00–100.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	114.60/cwt	110.00–117.50	427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	116.35/cwt	110.00–119.00	386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	121.84/cwt	117.50–125.00	642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	103.45/cwt	95.00–107.50	549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	116.33/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	107.60/cwt	106.00–110.00	992	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	142.69/cwt	139.00–149.00	601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	133.63/cwt	120.00–144.00	818	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	130.07/cwt	120.00–142.00	741	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	243	87.35/cwt	75.00–100.00	212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	120.83/cwt	120.00–121.00	939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	92.59/cwt	80.00–105.00	269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	95.61/cwt	90.00–107.50	412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	105.50/cwt	96.00–110.00	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	105.02/cwt	95.00–110.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	248	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	192	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	77.58/cwt	60.00–85.00	447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	730	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	79.13/cwt	60.00–97.50	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	78.65/cwt	60.00–100.00	291	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,102	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	91.74/cwt	90.00–95.00	567	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	745.00/cwt	625.00–900.00	—	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,352	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	573.02/cwt	370.00–800.00	6,395	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	629.06/cwt	300.00–860.00	6,372	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	617.77/cwt	350.00–885.00	6,172	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	898	683.46/cwt	625.00–725.00	6,137	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	937	682.82/cwt	575.00–750.00	6,398	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	553.95/cwt	450.00–700.00	4,476	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	680.79/cwt	660.00–700.00	6,760	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	47.19/cwt	35.00–55.00	512	8

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 567Last week 310Year ago 216

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 94Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	452	105.00	105.00
2	—	307	102.50–112.50	107.39
2	—	422	102.50–107.50	104.98
1	—	620	95.00	95.00
1	—	988	82.00	82.00
2	—	936	80.00	80.00
6	—	693	85.00–102.50	96.39
4	—	520	90.00–107.50	94.89
7	—	814	76.00–80.00	78.82
2	—	372	112.50–127.50	120.12
3	—	580	95.00–110.00	105.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	115.00–120.00	116.98
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
7	—	519	115.00–132.50	124.54
3	—	428	132.50–135.00	134.19
2	—	364	120.00–127.50	123.75
7	—	672	110.00–115.00	112.15
1	—	754	110.00	110.00
8	—	468	117.50–140.00	131.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	80.00	80.00
3	—	323	60.00–90.00	73.02
1	—	886	58.00	58.00
1	—	966	62.00	62.00
1	—	476	100.00	100.00
3	—	435	70.00–100.00	86.46
1	—	774	52.00	52.00
1	—	846	50.00	50.00
1	—	248	77.50	77.50
5	—	576	60.00–85.00	77.58
1	—	730	58.00	58.00
3	—	663	60.00–97.50	79.13
8	—	370	60.00–100.00	78.65
1	—	1,102	60.00	60.00
3	—	618	90.00–95.00	91.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	227	77.50	77.50
14	—	431	50.00–105.00	86.28
6	—	724	70.00–90.00	84.48
8	—	624	60.00–87.50	74.96
4	—	668	73.00–90.00	82.58
9	—	373	70.00–100.00	88.62
14	—	473	55.00–102.50	88.40
1	—	790	45.00	45.00
10	—	576	55.00–95.00	73.94
10	—	519	50.00–102.50	80.84
10	—	317	60.00–107.50	88.67
5	—	278	80.00–100.00	92.32
2	—	830	77.00–85.00	80.93
2	—	881	68.00–75.00	71.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	117.50–132.50	121.55
2	—	735	112.00	112.00
2	—	788	119.00	119.00
9	—	572	117.50–138.00	126.11
3	—	473	117.50–135.00	123.29
4	—	858	110.00–112.00	110.99
1	—	350	127.50	127.50
2	—	837	110.00	110.00
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
1	—	606	115.00	115.00
7	—	527	117.50–125.00	121.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	734	97.50	97.50
6	—	886	98.00–99.00	98.50
7	—	672	105.00–111.00	109.25
7	—	615	100.00–111.00	105.46
12	—	574	100.00–115.00	107.94
1	—	932	83.00	83.00
4	—	482	105.00–110.00	108.14
9	—	422	110.00–115.00	113.05
8	—	521	102.50–115.00	108.10
3	—	772	92.00–100.00	96.36
5	—	373	110.00–117.50	114.60
2	—	822	97.00	97.00
6	—	332	110.00–119.00	116.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	614	90.00–97.50	95.05
6	—	665	60.00–100.00	87.51
2	—	819	76.00–82.50	79.26
1	—	916	85.00	85.00
3	—	467	67.50–90.00	82.77
6	—	566	75.00–102.50	93.46
3	—	334	70.00–105.00	90.40
1	—	890	70.00	70.00
3	—	531	95.00–107.50	103.45
1	—	390	80.00	80.00
2	—	757	95.00	95.00
2	—	243	75.00–100.00	87.35
1	—	710	91.00	91.00
2	—	290	80.00–105.00	92.59
4	—	431	90.00–107.50	95.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	854	110.00	110.00
1	—	716	109.00	109.00
1	—	268	115.00	115.00
6	—	661	99.00–115.00	109.41
3	—	785	110.00–116.00	111.97
1	—	408	120.00	120.00
4	—	529	112.50–115.00	113.40
2	—	596	110.00–115.00	112.51
1	—	336	115.00	115.00
7	—	467	110.00–122.50	115.79
1	—	372	110.00	110.00
2	—	616	117.00–119.00	118.00
3	—	831	96.00–110.00	105.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	481	122.00–145.00	138.04
10	—	522	122.50–145.00	138.24
5	—	372	125.00–137.00	131.04
1	—	230	130.00	130.00
3	—	831	118.00–127.50	124.27
4	—	683	118.00–132.00	124.39
2	—	721	114.00–120.00	116.92
10	—	325	125.00–144.00	132.45
9	—	860	114.00–120.00	116.33
5	—	922	106.00–110.00	107.60
6	—	421	139.00–149.00	142.69
9	—	612	120.00–144.00	133.63
8	—	570	120.00–142.00	130.07
6	—	777	120.00–121.00	120.83
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	864	64.00	64.00
1	—	818	50.00	50.00
1	—	488	75.00	75.00
1	—	606	50.00	50.00
1	—	330	77.50	77.50
4	—	669	50.00–75.00	61.56
1	—	1,092	64.00	64.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	625.00–900.00	745.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	935.00	935.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,352	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,116	370.00–800.00	573.02
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,013	300.00–860.00	629.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	999	350.00–885.00	617.77
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	898	625.00–725.00	683.46
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	937	575.00–750.00	682.82
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	808	450.00–700.00	553.95
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	993	660.00–700.00	680.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,086	35.00–55.00	47.19

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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