Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2023-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Feeder Steers sold weak. Other cattle not tested. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Feeder and Replacement Saturday Special Sale and a partial herd dispersal of Zebu cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.08/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$149.08

219 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$72.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	192.52	999	25
Medium and Large 1-2	562	168.45	947	46
Medium and Large 2	476	143.55	684	98
Large 2	755	120.39	909	50

One grade step is worth $72.14/cwt here — about $90 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 sale219 hd

149.08

—

NY average1 barns · 219 hd

149.08

+0.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,427	$1,358	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,129	$1,114	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	904	$785	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,192	$1,310	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	991	$975	6
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	956	$1,060	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

127 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	156.25/cwt	147.50–160.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	162.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	128.71/cwt	107.50–152.00	929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	160.54/cwt	150.00–165.00	856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	151.26/cwt	150.00–152.50	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	997	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	160.84/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	876	123.84/cwt	117.50–130.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	141.79/cwt	112.50–167.50	603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,002	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,303	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	833	123.67/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,030	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	167.86/cwt	164.00–177.50	868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	174.91/cwt	170.00–180.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	124.81/cwt	100.00–150.00	1,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	824	127.92/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	861	122.65/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,056	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	172.67/cwt	162.50–178.00	989	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	157.76/cwt	152.50–163.00	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	177.10/cwt	170.00–182.50	822	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	728	122.20/cwt	120.00–125.00	890	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	558	113.20/cwt	112.00–114.00	632	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	926	122.62/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	872	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	765	123.56/cwt	120.00–126.00	945	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	192.90/cwt	192.50–194.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	156.41/cwt	150.00–162.50	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	792	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	126.71/cwt	120.00–130.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	209.70/cwt	192.50–222.50	1,007	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	173.02/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,254	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	177.38/cwt	170.00–180.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	174.55/cwt	170.00–182.50	820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	196.56/cwt	194.00–198.00	1,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	211.39/cwt	196.00–227.00	1,131	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	176.89/cwt	172.50–180.00	665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	159.33/cwt	158.00–161.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	180.94/cwt	170.00–187.50	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	207.46/cwt	190.00–222.00	880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	177.65/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,359	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	649	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	215.14/cwt	206.00–220.00	1,235	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	194.46/cwt	187.50–202.00	1,285	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	180.41/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,218	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	450	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	461	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	861	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,030	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	507	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	173.09/cwt	170.00–177.50	987	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	168.25/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	178.33/cwt	175.00–182.50	835	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	198.28/cwt	187.50–210.00	849	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	97.95/cwt	76.00–113.00	1,117	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	974.95/head	700.00–1,085.00	975	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	1,114.42/head	935.00–1,260.00	1,114	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,427	1,358.07/head	800.00–1,660.00	1,358	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	2,018	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	122.87/cwt	114.00–126.00	1,868	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	814	139.48/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	779	132.25/cwt	127.00–147.50	1,030	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	238	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	131.49/cwt	107.50–150.00	820	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	871	128.91/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,123	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	734	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	925	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	1,330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	539	148.94/cwt	119.00–165.00	803	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	331	152.67/cwt	126.00–165.00	505	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	172.51/cwt	170.00–175.00	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	134.68/cwt	121.00–142.50	900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	147.31/cwt	120.00–159.00	548	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	157.36/cwt	150.00–165.00	917	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	441	123.06/cwt	115.00–140.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	166.35/cwt	162.50–170.00	1,048	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	877	126.02/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,105	5
Bulls	Large 2	—	1,026	127.51/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,308	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	143.27/cwt	125.00–155.00	384	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	611	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	733	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	510	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	172.32/cwt	170.00–176.00	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	139.46/cwt	100.00–162.50	728	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	782	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	132.49/cwt	110.00–155.00	819	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	1,122	114.33/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,283	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	434	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	154.01/cwt	135.00–160.00	576	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	145.63/cwt	125.00–165.00	682	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	122.38/cwt	105.00–138.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	131.37/cwt	100.00–158.00	878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	140.49/cwt	130.00–150.00	801	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	356	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	244	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	191.24/cwt	180.00–212.50	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	194.49/cwt	187.50–205.00	937	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	191.43/cwt	186.00–199.00	1,101	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	956	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	145.33/cwt	110.00–165.00	471	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	164.87/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,022	4
Bulls	Large 2	—	926	128.21/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,187	5
Bulls	Large 2	—	1,384	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	152.41/cwt	140.00–162.50	642	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	1,074	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	963	127.33/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,226	3

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 Apr 8, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 526Last week 169Year ago 389

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 23Year ago 82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	147.50–160.00	156.25
2	—	277	160.00–165.00	162.55
4	—	722	107.50–152.00	128.71
5	—	533	150.00–165.00	160.54
2	—	657	150.00–152.50	151.26
3	—	997	137.00	137.00
2	—	876	117.50–130.00	123.84
5	—	425	112.50–167.50	141.79
1	—	1,002	130.00	130.00
2	—	810	100.00–150.00	124.81
1	—	348	162.50	162.50
2	—	480	150.00–162.50	156.41
1	—	792	120.00	120.00
3	—	559	120.00–130.00	126.71
1	—	604	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	606	182.50	182.50
1	—	1,142	141.00	141.00
5	—	725	170.00–176.00	173.02
4	—	315	170.00–180.00	177.38
1	—	916	148.00	148.00
1	—	558	172.00	172.00
5	—	470	170.00–182.50	174.55
4	—	376	172.50–180.00	176.89
3	—	827	158.00–161.00	159.33
3	—	513	170.00–187.50	180.94
3	—	765	171.00–181.00	177.65
10	—	675	175.00–184.00	180.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	192.50–194.00	192.90
18	—	480	192.50–222.50	209.70
5	—	617	194.00–198.00	196.56
10	—	535	196.00–227.00	211.39
4	—	424	190.00–222.00	207.46
14	—	574	206.00–220.00	215.14
13	—	661	187.50–202.00	194.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	716	158.00–164.00	160.84
1	—	230	172.00	172.00
1	—	390	176.00	176.00
8	—	517	164.00–177.50	167.86
1	—	772	150.00	150.00
2	—	342	170.00–180.00	174.91
1	—	876	150.00	150.00
10	—	573	162.50–178.00	172.67
2	—	832	152.50–163.00	157.76
5	—	464	170.00–182.50	177.10
1	—	694	160.00	160.00
2	—	630	162.50–170.00	166.35
5	—	421	170.00–176.00	172.32
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	833	123.00–124.00	123.67
9	—	861	119.00–126.00	122.65
4	—	728	120.00–125.00	122.20
5	—	558	112.00–114.00	113.20
5	—	926	117.00–125.00	122.62
9	—	765	120.00–126.00	123.56
1	—	450	131.00	131.00
2	—	611	120.00	120.00
3	—	510	114.00	114.00
3	—	1,122	114.00–115.00	114.33
2	—	434	107.50	107.50
1	—	356	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	824	121.00–135.00	127.92
1	—	872	140.00	140.00
5	—	268	125.00–155.00	143.27
13	—	522	100.00–162.50	139.46
1	—	782	122.50	122.50
1	—	900	119.00	119.00
5	—	618	110.00–155.00	132.49
15	—	374	135.00–160.00	154.01
16	—	468	125.00–165.00	145.63
3	—	724	105.00–138.00	122.38
4	—	668	100.00–158.00	131.37
5	—	570	130.00–150.00	140.49
1	—	244	167.50	167.50
1	—	956	118.00	118.00
13	—	324	110.00–165.00	145.33
12	—	421	140.00–162.50	152.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	441	192.50	192.50
5	—	527	180.00–212.50	191.24
10	—	482	187.50–205.00	194.49
7	—	575	186.00–199.00	191.43
1	—	612	187.00	187.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	649	82.00	82.00
1	—	450	102.50	102.50
3	—	861	119.00–120.00	119.67
2	—	507	97.50	97.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	170.00–177.50	173.09
3	—	682	165.00–175.00	168.25
3	—	468	175.00–182.50	178.33
2	—	307	170.00–175.00	172.51
1	—	500	171.00	171.00
1	—	252	175.00	175.00
4	—	620	160.00–170.00	164.87
1	—	726	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	502	187.50	187.50
2	—	652	180.00	180.00
2	—	428	187.50–210.00	198.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	814	130.00–149.00	139.48
1	—	450	90.00	90.00
5	—	779	127.00–147.50	132.25
1	—	238	132.50	132.50
6	—	624	107.50–150.00	131.49
2	—	871	125.00–133.00	128.91
7	—	539	119.00–165.00	148.94
1	—	710	92.50	92.50
5	—	331	126.00–165.00	152.67
1	—	280	137.50	137.50
4	—	668	121.00–142.50	134.68
9	—	372	120.00–159.00	147.31
2	—	583	150.00–165.00	157.36
3	—	441	115.00–140.00	123.06
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	734	126.00	126.00
1	—	1,330	125.00	125.00
5	—	877	118.00–128.00	126.02
4	—	1,026	127.00–128.00	127.51
5	—	926	127.00–129.00	128.21
1	—	1,384	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,074	126.00	126.00
3	—	963	126.00–128.00	127.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,140	76.00–113.00	97.95
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	991	700.00–1,085.00	974.95
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,192	1,310.00	1,310.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	904	785.00	785.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,129	935.00–1,260.00	1,114.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,427	800.00–1,660.00	1,358.07
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	2,018	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,520	114.00–126.00	122.87
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	956	1,060.00	1,060.00

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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