Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous month's feeder cattle special, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher with good demand. Roughly 70% of cattle were pre-conditioned whether they were weaned, vaccinated, or a combination of the two. Several lots of cattle were also advertised as "naturals." Buyer attendance was very good and led to an active trade. Several bred cows were offered during the sale, but not reported below. Many of those bred cows, heifers, and pairs sold in the range of 2000.00-27000.00/unit, with a few bringing over 3,000.00. The sale also included 76 head of USDA Graded video/board sale cattle. Those sale result are shown below.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.56/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −144.70 against this barn's trailing median of $434.26.

Average price

$289.56

33 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$50.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.45

vs NY average

−64.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	315.44	1,729	16thin
Medium and Large 2	530	265.20	1,405	17thin

One grade step is worth $50.24/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $449.07, low $380.15, median $434.26 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale33 hd

289.56

—

NY average2 barns · 65 hd

290.01

−0.45

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−64.74

This barn, trailing median4 sales

434.26

−144.70

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

61 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	246.20/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	209.85/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	195.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	229.11/cwt	217.50–240.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	472	268.82/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,269	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	299.84/cwt	292.50–307.50	1,598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	238.29/cwt	225.00–252.50	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	229.97/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	272.34/cwt	250.00–287.50	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	272.62/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	221.37/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,273	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,289	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	422	314.12/cwt	292.50–330.00	1,326	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	209.29/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	374	326.31/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	633	267.48/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	480	278.59/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,337	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	284.97/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,775	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	361	390.47/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,410	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	819	258.47/cwt	257.00–260.00	2,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	529	275.76/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,459	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	876	236.33/cwt	230.00–242.50	2,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	769	226.65/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	256.52/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	551	265.65/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	323	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	324.96/cwt	302.00–342.50	1,657	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	714	273.60/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	578	308.04/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,780	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	203.21/cwt	170.00–220.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	727	264.69/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	393	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	277.25/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,697	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	262.29/cwt	255.00–272.00	2,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	257.74/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,874	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	624	245.10/cwt	227.00–255.00	1,529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	422	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	279.56/cwt	271.00–297.50	1,630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	318.97/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	886	209.89/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	431	303.25/cwt	255.00–345.00	1,307	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	958	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	527	300.49/cwt	260.00–320.00	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	337	323.38/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,090	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	671	273.48/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	258.43/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	338.87/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	726	241.02/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	281.33/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	843	231.38/cwt	222.00–236.00	1,951	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	273.70/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	245.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	375.00/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	577	264.68/cwt	235.00–285.00	1,527	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	297	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	317	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	288.78/cwt	277.50–310.00	1,920	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	264.37/cwt	255.00–272.00	2,017	7

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	716	242.50–250.00	246.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	521	267.50–277.50	272.62
2	550–600	575	215.00–227.50	221.37
3	600–650	615	217.50–240.00	229.11
4	700–750	715	200.00–230.00	209.85
2	800–850	825	190.00–200.00	195.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	337	300.00–337.50	323.38
15	400–450	431	255.00–345.00	303.25
5	450–500	472	260.00–280.00	268.82
6	500–550	527	260.00–320.00	300.49
8	550–600	577	235.00–285.00	264.68
8	600–650	624	227.00–255.00	245.10
6	650–700	671	265.00–282.00	273.48
4	700–750	726	240.00–242.00	241.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	422	392.50	392.50
2	450–500	480	310.00–327.50	318.97
4	500–550	533	292.50–307.50	299.84
8	550–600	583	271.00–297.50	279.56
16	600–650	612	272.00–290.00	277.25
5	650–700	676	250.00–262.50	258.43
10	700–750	727	252.50–265.00	257.74
11	750–800	771	255.00–272.00	262.29
2	850–900	886	200.00–220.00	209.89
1	950–1000	958	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	250.00–287.50	272.34
2	550–600	579	227.50–232.50	229.97
2	600–650	623	225.00–252.50	238.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	629	237.50	237.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	622	190.00–230.00	209.29
2	650–700	668	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	716	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	357.00	357.00
2	350–400	374	300.00–350.00	326.31
5	400–450	422	292.50–330.00	314.12
6	450–500	480	260.00–285.00	278.59
9	500–550	529	265.00–285.00	275.76
3	550–600	551	255.00–285.00	265.65
6	600–650	633	252.50–277.50	267.48
7	650–700	668	267.00–277.00	273.70
6	700–750	727	262.00–267.00	264.69
3	750–800	769	225.00–227.50	226.65
3	800–850	843	222.00–236.00	231.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	407.50	407.50
3	350–400	361	375.00–420.00	390.47
4	400–450	413	350.00–400.00	375.00
5	450–500	485	330.00–370.00	338.87
7	500–550	510	302.00–342.50	324.96
9	550–600	578	297.50–315.00	308.04
11	600–650	623	270.00–295.00	284.97
9	650–700	665	277.50–310.00	288.78
11	700–750	714	265.00–285.00	273.60
7	750–800	763	255.00–272.00	264.37
4	800–850	819	257.00–260.00	258.47
5	850–900	876	230.00–242.50	236.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	297	250.00	250.00
5	300–350	341	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	415	277.50–285.00	281.33
5	500–550	518	240.00–250.00	245.93
4	600–650	625	247.50–265.00	256.52
5	700–750	722	170.00–220.00	203.21

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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