Sale reports / New York / Empire - Bath / 2024-02-15

Empire - Bath

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Bath, New York · Thu, Feb 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3692
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
36 vs last sale 146 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
152 head
28 vs last sale 180 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 154lb slaughter cow deleted

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 lower. Beef bull calves 100.00 to 175.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,505117.231,7643thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,713110.421,8913thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,590101.371,61261
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42094.151,33739
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,32884.131,11719
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,201134.561,6169thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198452.80/cwt68
BullsNumber 299385.85/cwt25
BullsNumber 396241.90/cwt15
BullsUtility8478.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 188651.31/cwt12
HeifersNumber 293454.61/cwt8

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Livestock Sale - Bath, NY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,505117.23/cwt106.00–125.001,7643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42094.15/cwt90.00–97.001,33739
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590101.37/cwt98.00–107.001,61261
CowsLean 85-90%1,32884.13/cwt79.00–89.001,11719
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,713110.42/cwt109.00–112.001,8913
Dairy HeifersSelect1,201134.56/cwt128.00–140.001,6169
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross120–130121605.04/cwt600.00–610.007322
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085705.27/cwt700.00–710.005992
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110104642.04/cwt625.00–660.006683
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110102688.07/cwt660.00–720.007026
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10093705.98/cwt680.00–730.006577
BullsNumber 280–9088236.75/cwt200.00–305.002085
HeifersNumber 2100–110107100.00/cwt100.00–100.001071
HeifersNumber 180–9084205.00/cwt205.00–205.001721
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9083500.00/cwt500.00–500.004151
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9086690.27/cwt650.00–720.005947
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–8076520.00/cwt520.00–520.003951
HeifersNumber 270–8075125.00/cwt125.00–125.00941
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–10093605.95/cwt570.00–640.005642
BullsNumber 190–10095373.88/cwt340.00–410.0035516
BullsNumber 3120–130122135.00/cwt135.00–135.001651
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross100–110109590.00/cwt560.00–620.006432
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross90–10097544.30/cwt500.00–590.005282
BullsUtility70–807075.00/cwt75.00–75.00531
BullsUtility80–908565.00/cwt65.00–65.00551
BullsNumber 180–9087376.92/cwt320.00–420.0032810
BullsNumber 2100–110107240.42/cwt200.00–280.002574
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10093694.70/cwt680.00–720.006464
BullsNumber 3100–110102170.00/cwt170.00–170.001731
BullsUtility90–1009895.00/cwt95.00–95.00931
BullsNumber 170–8078340.00/cwt340.00–340.002651
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10094619.41/cwt600.00–660.005824
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross100–110108550.00/cwt550.00–550.005941
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross110–120113480.00/cwt480.00–480.005421
BullsNumber 290–10096269.58/cwt200.00–300.002597
BullsNumber 1110–120114379.43/cwt335.00–420.0043310
BullsNumber 1100–110103401.51/cwt330.00–420.0041416
BullsNumber 380–9086134.11/cwt100.00–170.001154
BullsNumber 390–10097137.12/cwt110.00–180.001334
BullsNumber 370–8073120.00/cwt120.00–120.00881

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.