Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 20.00 to 40.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 30.00 to 40.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,616	120.61	1,949	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,606	108.95	1,750	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	99.89	1,342	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,353	87.97	1,190	11
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,286	149.27	1,920	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,282	126.00	1,615	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	463.12/cwt	55
Bulls	Number 2	94	414.83/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 3	91	235.25/cwt	19
Bulls	Utility	91	84.89/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 1	91	658.55/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 2	99	648.69/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 3	75	545.27/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	707.90/cwt	700.00–720.00	665	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	720.76/cwt	700.00–740.00	757	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	794	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	653	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	84	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	554	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,286	149.27/cwt	135.00–158.00	1,920	9
Steers	Select	—	1,282	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,615	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,353	87.97/cwt	83.00–92.00	1,190	11
Heifers	Number 1	—	87	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	131	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	99.89/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,342	18
Bulls	Utility	—	95	94.82/cwt	85.00–100.00	90	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	179.83/cwt	145.00–215.00	187	2
Bulls	Utility	—	86	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	60	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	407.24/cwt	360.00–450.00	391	18
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	306.36/cwt	250.00–350.00	294	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	416.25/cwt	365.00–450.00	433	13
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	277.58/cwt	245.00–325.00	236	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	291	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	207.25/cwt	150.00–225.00	195	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	168.87/cwt	150.00–190.00	142	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	405.87/cwt	395.00–415.00	455	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	458	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	75	593.57/cwt	580.00–600.00	445	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	115	647.46/cwt	645.00–650.00	745	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	107	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	685	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	79	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	600	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	281	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	96	474.90/cwt	450.00–520.00	456	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	729.56/cwt	700.00–760.00	744	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	664.22/cwt	640.00–690.00	638	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	115	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	753	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	101	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	646	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	78	186.37/cwt	140.00–210.00	145	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	670	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	165	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	85	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	527	1
Heifers	Number 3Beef Cross	—	75	545.27/cwt	500.00–580.00	409	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	740.91/cwt	700.00–800.00	637	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	749.72/cwt	730.00–770.00	712	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	390.56/cwt	370.00–410.00	332	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	108.95/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,750	28
Bulls	—	—	1,616	120.61/cwt	106.00–130.00	1,949	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.

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Empire Livestock Sale - Bath, NY

Thu Feb 22, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 182Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 153Last week 152Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 20.00 to 40.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 30.00 to 40.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	94	700.00–720.00	707.90
2	—	105	700.00–740.00	720.76
1	—	115	690.00	690.00
1	—	79	760.00	760.00
1	—	87	770.00	770.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	680.00	680.00
1	—	84	660.00	660.00
3	—	75	580.00–600.00	593.57
2	—	115	645.00–650.00	647.46
2	—	107	640.00	640.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	85.00–100.00	94.82
2	—	86	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	104	145.00–215.00	179.83
7	—	94	150.00–225.00	207.25
4	—	84	150.00–190.00	168.87
3	—	78	140.00–210.00	186.37
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	96	360.00–450.00	407.24
13	—	104	365.00–450.00	416.25
5	—	112	395.00–415.00	405.87
1	—	122	375.00	375.00
8	—	85	370.00–410.00	390.56
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	96	250.00–350.00	306.36
5	—	85	245.00–325.00	277.58
1	—	112	260.00	260.00
1	—	104	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	96	450.00–520.00	474.90
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	87	150.00	150.00
1	—	94	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	102	700.00–760.00	729.56
7	—	86	700.00–800.00	740.91
3	—	95	730.00–770.00	749.72
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	640.00–690.00	664.22
1	—	115	655.00	655.00
1	—	101	640.00	640.00
1	—	85	620.00	620.00
Heifers — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	75	500.00–580.00	545.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	135.00–158.00	149.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,282	126.00	126.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,353	83.00–92.00	87.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,343	95.00–104.00	99.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,606	105.00–114.00	108.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,616	106.00–130.00	120.61

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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