Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 20.00 to 25.00 higher. Beef bull cross calves traded 40.00 to 60.00 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	1,531	130.16	1,993	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	113.48	1,607	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,486	107.00	1,590	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	92.05	1,000	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,712	117.35	2,009	20
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,443	108.19	1,561	29
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,307	95.58	1,249	12
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,184	130.16	1,541	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,566	165.00	2,584	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,640	175.00	2,870	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	96	615.64/cwt	51
Bulls	Number 2	95	532.22/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	95	324.28/cwt	11
Bulls	Utility	81	163.49/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	84	755.65/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 2	95	594.77/cwt	9

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	1,531	130.16/cwt	122.00–140.00	1,993	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,486	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,590	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	113.48/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,566	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,584	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	92.05/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,000	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,640	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,870	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,184	130.16/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,541	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	108.19/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,561	29
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,712	117.35/cwt	114.00–125.00	2,009	20
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,307	95.58/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,249	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	860.24/cwt	840.00–900.00	731	5
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	113	765.09/cwt	760.00–770.00	865	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	105	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	756	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	96	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	787	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	95	756.94/cwt	720.00–780.00	719	3
Bulls	Utility	80–90	80	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	120	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	113	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	791	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	74	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	548	1
Bulls	Number 3	110–120	114	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	376	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	105	744.93/cwt	740.00–750.00	782	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	120–130	120	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	840	1
Heifers	Number 2	80–90	85	116.57/cwt	100.00–135.00	99	2
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	80	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	160	1
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	101	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	505	1
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	85	579.51/cwt	540.00–600.00	493	6
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	82	744.97/cwt	740.00–750.00	611	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	90	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	738	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	813.78/cwt	770.00–850.00	692	7
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	76	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	638	1
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	78	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	347	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	84	319.64/cwt	270.00–370.00	268	4
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	104	306.71/cwt	260.00–360.00	319	3
Bulls	Utility	100–110	100	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	170	1
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	95	437.58/cwt	400.00–500.00	416	6
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	106	573.24/cwt	550.00–615.00	608	11
Bulls	Utility	70–80	76	165.23/cwt	100.00–190.00	126	4
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	114	586.81/cwt	565.00–610.00	669	2
Bulls	Number 2	110–120	112	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	448	1
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	93	346.14/cwt	300.00–380.00	322	3
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	94	580.00/cwt	520.00–625.00	545	25
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	86	447.54/cwt	390.00–500.00	385	6

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 Sale - Bath, NY

Thu Mar 21, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 104Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 120Last week 126Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 20.00 to 25.00 higher. Beef bull cross calves traded 40.00 to 60.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,531	122.00–140.00	130.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,486	107.00	107.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,416	113.00–114.00	113.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,086	91.00–93.00	92.05
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,566	165.00	165.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,184	128.00–134.00	130.16
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,443	103.00–113.00	108.19
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,712	114.00–125.00	117.35
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,307	90.00–101.00	95.58

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	85	840.00–900.00	860.24
2	90–100	96	820.00	820.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	90–100	95	720.00–780.00	756.94
1	100–110	105	720.00	720.00
2	110–120	113	760.00–770.00	765.09
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	70–80	76	100.00–190.00	165.23
1	80–90	80	150.00	150.00
1	100–110	100	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	84	270.00–370.00	319.64
3	90–100	93	300.00–380.00	346.14
3	100–110	104	260.00–360.00	306.71
1	110–120	114	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	78	445.00	445.00
6	80–90	86	390.00–500.00	447.54
6	90–100	95	400.00–500.00	437.58
1	100–110	101	500.00	500.00
1	110–120	112	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	80–90	85	540.00–600.00	579.51
25	90–100	94	520.00–625.00	580.00
11	100–110	106	550.00–615.00	573.24
2	110–120	114	565.00–610.00	586.81
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	74	740.00	740.00
2	80–90	82	740.00–750.00	744.97
2	100–110	105	740.00–750.00	744.93
1	110–120	113	700.00	700.00
1	120–130	120	700.00	700.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	85	100.00–135.00	116.57
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	80	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	76	840.00	840.00
7	80–90	85	770.00–850.00	813.78
1	90–100	90	820.00	820.00

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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