Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 20.00 lower. Beef bull calves traded 20.00 to 60.00 lower.

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	1,501	141.51	2,124	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,479	106.49	1,575	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,254	92.13	1,155	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,595	114.03	1,819	17
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,437	104.27	1,498	21
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,322	93.73	1,239	10
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,306	138.70	1,811	7thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	610.30/cwt	49
Bulls	Number 2	99	507.19/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	87	326.39/cwt	19
Bulls	Utility	84	184.47/cwt	12
Heifers	Number 1	95	796.49/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	89	409.12/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	114.03/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,819	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,322	93.73/cwt	88.00–97.00	1,239	10
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	790.11/cwt	770.00–810.00	743	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	90–100	97	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	631	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	120–130	121	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	835	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	99	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	723	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	102	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	791	1
Bulls	Number 1	120–130	122	524.66/cwt	500.00–555.00	640	3
Heifers	Number 2	90–100	95	512.16/cwt	75.00–750.00	487	3
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	92	288.65/cwt	235.00–350.00	266	5
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	85	402.54/cwt	380.00–460.00	342	4
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	110–120	116	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	708	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	809.73/cwt	785.00–835.00	745	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	102	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	785	1
Heifers	Number 2	60–70	69	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	69	1
Bulls	Utility	90–100	91	173.46/cwt	125.00–205.00	158	3
Bulls	Number 2	110–120	114	459.15/cwt	400.00–490.00	523	3
Bulls	Utility	110–120	116	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	232	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	84	322.78/cwt	260.00–360.00	271	6
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	95	579.25/cwt	500.00–615.00	550	15
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	76	256.29/cwt	230.00–290.00	195	5
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	587.94/cwt	500.00–615.00	611	12
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	824.50/cwt	805.00–840.00	684	3
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	101	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	283	1
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	102	431.46/cwt	400.00–495.00	440	3
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	95	424.38/cwt	400.00–460.00	403	6
Bulls	Utility	80–90	81	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	109	1
Bulls	Utility	60–70	67	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	101	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	102	727.49/cwt	700.00–740.00	742	4
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	86	563.67/cwt	500.00–600.00	485	9
Bulls	Utility	70–80	74	201.66/cwt	145.00–220.00	149	5
Bulls	Utility	100–110	104	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	208	1
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	111	552.48/cwt	550.00–555.00	613	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,437	104.27/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,498	21
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,306	138.70/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,811	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	92.13/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,155	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,479	106.49/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,575	2
Bulls	—	—	1,501	141.51/cwt	133.00–146.00	2,124	8

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 28, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 115Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 150Last week 120Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 20.00 lower. Beef bull calves traded 20.00 to 60.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,595	110.00–123.00	114.03
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,322	88.00–97.00	93.73
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,437	99.00–109.00	104.27
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,306	134.00–143.00	138.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,254	90.00–94.00	92.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,479	106.00–107.00	106.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,501	133.00–146.00	141.51

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	83	805.00–840.00	824.50
4	90–100	94	770.00–810.00	790.11
1	100–110	102	775.00	775.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	90–100	97	650.00	650.00
1	110–120	116	610.00	610.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	90–100	99	730.00	730.00
4	100–110	102	700.00–740.00	727.49
1	120–130	121	690.00	690.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	80–90	86	500.00–600.00	563.67
15	90–100	95	500.00–615.00	579.25
12	100–110	104	500.00–615.00	587.94
2	110–120	111	550.00–555.00	552.48
3	120–130	122	500.00–555.00	524.66
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	70–80	76	230.00–290.00	256.29
6	80–90	84	260.00–360.00	322.78
5	90–100	92	235.00–350.00	288.65
1	100–110	101	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	85	380.00–460.00	402.54
6	90–100	95	400.00–460.00	424.38
3	100–110	102	400.00–495.00	431.46
3	110–120	114	400.00–490.00	459.15
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	60–70	67	150.00	150.00
5	70–80	74	145.00–220.00	201.66
1	80–90	81	135.00	135.00
3	90–100	91	125.00–205.00	173.46
1	100–110	104	200.00	200.00
1	110–120	116	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	60–70	69	100.00	100.00
3	90–100	95	75.00–750.00	512.16
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	90–100	92	785.00–835.00	809.73
1	100–110	102	770.00	770.00

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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