Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: Dairy Bull Yield Grade corrected to 1-2

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves stayed steady to firm.

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	1,530	150.00	2,295	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,462	118.00	1,725	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,468	105.64	1,551	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,131	98.19	1,111	3thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,650	146.00	2,409	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,675	112.74	1,888	19
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,447	105.27	1,523	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,490	97.91	1,459	16
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,172	145.00	1,699	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	643.03/cwt	46
Bulls	Number 2	95	525.37/cwt	26
Bulls	Number 3	91	365.07/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	83	645.14/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 2	94	530.02/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

36 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 2	80–90	85	470.57/cwt	430.00–505.00	400	6
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	87	555.84/cwt	550.00–570.00	484	5
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	91	370.11/cwt	360.00–380.00	337	2
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	109	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	403	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	82	365.12/cwt	360.00–370.00	299	2
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	114	568.67/cwt	550.00–580.00	648	4
Bulls	Number 3	110–120	116	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	429	1
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	93	451.97/cwt	420.00–500.00	420	10
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	106	743.25/cwt	720.00–760.00	788	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	95	724.92/cwt	720.00–730.00	689	2
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	104	476.74/cwt	410.00–500.00	496	4
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	588.15/cwt	550.00–610.00	612	9
Heifers	Number 2	80–90	83	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	166	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	86	820.27/cwt	790.00–840.00	705	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	105	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	777	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	97	750.05/cwt	740.00–760.00	728	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	76	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	608	1
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	78	355.06/cwt	350.00–360.00	277	2
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	86	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	301	1
Heifers	Number 1	70–80	79	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	205	1
Heifers	Number 2	90–100	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	95	583.02/cwt	530.00–630.00	554	15
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	95	813.16/cwt	780.00–850.00	773	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	782.71/cwt	770.00–810.00	806	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	84	836.67/cwt	810.00–850.00	703	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	75	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	585	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	114	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	832	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,650	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,409	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,490	97.91/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,459	16
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	112.74/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,888	19
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	105.27/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,523	15
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,172	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,699	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	98.19/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,111	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,725	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	105.64/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,551	3
Bulls	—	—	1,530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,295	1

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 Apr 18, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 117Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 121Last week 101Year ago 0

Correction: Dairy Bull Yield Grade corrected to 1-2

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves stayed steady to firm.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	80–90	85	430.00–505.00	470.57
10	90–100	93	420.00–500.00	451.97
4	100–110	104	410.00–500.00	476.74
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	87	550.00–570.00	555.84
15	90–100	95	530.00–630.00	583.02
9	100–110	104	550.00–610.00	588.15
4	110–120	114	550.00–580.00	568.67
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	78	350.00–360.00	355.06
2	80–90	82	360.00–370.00	365.12
2	90–100	91	360.00–380.00	370.11
1	100–110	109	370.00	370.00
1	110–120	116	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	90–100	95	720.00–730.00	724.92
3	100–110	106	720.00–760.00	743.25
1	110–120	114	730.00	730.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	75	780.00	780.00
3	80–90	84	810.00–850.00	836.67
5	90–100	95	780.00–850.00	813.16
4	100–110	103	770.00–810.00	782.71
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	83	200.00	200.00
1	90–100	90	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	76	800.00	800.00
3	80–90	86	790.00–840.00	820.27
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	90–100	97	740.00–760.00	750.05
1	100–110	105	740.00	740.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	260.00	260.00
1	80–90	86	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	146.00	146.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,490	93.00–101.00	97.91
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,675	109.00–117.00	112.74
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,447	102.00–108.00	105.27
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,172	145.00	145.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,131	95.00–100.00	98.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,462	118.00	118.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,468	103.00–109.00	105.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	150.00	150.00

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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