Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm. Beef cross bull calves traded 20.00 to 70.00 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	1,675	143.91	2,410	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	114.53	1,697	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,522	95.00	1,446	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,702	116.73	1,987	5thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,616	108.70	1,757	25
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,344	101.64	1,366	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,576	149.00	2,348	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,292	136.00	1,757	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,520	150.07	2,281	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	633.04/cwt	50
Bulls	Number 2	93	494.51/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	88	334.98/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	79	197.56/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	93	751.03/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 2	100	636.69/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1	120–130	121	526.84/cwt	510.00–550.00	637	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	104	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	718	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	86	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	576	1
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	94	342.83/cwt	310.00–390.00	322	4
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	88	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	352	1
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	76	332.81/cwt	300.00–360.00	253	3
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	101	449.93/cwt	400.00–480.00	454	3
Bulls	Utility	60–70	63	185.12/cwt	170.00–200.00	117	2
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	97	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	388	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	87	340.00/cwt	300.00–380.00	296	2
Bulls	Utility	90–100	94	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	197	2
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	84	544.62/cwt	500.00–595.00	457	7
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	103	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	309	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	143.91/cwt	136.00–150.00	2,410	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,522	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,446	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	114.53/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,697	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,576	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,348	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,292	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,757	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,520	150.07/cwt	146.00–152.00	2,281	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,616	108.70/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,757	25
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,702	116.73/cwt	113.00–120.50	1,987	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,344	101.64/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,366	13
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	96	800.42/cwt	780.00–810.00	768	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	791.00/cwt	770.00–820.00	815	9
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	110–120	110	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	836	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	88	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	669	1
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	77	413.28/cwt	400.00–440.00	318	3
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	579.96/cwt	500.00–610.00	603	14
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	74	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	614	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	99	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	693	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	86	862.67/cwt	830.00–920.00	742	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	79	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	553	1
Heifers	Number 2	100–110	104	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	198	1
Heifers	Number 1	90–100	93	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	279	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	109	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	861	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	96	815.20/cwt	800.00–860.00	783	7
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	108	765.07/cwt	760.00–770.00	826	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	119	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	821	1
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	94	591.61/cwt	550.00–620.00	556	12

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 25, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 110Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 133Last week 121Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm. Beef cross bull calves traded 20.00 to 70.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	80–90	84	500.00–595.00	544.62
12	90–100	94	550.00–620.00	591.61
14	100–110	104	500.00–610.00	579.96
3	120–130	121	510.00–550.00	526.84
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	86	670.00	670.00
1	100–110	104	690.00	690.00
1	110–120	119	690.00	690.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	76	300.00–360.00	332.81
2	80–90	87	300.00–380.00	340.00
4	90–100	94	310.00–390.00	342.83
1	100–110	103	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	77	400.00–440.00	413.28
1	80–90	88	400.00	400.00
1	90–100	97	400.00	400.00
3	100–110	101	400.00–480.00	449.93
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	60–70	63	170.00–200.00	185.12
2	90–100	94	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	88	760.00	760.00
3	90–100	96	780.00–810.00	800.42
9	100–110	103	770.00–820.00	791.00
1	110–120	110	760.00	760.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	74	830.00	830.00
3	80–90	86	830.00–920.00	862.67
7	90–100	96	800.00–860.00	815.20
1	100–110	109	790.00	790.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	700.00	700.00
2	90–100	99	700.00	700.00
2	100–110	108	760.00–770.00	765.07
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–110	104	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	90–100	93	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,675	136.00–150.00	143.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,522	95.00	95.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,482	114.00–115.00	114.53
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,576	149.00	149.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,292	136.00	136.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,520	146.00–152.00	150.07
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,616	106.00–111.00	108.70
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,702	113.00–120.50	116.73
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,344	98.00–105.00	101.64

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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