Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm. Beef cross bull calves traded 140.00 to 150.00 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	2,034	145.00	2,949	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	111.00	1,403	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,198	103.41	1,239	3thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,059	109.06	1,155	3thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,646	114.40	1,883	14
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,502	107.83	1,620	19
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,362	98.35	1,340	18
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	138.00	1,822	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,350	120.00	1,620	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	605.32/cwt	63
Bulls	Number 3	98	583.77/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	93	544.08/cwt	32
Bulls	Utility	82	175.91/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	89	838.63/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	84	701.08/cwt	8

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	90–100	96	579.75/cwt	535.00–605.00	557	20
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	570.85/cwt	520.00–600.00	594	22
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	107	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	364	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	86	305.44/cwt	280.00–330.00	263	2
Bulls	Number 2	110–120	116	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	580	2
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	112	586.34/cwt	550.00–600.00	657	7
Bulls	Number 1	70–80	76	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	445	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	70–80	73	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	518	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	110–120	112	766.47/cwt	750.00–780.00	858	3
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	101	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	414	1
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	73	414.48/cwt	390.00–440.00	303	2
Bulls	Utility	80–90	82	175.91/cwt	130.00–200.00	144	3
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	87	465.34/cwt	400.00–490.00	405	6
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	93	829.76/cwt	800.00–850.00	772	4
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	85	847.49/cwt	840.00–860.00	720	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	83	905.72/cwt	880.00–930.00	752	5
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	93	441.45/cwt	400.00–500.00	411	13
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	100–110	105	765.14/cwt	750.00–780.00	803	2
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	80	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	320	1
Heifers	Number 1	70–80	78	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	296	1
Heifers	Number 1	90–100	97	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	291	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	90–100	95	770.21/cwt	760.00–780.00	732	2
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	94	279.04/cwt	250.00–310.00	262	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	87	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	835	1
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	85	577.69/cwt	540.00–600.00	491	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	101	815.04/cwt	810.00–830.00	823	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	91	905.05/cwt	900.00–910.00	824	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	95	840.17/cwt	800.00–870.00	798	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	78	950.13/cwt	930.00–970.00	741	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	85	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	731	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,059	109.06/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,155	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,362	98.35/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,340	18
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,646	114.40/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,883	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	103.41/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,239	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,403	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,502	107.83/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,620	19
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,620	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,822	1
Bulls	—	—	2,034	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,949	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 May 2, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 95Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 144Last week 133Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm. Beef cross bull calves traded 140.00 to 150.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	76	585.00	585.00
8	80–90	85	540.00–600.00	577.69
20	90–100	96	535.00–605.00	579.75
22	100–110	104	520.00–600.00	570.85
7	110–120	112	550.00–600.00	586.34
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	86	280.00–330.00	305.44
2	90–100	94	250.00–310.00	279.04
1	100–110	107	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	73	390.00–440.00	414.48
6	80–90	87	400.00–490.00	465.34
13	90–100	93	400.00–500.00	441.45
1	100–110	101	410.00	410.00
2	110–120	116	500.00	500.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	73	710.00	710.00
2	90–100	95	760.00–780.00	770.21
2	100–110	105	750.00–780.00	765.14
3	110–120	112	750.00–780.00	766.47
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	82	130.00–200.00	175.91
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	78	930.00–970.00	950.13
1	80–90	87	960.00	960.00
2	90–100	91	900.00–910.00	905.05
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	85	860.00	860.00
3	90–100	95	800.00–870.00	840.17
4	100–110	101	810.00–830.00	815.04
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	85	840.00–860.00	847.49
4	90–100	93	800.00–850.00	829.76
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	83	880.00–930.00	905.72
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	78	380.00	380.00
1	80–90	80	400.00	400.00
1	90–100	97	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,059	107.00–111.00	109.06
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,362	95.00–102.00	98.35
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,646	111.00–123.00	114.40
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,502	103.00–110.00	107.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	101.00–105.00	103.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,264	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	138.00	138.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,034	145.00	145.00

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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