Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Beef cross bull calves traded 25.00 to 30.00 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	1,346	141.00	1,898	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	116.75	1,727	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,383	109.94	1,520	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,160	102.00	1,183	1thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,692	133.42	2,257	4thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,786	122.66	2,191	9thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,536	112.81	1,733	25
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,348	102.10	1,376	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,130	146.00	1,650	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,220	120.98	1,476	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,810	120.00	2,172	1thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 2	97	657.53/cwt	28
Bulls	Number 1	94	631.13/cwt	41
Bulls	Number 3	92	307.50/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	95	746.68/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 2	89	725.38/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

40 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	94	590.89/cwt	540.00–620.00	555	15
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	95	854.78/cwt	820.00–870.00	812	6
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	106	828.08/cwt	805.00–870.00	878	5
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	114	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	684	1
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	102	476.70/cwt	470.00–480.00	486	3
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	77	480.26/cwt	460.00–500.00	370	2
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	85	586.12/cwt	550.00–615.00	498	10
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	93	842.28/cwt	810.00–860.00	783	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	79	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	711	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	82	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	221	1
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	588.75/cwt	520.00–605.00	612	10
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	76	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	274	1
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	105	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	315	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	93	734.42/cwt	700.00–770.00	683	4
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	103	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	731	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	757	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	86	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	628	1
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	85	491.50/cwt	470.00–510.00	418	4
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	84	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	294	1
Heifers	Number 1	100–110	108	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	367	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	60–70	63	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	441	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	102	845.88/cwt	820.00–870.00	863	5
Heifers	Number 1	90–100	98	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	368	1
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	96	483.81/cwt	450.00–510.00	464	4
Bulls	Number 2	120–130	123	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	566	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	111	805.00/cwt	805.00–805.00	894	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	80	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	624	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	92	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	828	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	941.12/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	800	4
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,692	133.42/cwt	126.00–141.00	2,257	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,348	102.10/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,376	5
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,786	122.66/cwt	118.00–127.00	2,191	9
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,536	112.81/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,733	25
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,810	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,172	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,130	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,650	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,220	120.98/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,476	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	109.94/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,520	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,183	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	116.75/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,727	5
Bulls	—	—	1,346	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,898	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 9, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 113Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 114Last week 144Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Beef cross bull calves traded 25.00 to 30.00 higher.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	80–90	85	550.00–615.00	586.12
15	90–100	94	540.00–620.00	590.89
10	100–110	104	520.00–605.00	588.75
1	110–120	114	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	80	780.00	780.00
6	90–100	95	820.00–870.00	854.78
5	100–110	106	805.00–870.00	828.08
2	110–120	111	805.00	805.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	77	460.00–500.00	480.26
4	80–90	85	470.00–510.00	491.50
4	90–100	96	450.00–510.00	483.81
3	100–110	102	470.00–480.00	476.70
1	120–130	123	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	76	360.00	360.00
1	80–90	82	270.00	270.00
2	100–110	105	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	85	900.00–1,000.00	941.12
1	90–100	92	900.00	900.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	900.00	900.00
1	80–90	85	890.00	890.00
4	90–100	93	810.00–860.00	842.28
5	100–110	102	820.00–870.00	845.88
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	60–70	63	700.00	700.00
1	80–90	86	730.00	730.00
4	90–100	93	700.00–770.00	734.42
1	100–110	103	710.00	710.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	84	350.00	350.00
1	90–100	98	375.00	375.00
1	100–110	108	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,692	126.00–141.00	133.42
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,348	99.00–106.00	102.10
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,786	118.00–127.00	122.66
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,536	108.00–117.00	112.81
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	146.00	146.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	119.00–125.00	120.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	109.00–111.00	109.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	102.00	102.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,479	115.00–121.00	116.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,346	141.00	141.00

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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