Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter dairy cows stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 50.00 lower. Beef cross calves traded 20.00 to 100.00 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	1,753	174.67	3,062	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,496	135.96	2,034	6thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,422	172.33	2,451	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,760	132.88	2,338	13
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,428	130.52	1,863	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,225	106.38	1,303	33
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,342	138.66	1,861	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,198	183.00	2,192	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,129	165.47	1,868	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	644.10/cwt	51
Bulls	Number 2	93	499.16/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	91	356.25/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	77	117.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 1	92	798.71/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 2	98	797.47/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

51 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 Steers	Large 3	350–400	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	406	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	711	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	474	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	901	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	932	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	775	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	890	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	210.26/cwt	200.00–220.00	656	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	792	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	890	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	174.67/cwt	161.00–178.00	3,062	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,496	135.96/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,034	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	129.80/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,851	16
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,062	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,777	135.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,404	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,198	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,192	1
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,721	127.49/cwt	127.00–128.00	2,194	4
Steers	Select	—	1,129	165.47/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,868	2
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,342	138.66/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,861	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,362	126.50/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,723	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	94.99/cwt	82.00–106.00	1,091	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,286	115.80/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,489	12
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,422	172.33/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,451	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	848.23/cwt	800.00–900.00	797	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	120–130	125	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	900	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	112	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	851	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	90–100	97	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	611	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	84	263.75/cwt	230.00–300.00	222	2
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	102	503.33/cwt	500.00–510.00	513	3
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	74	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	259	1
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	95	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	295	1
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	87	581.89/cwt	550.00–620.00	506	12
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	109	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	349	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	79	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	711	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	87	908.65/cwt	850.00–980.00	791	5
Bulls	Utility	80–90	83	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	91	1
Bulls	Utility	70–80	71	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	89	1
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	112	556.95/cwt	525.00–575.00	624	7
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	103	572.84/cwt	520.00–610.00	590	9
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	88	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	352	1
Heifers	Number 1	70–80	72	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	223	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	857.49/cwt	830.00–890.00	883	4
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	93	466.07/cwt	400.00–500.00	433	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	110–120	116	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	928	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	103	796.62/cwt	790.00–800.00	821	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	83	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	664	1
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	95	570.50/cwt	540.00–600.00	542	10
Bulls	Number 2	70–80	78	433.48/cwt	400.00–500.00	338	3
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	85	474.51/cwt	400.00–520.00	403	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	105	829.76/cwt	820.00–840.00	871	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	887.32/cwt	850.00–910.00	754	3

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 Aug 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19Last week 12Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 88Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 109Last week 114Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter dairy cows stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 50.00 lower. Beef cross calves traded 20.00 to 100.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	120.00	120.00
1	400–450	406	175.00	175.00
1	450–500	474	190.00	190.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	396	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	430	207.00	207.00
1	450–500	466	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	200.00	200.00
2	300–350	312	200.00–220.00	210.26
1	350–400	378	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	434	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,753	161.00–178.00	174.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,496	131.00–140.00	135.96
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,426	123.00–135.00	129.80
1	—	1,452	142.00	142.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,777	130.00–140.00	135.28
4	—	1,721	127.00–128.00	127.49
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,362	125.00–129.00	126.50
17	—	1,149	82.00–106.00	94.99
12	—	1,286	110.00–119.00	115.80
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,198	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,129	165.00–166.00	165.47
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,342	134.00–142.00	138.66
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,422	170.00–175.00	172.33

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	85	850.00–910.00	887.32
8	90–100	94	800.00–900.00	848.23
2	100–110	105	820.00–840.00	829.76
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	110–120	112	760.00	760.00
1	120–130	125	720.00	720.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	90–100	97	630.00	630.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	74	350.00	350.00
2	80–90	84	230.00–300.00	263.75
1	90–100	95	310.00	310.00
1	100–110	109	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	78	400.00–500.00	433.48
4	80–90	85	400.00–520.00	474.51
6	90–100	93	400.00–500.00	466.07
3	100–110	102	500.00–510.00	503.33
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	80–90	87	550.00–620.00	581.89
10	90–100	95	540.00–600.00	570.50
9	100–110	103	520.00–610.00	572.84
7	110–120	112	525.00–575.00	556.95
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	71	125.00	125.00
1	80–90	83	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	900.00	900.00
5	80–90	87	850.00–980.00	908.65
4	100–110	103	830.00–890.00	857.49
1	110–120	116	800.00	800.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	72	310.00	310.00
1	80–90	88	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	83	800.00	800.00
3	100–110	103	790.00–800.00	796.62

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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