Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm. Beef cross bull calves traded 20.00 to 40.00 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	1,780	158.64	2,824	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,298	120.00	1,558	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,354	114.00	1,544	6thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,745	115.84	2,021	6thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,495	115.13	1,722	15
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,331	94.56	1,259	30
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,313	150.89	1,981	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,055	136.10	1,436	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	592.25/cwt	53
Bulls	Number 2	96	514.98/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	92	208.88/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	91	76.20/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	91	712.35/cwt	19
Heifers	Number 2	97	622.57/cwt	8
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	74	74.48/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	—	1,780	158.64/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,824	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	114.00/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,544	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,558	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,537	131.99/cwt	128.00–136.00	2,029	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,489	112.54/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,676	13
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,722	117.61/cwt	115.00–121.00	2,025	5
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,860	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,990	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,381	106.10/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,465	12
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,298	86.86/cwt	76.00–97.00	1,127	18
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,055	136.10/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,436	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,313	150.89/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,981	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	759.94/cwt	750.00–770.00	783	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	789.86/cwt	760.00–810.00	742	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	86	824.38/cwt	760.00–860.00	709	10
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	111	713.26/cwt	700.00–730.00	792	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	79	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	648	1
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	94	469.36/cwt	420.00–500.00	441	9
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	813.60/cwt	780.00–840.00	692	9
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	87	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	609	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	114	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	798	2
Heifers	Number 1	100–110	100	525.00/cwt	500.00–550.00	525	2
Bulls	Number 3	110–120	115	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	253	1
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	102	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	296	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	70–80	74	74.48/cwt	50.00–100.00	55	4
Heifers	Number 2	70–80	75	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	270	2
Heifers	Number 1	90–100	94	497.86/cwt	450.00–520.00	468	4
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	113	456.65/cwt	450.00–465.00	516	3
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	78	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	156	2
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	96	211.99/cwt	160.00–280.00	204	5
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	104	720.19/cwt	700.00–740.00	749	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	93	820.32/cwt	800.00–840.00	763	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	765.12/cwt	760.00–770.00	788	2
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	94	334.84/cwt	300.00–355.00	315	3
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	84	352.27/cwt	340.00–370.00	296	4
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	86	453.22/cwt	440.00–470.00	390	6
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	108	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	778	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	95	720.42/cwt	700.00–740.00	684	3
Bulls	Number 1	70–80	79	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	316	1
Bulls	Utility	100–110	104	88.04/cwt	65.00–100.00	92	3
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	104	470.93/cwt	400.00–525.00	490	14
Bulls	Utility	80–90	80	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	40	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	81	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	162	1
Bulls	Utility	110–120	116	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	81	1
Bulls	Utility	70–80	78	62.74/cwt	50.00–75.00	49	2
Bulls	Utility	60–70	65	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	65	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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 103Year ago 138

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 136Last week 123Year ago 186

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm. Beef cross bull calves traded 20.00 to 40.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,780	150.00–164.00	158.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,354	111.00–117.00	114.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,298	120.00	120.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,537	128.00–136.00	131.99
13	—	1,489	110.00–117.00	112.54
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,722	115.00–121.00	117.61
1	—	1,860	107.00	107.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,381	100.00–109.00	106.10
18	—	1,298	76.00–97.00	86.86
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	134.00–138.00	136.10
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	147.00–156.00	150.89

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	820.00	820.00
10	80–90	86	760.00–860.00	824.38
6	90–100	94	760.00–810.00	789.86
3	100–110	103	750.00–770.00	759.94
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	90–100	95	700.00–740.00	720.42
1	100–110	108	720.00	720.00
3	110–120	111	700.00–730.00	713.26
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	400.00	400.00
6	80–90	86	440.00–470.00	453.22
9	90–100	94	420.00–500.00	469.36
14	100–110	104	400.00–525.00	470.93
3	110–120	113	450.00–465.00	456.65
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	78	200.00	200.00
1	80–90	81	200.00	200.00
5	90–100	96	160.00–280.00	211.99
1	110–120	115	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	80–90	84	340.00–370.00	352.27
3	90–100	94	300.00–355.00	334.84
1	100–110	102	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	60–70	65	100.00	100.00
2	70–80	78	50.00–75.00	62.74
1	80–90	80	50.00	50.00
3	100–110	104	65.00–100.00	88.04
1	110–120	116	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
9	80–90	85	780.00–840.00	813.60
2	90–100	93	800.00–840.00	820.32
2	100–110	103	760.00–770.00	765.12
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	87	700.00	700.00
3	100–110	104	700.00–740.00	720.19
2	110–120	114	700.00	700.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	90–100	94	450.00–520.00	497.86
2	100–110	100	500.00–550.00	525.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
4	70–80	74	50.00–100.00	74.48
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	75	360.00	360.00

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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