Sale reports / New York / Empire - Bath / 2025-11-13

Empire - Bath

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Bath, New York · Thu, Nov 13
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3692
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
19 vs last sale 0 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
18 vs last sale 68 13 vs year ago 99 · 13.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
101 head
6 vs last sale 107 35 vs year ago 136 · 25.7%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $263.50/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$263.50
2 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,426
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.82
vs NY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541263.501,4262thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
263.50
NY average2 barns · 28 hd
259.68
+3.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,498185.342,7762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,612139.882,2555thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,303135.221,7626thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,635142.992,33812
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,387132.301,83516
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,296112.111,45333
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,140179.032,0412thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1961,187.91/cwt50
BullsNumber 299967.81/cwt16
BullsNumber 394545.00/cwt2
BullsUtility9290.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 1931,437.57/cwt12
HeifersNumber 2811,200.00/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

54 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 270–80791,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.007901
BullsNumber 380–9089500.00/cwt500.00–500.004451
BullsNumber 2100–110106878.70/cwt800.00–900.009315
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,292103.80/cwt100.00–109.001,3415
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,742150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,6131
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,338119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5921
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–90861,555.00/cwt1,520.00–1,590.001,3372
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–100971,387.41/cwt1,340.00–1,460.001,3465
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100–1101041,278.08/cwt1,200.00–1,320.001,3293
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,624143.19/cwt137.00–146.002,32510
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,640134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1981
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,372138.53/cwt136.00–140.001,9014
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross60–70681,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.001,0201
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–80761,510.00/cwt1,510.00–1,510.001,1482
HeifersNumber 270–8077890.00/cwt890.00–890.006851
BullsNumber 290–10097892.59/cwt860.00–920.008664
BullsNumber 280–9089875.42/cwt800.00–950.007792
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,282114.85/cwt110.00–121.001,47214
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,28087.33/cwt80.00–96.001,1185
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,330126.22/cwt123.00–130.001,6799
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,397131.25/cwt125.00–139.001,83411
Dairy SteersSelect1,140179.03/cwt178.00–180.002,0412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,693134.98/cwt134.00–136.002,2852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558143.15/cwt140.00–145.002,2303
CowsBoner 80-85%1,303135.22/cwt130.00–138.001,7626
Bulls1,498185.34/cwt178.00–192.002,7762
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450414307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400376270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0151
BullsLarge 3400–450422185.00/cwt185.00–185.007811
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350320207.80/cwt170.00–242.006652
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600576277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,5961
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550506250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2651
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450436302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3171
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120–1301211,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.001,4041
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross90–10098590.00/cwt590.00–590.005781
BullsNumber 190–100951,014.38/cwt940.00–1,190.0096413
BullsNumber 180–90851,111.60/cwt1,040.00–1,190.009458
BullsNumber 1110–120112863.45/cwt850.00–890.009673
BullsUtility80–9081110.00/cwt110.00–110.00891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–100941,449.91/cwt1,400.00–1,570.001,3637
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–1101051,277.64/cwt1,200.00–1,380.001,3425
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–90871,517.19/cwt1,480.00–1,550.001,3204
BullsNumber 1100–110106936.59/cwt930.00–940.009933
BullsNumber 170–80761,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.008741
BullsUtility100–11010370.00/cwt70.00–70.00721
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross100–1101091,170.00/cwt1,170.00–1,170.001,2751
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–100951,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.001,0451
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross70–80761,684.80/cwt1,670.00–1,700.001,2802
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–100971,326.76/cwt1,300.00–1,380.001,2873
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110–1201131,166.47/cwt1,150.00–1,190.001,3183
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–80751,750.00/cwt1,750.00–1,750.001,3132
HeifersNumber 260–7066720.00/cwt720.00–720.004751
BullsNumber 2110–120113790.00/cwt790.00–790.008931

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.