Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2026-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. No sale previous week due to holiday.

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,156	165.00	1,907	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	874	110.00	961	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,574	152.06	2,393	5thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,417	140.49	1,991	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,301	115.89	1,508	8thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	1,221.56/cwt	50
Bulls	Number 2	95	963.80/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	93	530.00/cwt	2
Bulls	Utility	79	260.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	89	1,476.04/cwt	14
Heifers	Number 2	82	1,148.52/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	91	250.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	961	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,417	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,991	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	152.06/cwt	149.00–156.00	2,393	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,309	120.01/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,571	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,059	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	97.55/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,124	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,156	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	105	1,381.31/cwt	1,260.00–1,450.00	1,450	9
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	74	1,490.00/cwt	1,490.00–1,490.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	93	1,140.00/cwt	1,140.00–1,140.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	110–120	114	1,230.00/cwt	1,230.00–1,230.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	86	1,620.23/cwt	1,600.00–1,640.00	1,393	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	80–90	89	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	178	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	90–100	93	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	279	1
Bulls	Number 1	70–80	79	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	948	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	76	1,494.93/cwt	1,490.00–1,500.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	95	1,436.84/cwt	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,365	8
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	75	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	750	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,222.78/cwt	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,039	2
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	102	944.75/cwt	900.00–990.00	964	6
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,508.33/cwt	1,440.00–1,580.00	1,282	5
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	96	1,447.57/cwt	1,370.00–1,510.00	1,390	7
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	108	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	713	1
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	87	1,154.32/cwt	1,100.00–1,210.00	1,004	8
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	96	1,073.95/cwt	1,000.00–1,110.00	1,031	11
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	102	1,115.23/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,138	4
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	77	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	308	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	120–130	125	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	113	972.38/cwt	930.00–1,030.00	1,099	5
Bulls	Number 2	110–120	118	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	1,074	1
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	97	847.04/cwt	800.00–930.00	822	3
Bulls	Number 2	120–130	120	795.00/cwt	795.00–795.00	954	1
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	84	921.91/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	774	6
Bulls	Utility	70–80	79	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	205	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.

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Empire Livestock Sale - Bath, NY

Thu Jan 1, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 170Year ago 90

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 119Year ago 143

No comparison. No sale previous week due to holiday.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	874	110.00	110.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,417	140.00–141.00	140.49
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,574	149.00–156.00	152.06
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,309	117.00–126.00	120.01
1	—	1,560	132.00	132.00
2	—	1,152	94.00–100.00	97.55
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,156	165.00	165.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	86	1,600.00–1,640.00	1,620.23
8	90–100	95	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,436.84
9	100–110	105	1,260.00–1,450.00	1,381.31
1	110–120	114	1,230.00	1,230.00
1	120–130	125	1,110.00	1,110.00
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	74	1,490.00	1,490.00
1	80–90	85	1,200.00	1,200.00
1	90–100	93	1,140.00	1,140.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	1,200.00	1,200.00
8	80–90	87	1,100.00–1,210.00	1,154.32
11	90–100	96	1,000.00–1,110.00	1,073.95
4	100–110	102	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,115.23
5	110–120	113	930.00–1,030.00	972.38
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	80–90	84	800.00–1,000.00	921.91
3	90–100	97	800.00–930.00	847.04
6	100–110	102	900.00–990.00	944.75
1	110–120	118	910.00	910.00
1	120–130	120	795.00	795.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	77	400.00	400.00
1	100–110	108	660.00	660.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	79	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	89	200.00	200.00
1	90–100	93	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	70–80	76	1,490.00–1,500.00	1,494.93
5	80–90	85	1,440.00–1,580.00	1,508.33
7	90–100	96	1,370.00–1,510.00	1,447.57
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	75	1,000.00	1,000.00
2	80–90	85	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,222.78

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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