Name: Empire - Bath livestock auction prices — 2026-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows sold steady. Holstein bull calves sold 10.00 to 30.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves sold 110.00 to 140.00 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,424	156.50	2,229	2thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,890	192.00	3,629	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,794	163.46	2,933	5thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,452	155.06	2,251	9thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,299	129.20	1,678	27

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	1,405.14/cwt	47
Bulls	Number 2	100	1,252.05/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	93	544.82/cwt	13
Heifers	Number 1	88	1,778.93/cwt	11
Heifers	Number 2	95	1,535.21/cwt	7

Every lot, as filed

38 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 Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,437	156.94/cwt	152.00–160.00	2,255	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,572	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,610	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,876	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,307	123.17/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,610	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	102.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,266	4
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,656	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,567	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,890	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,629	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,504	148.46/cwt	148.00–149.00	2,233	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,829	165.58/cwt	162.00–169.00	3,028	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,256	132.64/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,666	7
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,370	148.53/cwt	143.00–155.00	2,035	7
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	115	1,453.37/cwt	1,430.00–1,470.00	1,671	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	104	1,460.96/cwt	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,519	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	89	1,375.14/cwt	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,224	2
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	92	1,385.11/cwt	1,380.00–1,390.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	95	1,689.00/cwt	1,640.00–1,740.00	1,605	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	103	1,619.81/cwt	1,600.00–1,640.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	70–80	78	1,953.12/cwt	1,910.00–2,000.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,786.56/cwt	1,730.00–1,900.00	1,519	3
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	94	1,677.30/cwt	1,630.00–1,760.00	1,577	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,767.64/cwt	1,710.00–1,870.00	1,502	7
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	96	1,235.76/cwt	1,160.00–1,310.00	1,186	16
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	105	1,420.00/cwt	1,420.00–1,420.00	1,491	1
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	93	1,019.35/cwt	1,000.00–1,040.00	948	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,582.87/cwt	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,345	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	94	1,573.94/cwt	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	105	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Number 3	70–80	78	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	312	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	115	1,430.00/cwt	1,430.00–1,430.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	106	1,640.00/cwt	1,640.00–1,640.00	1,738	1
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	84	521.80/cwt	400.00–600.00	438	5
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	115	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Number 3	100–110	106	617.11/cwt	580.00–670.00	654	3
Bulls	Number 3	90–100	98	555.59/cwt	500.00–620.00	544	4
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	84	1,299.34/cwt	1,200.00–1,370.00	1,091	8
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	85	905.33/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	770	2
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	103	1,223.11/cwt	1,180.00–1,260.00	1,260	6
Bulls	Number 2	110–120	116	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	1,067	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 Jul 2, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 99Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 126Last week 129Year ago 0

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows sold steady. Holstein bull calves sold 10.00 to 30.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves sold 110.00 to 140.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,437	152.00–160.00	156.94
2	—	1,504	148.00–149.00	148.46
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,307	120.00–128.00	123.17
4	—	1,230	100.00–110.00	102.94
7	—	1,256	130.00–138.00	132.64
7	—	1,370	143.00–155.00	148.53
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,656	155.00	155.00
4	—	1,829	162.00–169.00	165.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,572	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,276	147.00	147.00
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	192.00	192.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	89	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375.14
2	90–100	92	1,380.00–1,390.00	1,385.11
3	100–110	104	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,460.96
3	110–120	115	1,430.00–1,470.00	1,453.37
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
7	80–90	85	1,710.00–1,870.00	1,767.64
7	90–100	95	1,640.00–1,740.00	1,689.00
2	100–110	103	1,600.00–1,640.00	1,619.81
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	80–90	84	1,200.00–1,370.00	1,299.34
16	90–100	96	1,160.00–1,310.00	1,235.76
6	100–110	103	1,180.00–1,260.00	1,223.11
1	110–120	115	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	80–90	85	800.00–1,000.00	905.33
2	90–100	93	1,000.00–1,040.00	1,019.35
1	100–110	105	1,000.00	1,000.00
1	110–120	116	920.00	920.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	78	400.00	400.00
5	80–90	84	400.00–600.00	521.80
4	90–100	98	500.00–620.00	555.59
3	100–110	106	580.00–670.00	617.11
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	70–80	78	1,910.00–2,000.00	1,953.12
3	80–90	85	1,730.00–1,900.00	1,786.56
4	90–100	94	1,630.00–1,760.00	1,677.30
1	100–110	106	1,640.00	1,640.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	85	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,582.87
2	90–100	94	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,573.94
1	100–110	105	1,420.00	1,420.00
1	110–120	115	1,430.00	1,430.00

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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