Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Video/Board Sale

New York · Cooperstown · Sat, Sep 13
● As filed262 headUSDA AMS · slug 1983

The sale in one line

F.O.B. at origin · mixed weight basis
10 lots covering 262 head. Weights are mixed on this sale — actual and estimate — and each lot is marked. USDA puts receipts at 262 head, against 76 last week and 253 a year ago.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Seasonal Board Sale cattle were sold in conjunction with the Empire-Bath Special Spring Feeder Cattle Sale with a full barn of bidders. One lot was 34 head of only steers, but the rest of the lots were mixed steers and heifers and reported as the majority sex class within each lot. Three lots sold off estimated weights (20 hfr, 16 hfr, and 27 hfr), but the rest were sold off recorded scale weight. All cattle sold in the board sale were vaccinated. Cattle were sold with a 2% pencil shrink, and 2 cent slide on any lots weighing 25-49 lbs. over weights and 4 cent slide for any lots weighing 50 lbs. over weights.

Supply included: 100% Feeder Cattle (42% Steers, 58% Heifers). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs. was 95%.

Every lot, as filed

10 lots · 262 head
ClassGradeWeightWeightPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1None450–500483actual397.50/cwt397.5011
HeifersMedium and Large 1None550–600582actual375.00/cwt375.0013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None600–650648estimate288.00/cwt288.0016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None650–700678estimate200.00/cwt200.0020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None700–750745estimate303.00/cwt303.0027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None750–800750actual340.00/cwt340.0030
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None650–700668actual321.00/cwt321.0040
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None700–750714actual316.51/cwt304.00–326.0050
SteersMedium and Large 1None950–1000950actual304.00/cwt304.0034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None750–800784actual336.00/cwt336.0021
Source: USDA AMS · Albany, NY. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are mixed on this sale — actual and estimate — and each lot is marked. Head is summed from the lots as reported.