Sale reports / New York / Empire - Cherry Creek / 2020-02-26

Empire - Cherry Creek

Feeder Cattle · Cherry Creek, New York · Wed, Feb 26
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1981
Receipts
186 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 87▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, Number 1-2 Feeder Steers sold steady to 5.00 higher on a light test; other Feeder Steers not tested. Feeder Holstein Steers over 600 lbs sold steady on a light test, under 600 lbs not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower on a light test; Number 1-2 Feeder Heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher on a light test; Number 2 Feeder Heifers not tested. Feeder Bulls not tested. Replacement Cattle not tested. Demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.68/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$104.68
87 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.46
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590114.8367716thin
Medium and Large 1-2491108.6953350
Medium and Large 253187.4146421
One grade step is worth $27.42/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale87 hd
104.68
—
NY average5 barns · 146 hd
91.22
+13.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

74 lots · USDA AMS · Empire Feeder and Replacement Cattle Special - Cherry Creek, NY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2286117.50/cwt117.50–117.503361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2341117.43/cwt112.50–122.504002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386122.50/cwt122.50–122.504731
Steers—Medium and Large 238692.50/cwt92.50–92.503571
Steers—Medium and Large 1419129.28/cwt125.00–132.505424
Steers—Medium and Large 1472127.52/cwt125.00–130.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488110.00/cwt110.00–110.005371
Steers—Medium and Large 1506127.50/cwt127.50–127.506451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524110.19/cwt102.50–117.505774
Steers—Medium and Large 256270.00/cwt70.00–70.003931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574108.95/cwt97.50–117.506255
Steers—Medium and Large 1594125.00/cwt125.00–125.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 1632120.00/cwt120.00–120.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 267882.48/cwt80.00–85.005594
Steers—Medium and Large 1683116.27/cwt112.50–120.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-269297.50/cwt97.50–97.506751
Steers—Medium and Large 270685.00/cwt85.00–85.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-272493.70/cwt90.00–97.506782
Steers—Medium and Large 1726117.50/cwt117.50–117.508531
Steers—Medium and Large 275287.50/cwt87.50–87.506581
Steers—Medium and Large 1768110.00/cwt110.00–110.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-276993.82/cwt90.00–97.507212
Steers—Medium and Large 282082.50/cwt82.50–82.506771
Steers—Medium and Large 1896110.00/cwt110.00–110.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 192292.50/cwt92.50–92.508531
Steers—Medium and Large 11,06892.00/cwt92.00–92.009831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 225670.00/cwt70.00–70.001791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2288116.28/cwt115.00–117.503352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2304102.50/cwt102.50–102.503121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334117.53/cwt110.00–125.003933
Heifers—Medium and Large 237497.58/cwt92.50–102.503652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380116.16/cwt112.50–120.004414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419118.75/cwt117.50–120.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426113.20/cwt100.00–117.504828
Heifers—Medium and Large 244492.50/cwt92.50–92.504112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469109.35/cwt102.50–117.5051313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479121.22/cwt120.00–122.505812
Heifers—Medium and Large 248088.14/cwt80.00–95.004235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511103.72/cwt100.00–112.505304
Heifers—Medium and Large 251692.50/cwt92.50–92.504771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532122.50/cwt122.50–122.506521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575105.01/cwt97.50–110.0060411
Heifers—Medium and Large 258390.07/cwt85.00–100.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 261080.00/cwt80.00–80.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620114.26/cwt105.00–125.007087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636100.02/cwt95.00–105.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 272678.63/cwt75.00–87.505714
Heifers—Medium and Large 277885.00/cwt85.00–85.006611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-282593.79/cwt87.50–100.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0041
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,04285.00/cwt85.00–85.008861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2258122.50/cwt122.50–122.503161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310110.00/cwt110.00–110.003411
Bulls—Medium and Large 242470.00/cwt70.00–70.002971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471105.94/cwt100.00–112.504993
Bulls—Medium and Large 249692.50/cwt92.50–92.504591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2507108.76/cwt107.50–110.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518117.48/cwt112.50–125.006095
Bulls—Medium and Large 256070.00/cwt70.00–70.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567101.78/cwt97.50–107.505774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583116.28/cwt115.00–117.506782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608100.00/cwt100.00–100.006081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1609109.96/cwt105.00–115.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 262881.15/cwt75.00–87.505102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650112.50/cwt112.50–112.507311
Bulls—Medium and Large 267381.24/cwt80.00–82.505472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286090.00/cwt90.00–90.007741
Bulls—Medium and Large 287080.00/cwt80.00–80.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 290879.00/cwt79.00–79.007171
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 376063.00/cwt63.00–63.004791
Dairy Steers—Large 381267.00/cwt67.00–67.005441
Dairy Steers—Large 397054.00/cwt54.00–54.005241
Dairy Steers—Large 31,03057.01/cwt52.00–62.005872
Dairy Steers—Large 31,07053.47/cwt50.00–57.005722

This sale against other markets

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.