Sale reports / New York / Empire - Bath / 2024-01-18

Empire - Bath

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Bath, New York · Thu, Jan 18
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3692
Feeder Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 14▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 163▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
155 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 185▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 6.00 to 13.00 higher. Dairy bull calves traded 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Beef bull calves traded 10.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −1,115.29 against this barn's trailing median of $1,227.29.
Average price
$112.00
4 head · 891 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−143.34
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 3891112.009984thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
112.00
—
NY average3 barns · 187 hd
255.34
−143.34
This barn, trailing median35 sales
1,227.29
−1,115.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

35 sales
175914671175883median 1227.2903/0504/3007/0209/0310/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $1,745.05, low $897.09, median $1,227.29 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,386119.931,6624thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,704117.001,9942thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,661107.041,77824
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44397.941,41346
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,30384.751,10416
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,254129.221,6204thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,561156.562,4442thin
SteersSelectAverage1,219115.461,4075thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199365.34/cwt56
BullsNumber 2102355.57/cwt16
BullsNumber 390137.45/cwt17
BullsUtility9260.17/cwt8
HeifersNumber 199311.57/cwt12
HeifersNumber 293255.33/cwt6

Every lot

49 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 3838110.00/cwt110.00–110.009221
Bulls—Large 3862112.00/cwt112.00–112.009651
Bulls—Large 3902106.00/cwt106.00–106.009561
Bulls—Large 3962120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1541
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 378582.03/cwt79.00–85.006442
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,219115.46/cwt106.00–136.001,4075
Steers—Choice1,561156.56/cwt152.00–160.002,4442
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,386119.93/cwt114.00–131.001,6624
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30384.75/cwt80.00–89.001,10416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44397.94/cwt91.00–103.001,41346
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,661107.04/cwt104.00–113.001,77824
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,704117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,9942
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,254129.22/cwt119.00–136.001,6204
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross76425.99/cwt400.00–450.003242
Heifers—Number 27980.00/cwt80.00–80.00631
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross86550.00/cwt550.00–550.004731
Heifers—Number 189154.97/cwt150.00–160.001382
Heifers—Number 291100.00/cwt100.00–100.00911
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross94555.00/cwt555.00–555.005222
Heifers—Number 194180.00/cwt180.00–180.001691
Heifers—Number 1101150.15/cwt120.00–180.001522
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross105489.71/cwt480.00–500.005142
Heifers—Number 1113154.60/cwt140.00–170.001752
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross116400.00/cwt400.00–400.004641
Heifers—Number 2119100.00/cwt100.00–100.001191
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility7450.00/cwt50.00–50.00371
Bulls—Number 37597.62/cwt95.00–100.00732
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross80450.00/cwt450.00–450.003601
Bulls—Number 384126.54/cwt100.00–150.001065
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross86594.56/cwt555.00–620.005114
Bulls—Number 187329.99/cwt300.00–350.002876
Bulls—Number 288265.00/cwt235.00–295.002332
Bulls—Utility8950.00/cwt50.00–50.00451
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross93570.00/cwt570.00–570.005301
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross93350.00/cwt350.00–350.003261
Bulls—Number 295239.09/cwt200.00–255.002274
Bulls—Number 395127.07/cwt100.00–170.001217
Bulls—Utility9561.27/cwt50.00–90.00585
Bulls—Number 196337.55/cwt300.00–380.0032420
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross101550.00/cwt550.00–550.005561
Bulls—Number 3101134.65/cwt100.00–170.001362
Bulls—Utility10175.00/cwt75.00–75.00761
Bulls—Number 2102250.00/cwt250.00–250.002551
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross103474.27/cwt450.00–500.004882
Bulls—Number 1104341.01/cwt300.00–380.0035515
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross113468.83/cwt435.00–500.005305
Bulls—Number 1113351.84/cwt315.00–370.003988
Bulls—Number 2115210.00/cwt210.00–210.002421
Bulls—Number 1123300.00/cwt300.00–300.003691

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.