Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

Bath, New York · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special)

Sale of Saturday, April 10, 2021

364 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.79/cwt +18.78 vs last sale · ≈ $762/hd at 523 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $160.91/cwt +16.85 vs last sale · ≈ $750/hd at 466 lb · 11 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $150.90/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $943/hd at 625 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	364	240	129
Feeder cattle	309	165	112
Replacement cattle	55	75	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold 15.00-20.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested; other Feeder Steers not tested. Feeder Dairy Steers not tested. Feeder Heifers sold 15.00-25.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold 15.00-20.00 higher; other Feeder Bulls sold firm on a light test. Stock Cows sold 4.00 lower on a light test. Bred Cows sold 150.00 lower on a light test. Springing Cows sold 260.00 lower. Cow-Calf Pairs sold 275.00 lower on a light test. Replacement Heifers not tested. Replacement Bulls not tested. Demand for Feeder Cattle was good; Demand for Replacement Cattle was moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–346	324	3	150.00–162.00	$153.85	$498	—
340–344	342	2	156.00–158.00	$157.01	$537	—
391	391	3	157.50	$157.50	$616	+20.98
422–440	428	8	148.00–172.50	$164.52	$704	+14.52
456–487	466	11	150.00–167.50	$160.91	$750	+16.85
502–526	513	5	160.00–162.00	$160.40	$823	+14.94
526	526	2	159.00	$159.00	$836	+13.54
552	552	1	161.00	$161.00	$889	+11.68
572	572	1	145.00	$145.00	$829	-4.32
605–648	625	11	135.00–160.00	$150.90	$943	-1.10
665–686	672	7	143.00–152.00	$147.60	$992	+3.60
717	717	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,022	—
750–752	750	5	148.00–150.00	$149.60	$1,122	—
866	866	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–368	366	4	122.50–145.00	$138.14	$506	—
402	402	1	146.00	$146.00	$587	—
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	—
454	454	1	135.00	$135.00	$613	+10.00
540–545	543	3	124.00–137.50	$128.47	$698	—
582	582	1	135.00	$135.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	1	100.00	$100.00	$578	—
672	672	1	79.00	$79.00	$531	—
732	732	1	85.00	$85.00	$622	—
812	812	2	91.00	$91.00	$739	+8.00
1164	1164	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,013	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	1	142.50	$142.50	$433	+10.00
344–345	345	3	140.00–150.00	$146.67	$506	+14.17
380–388	384	2	142.50–152.00	$147.20	$565	+16.84
381–394	387	7	140.00–156.00	$150.35	$582	+19.99
404–428	413	4	140.00–155.00	$148.66	$614	+18.95
454–498	487	6	150.00–152.00	$151.33	$737	+20.45
501–548	523	17	139.00–152.00	$145.79	$762	+18.78
554	554	2	151.00	$151.00	$837	—
662	662	1	142.00	$142.00	$940	+19.00
706	706	1	136.00	$136.00	$960	+16.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	1	130.00	$130.00	$307	—
286	286	1	135.00	$135.00	$386	—
311–316	312	4	137.00–144.00	$138.77	$433	+16.27
364	364	1	131.00	$131.00	$477	+16.00
404–448	420	5	125.00–128.00	$125.98	$529	+10.98
460–482	468	7	120.00–136.00	$128.93	$603	+13.32
538–546	542	2	120.00–125.00	$122.48	$664	—
550–595	576	6	117.50–130.00	$121.27	$699	+4.76
606	606	3	124.00–127.50	$125.17	$759	+13.38
654–676	665	2	115.00	$115.00	$765	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	115.00	$115.00	$368	+20.00
356–388	372	2	85.00–100.00	$92.18	$343	—
436–440	438	2	80.00–88.00	$84.02	$368	—
528	528	1	112.50	$112.50	$594	+25.21
552	552	1	110.00	$110.00	$607	+23.09
603	603	3	105.00	$105.00	$633	+22.13
686	686	2	82.00	$82.00	$563	—
714	714	1	75.00	$75.00	$536	—
760	760	1	97.50	$97.50	$741	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
196	196	1	162.50	$162.50	$318	—
208–224	216	2	160.00–180.00	$170.37	$368	—
300	300	1	185.00	$185.00	$555	+49.72
304–342	329	3	147.50	$147.50	$485	+12.22
352–396	377	5	140.00–157.50	$148.81	$561	+15.53
429–439	435	5	148.00–152.00	$150.42	$654	+14.85
470	470	1	160.00	$160.00	$752	+21.00
455–494	475	4	153.00–163.00	$158.21	$751	+19.21
506–548	522	9	147.50–162.00	$152.63	$797	+13.31
560–594	574	6	135.00–157.00	$148.28	$851	+23.28
644	644	1	134.00	$134.00	$863	+24.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	$374	—
322	322	—	—	2	135.00	$135.00	$435	—
360–392	373	—	—	4	127.50–135.00	$130.56	$487	—
434	434	—	—	1	137.50	$137.50	$597	+21.00
472–484	478	—	—	2	142.50–144.00	$143.26	$685	+28.26
526–528	527	—	—	2	120.00–127.50	$123.76	$652	+8.76
582–599	594	—	—	5	122.00–128.00	$126.71	$753	—
616–638	627	—	—	2	122.00–124.00	$123.02	$771	+23.02
637	637	—	—	3	126.00	$126.00	$803	+26.00
652–655	654	—	—	4	110.00–122.00	$119.01	$778	—
701–749	720	—	—	6	100.00–114.00	$108.17	$779	+17.17
741	741	—	—	2	115.00	$115.00	$852	+24.00
926	926	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	66.00	$66.00	$611	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	1	112.50	$112.50	$385	—
448	448	1	70.00	$70.00	$314	-13.96
539	539	2	101.00	$101.00	$544	—
552	552	1	105.00	$105.00	$580	+26.51
612	612	1	77.50	$77.50	$474	+12.50
706	706	1	60.00	$60.00	$424	-20.00
828	828	1	72.00	$72.00	$596	-10.50
1146	1146	1	85.00	$85.00	$974	—
1194	1194	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,051	—
1274–1278	1276	2	84.00–89.00	$86.50	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
746	746	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–1266	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	52.00–65.00	$61.00	$727

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1214–1290 fancy	1252	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–875.00	$809.60

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1324	1107	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	650.00–975.00	$782.96
1100–1480	1297	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–860.00	$807.98
1386 fancy	1386	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
872–1050	960	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	550.00–735.00	$671.39
932–1064	1015	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–825.00	$715.89

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	600.00–900.00	$787.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–336	315	3	70.00–85.00	$77.48	$244	—
380	380	4	87.50–89.00	$88.63	$337	—
440–445	443	3	86.00–87.00	$86.67	$384	—
472	472	1	60.00	$60.00	$283	-12.93
536	536	1	76.00	$76.00	$407	—
554–598	576	2	62.50–80.00	$70.92	$408	—
662–682	669	3	78.00–83.00	$81.30	$544	—
726	726	1	81.00	$81.00	$588	—
771	771	3	79.00	$79.00	$609	—
884–885	885	3	58.00–79.00	$72.01	$637	—
1029	1029	2	85.00	$85.00	$875	—
1091	1091	2	80.00	$80.00	$873	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.