Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, May 8, 2021

476 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 $130.14/cwt -15.65 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 526 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $140.41/cwt -19.59 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 531 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.97/cwt -22.36 vs last sale · ≈ $614/hd at 476 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	476	364	272
Feeder cattle	429	309	272
Replacement cattle	47	55	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last report, Feeder Steers sold 15.00-25.00 lower. Feeder Dairy Steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00-25.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 10.00-20.00 lower. Feeder Bulls sold weak. Replacement Cows sold strong on a light test. Cow-Calf Pairs sold 200.00 higher on a light test. Replacement Heifers not tested. Replacement Bulls not tested. Demand 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
340	340	1	147.50	$147.50	$502	-9.51
351–388	368	10	130.00–151.00	$139.22	$512	-18.28
422–438	428	4	130.00–152.50	$139.31	$596	-25.21
459–477	470	5	130.00–145.00	$134.06	$630	-26.85
506–549	531	18	135.00–144.00	$140.41	$746	-18.59
551–598	571	15	132.50–144.00	$138.14	$789	-6.86
602–623	610	8	127.00–141.00	$136.68	$834	-14.22
666	666	1	123.00	$123.00	$819	-24.60
705	705	2	124.00	$124.00	$874	-18.50
804–838	824	3	110.00–121.00	$115.07	$948	—
882	882	1	110.00	$110.00	$970	-25.00
904	904	1	107.00	$107.00	$967	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–344	333	7	117.50–125.00	$120.95	$403	—
380–396	385	3	116.00–120.00	$118.63	$457	-19.51
400–440	429	11	110.00–127.50	$120.63	$518	-14.37
456–496	480	8	116.00–127.50	$122.30	$587	-12.70
504–544	527	3	122.00–123.00	$122.49	$646	-5.98
574–596	587	6	110.00–120.00	$117.82	$692	-17.18
636	636	1	110.00	$110.00	$700	—
724	724	3	108.00	$108.00	$782	—
758–788	773	3	110.00–119.00	$112.94	$873	—
862	862	1	106.00	$106.00	$914	—
954–976	965	2	95.00–97.00	$95.99	$926	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286–290	288	2	84.00–88.00	$85.99	$248	—
300	300	1	100.00	$100.00	$300	—
378	378	1	90.00	$90.00	$340	—
462–498	480	2	87.50–107.00	$96.88	$465	—
586–592	589	2	92.00–105.00	$98.47	$580	-1.53
612–642	627	2	88.00–102.00	$94.83	$595	—
678–684	681	2	83.00–85.00	$84.00	$572	+5.00
700	700	1	81.00	$81.00	$567	-4.00
786	786	1	76.00	$76.00	$597	—
826	826	1	93.00	$93.00	$768	+2.00
876	876	1	88.00	$88.00	$771	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	1	123.00	$123.00	$376	-19.50
379–394	388	8	123.00–135.00	$127.88	$496	-22.47
400–446	426	8	120.00–130.00	$125.55	$535	-23.11
458–495	476	15	120.00–135.00	$128.97	$614	-22.36
500–549	526	29	122.00–136.00	$130.14	$685	-15.65
558–588	575	10	124.00–135.00	$130.38	$750	-20.62
610–633	627	4	131.00–132.00	$131.76	$826	—
650–672	658	3	129.00–144.00	$133.94	$881	-8.06
710–712	711	2	116.00–117.00	$116.50	$828	-19.50
774	774	1	116.00	$116.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	1	90.00	$90.00	$187	—
250–288	275	4	82.00–108.00	$95.46	$263	—
304–344	333	4	62.50–110.00	$94.20	$314	-20.80
354–398	373	3	77.00–105.00	$86.38	$322	-5.80
402–438	417	11	69.00–97.00	$81.39	$339	-2.63
452–498	476	5	70.00–105.00	$87.66	$417	—
516–546	534	4	70.00–98.00	$82.40	$440	-30.10
550–578	564	2	70.00–86.00	$78.20	$441	-31.80
640	640	1	95.00	$95.00	$608	—
674	674	1	80.00	$80.00	$539	-2.00
738–740	739	2	52.00–61.00	$56.51	$418	-18.49
770	770	1	74.00	$74.00	$570	-23.50
870	870	1	60.00	$60.00	$522	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
244	244	1	120.00	$120.00	$293	-10.00
336	336	1	117.50	$117.50	$395	-21.27
368–398	382	3	115.00–120.00	$116.66	$446	-14.34
405–448	425	8	110.00–117.50	$114.70	$487	-11.28
465–470	468	2	107.50–117.50	$112.47	$526	-16.46
514–542	523	11	105.00–118.00	$112.94	$591	-9.54
559–580	566	4	110.00–118.00	$114.05	$646	-7.22
618–642	633	3	116.00–121.00	$118.36	$749	-6.81
729	729	2	110.00	$110.00	$802	—
768	768	1	91.00	$91.00	$699	—
882	882	1	108.00	$108.00	$953	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	1	80.00	$80.00	$197	—
271	271	2	99.00	$99.00	$268	—
312	312	1	87.50	$87.50	$273	-25.00
356–392	379	4	82.50–107.50	$94.53	$358	—
416–438	425	3	77.00–106.00	$93.66	$398	+23.66
468	468	1	100.00	$100.00	$468	—
500	500	1	87.50	$87.50	$438	—
572	572	2	70.00–99.00	$84.50	$483	-20.50
604–614	609	3	75.00–85.00	$81.36	$495	+3.86
672	672	1	78.00	$78.00	$524	—
714–738	724	4	60.00–89.00	$75.26	$545	+15.26
914	914	1	71.00	$71.00	$649	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264	264	—	—	1	109.00	$109.00	$288	-21.00
428	428	—	—	1	112.50	$112.50	$482	-25.00
452–470	461	—	—	2	113.00–117.00	$114.96	$530	-28.30
508–548	528	—	—	5	101.00–117.50	$111.61	$589	-12.15
558–590	574	—	—	4	112.00–115.00	$113.46	$651	-13.25
636	636	—	—	1	112.00	$112.00	$712	-14.00
674	674	—	—	1	108.00	$108.00	$728	-11.01
962–1828	1392	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	5	70.00–89.50	$83.06	$1,156	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	152.50	$152.50	$518	+5.00
384–390	387	2	122.50–131.00	$126.78	$491	-22.03
435	435	3	125.00	$125.00	$544	-25.42
460–477	469	5	121.00–129.00	$124.95	$586	-35.05
512–546	529	2	120.00–127.00	$123.61	$654	-29.02
618	618	1	120.00	$120.00	$742	-14.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	810.00	$810.00	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
664–1130	872	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	46.00–75.00	$61.14	$533

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
876–1260	1072	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	760.00–1,010.00	$863.38
986–1244	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00–800.00	$710.67
1170–1630	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,025.00	$972.77

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
688	688	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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	4	700.00–1,210.00	$986.25	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	400.00–585.00	$495.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	1	90.00	$90.00	$290	+12.52
414–448	427	3	70.00–100.00	$88.52	$378	+1.85
454–458	456	2	80.00–98.00	$88.96	$406	+28.96
514–546	529	10	65.00–99.00	$84.61	$448	+8.61
564–592	583	3	90.00–101.00	$93.55	$545	+22.63
600	600	1	93.00	$93.00	$558	—
665–688	673	3	86.00–94.00	$91.27	$614	+9.97
714–738	726	2	79.00–85.00	$82.05	$596	+1.05
762–790	778	5	59.00–91.00	$82.46	$642	+3.46
806–830	815	4	84.00–92.00	$88.26	$719	—
860–898	879	2	90.00–92.00	$90.98	$800	+18.97
988–998	993	2	81.00–94.00	$87.53	$869	—
1002–1040	1025	3	80.00–93.00	$87.62	$898	+2.62
1054–1076	1067	3	89.00–94.00	$91.99	$982	+11.99
1100	1100	1	87.00	$87.00	$957	—

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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.