Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 9, 2021

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $136.18/cwt -4.82 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 474 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	404	300	490
Feeder cattle	310	262	418
Replacement cattle	94	38	72

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 5.00-10.00 lower; Number 1-2 Feeder Steers sold mixed; Number 2 Feeder Steers sold 20.00 lower. Dairy Feeder Steers not tested. Feeder Heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder Bulls sold 10.00 lower. Short Bred Cows sold 200.00 lower; Open Replacement Cows sold 5.00 lower; other Replacement Cows and Heifers not tested. Cow-Calf Pairs sold 15.00 lower on a light test. Replacement Bulls sold 6.00 higher on a light test. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Saturday Feeder and Beef Replacement Special Sale.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	1	132.00	$132.00	$504	-9.41
414–448	434	8	127.50–140.00	$130.96	$568	-9.04
454–492	474	10	130.00–142.50	$136.18	$645	-4.82
500–548	520	7	132.00–140.00	$136.26	$709	-2.92
570–580	575	2	129.00–137.50	$133.21	$766	—
602–641	632	5	142.00–146.00	$142.86	$903	+6.97
668	668	1	135.00	$135.00	$902	—
718–746	734	4	137.00–140.00	$138.26	$1,015	+1.44
752–770	761	2	130.00	$130.00	$989	-6.82
828	828	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,043	-8.08
866	866	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,186	—
904	904	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	-2.00
420–444	431	5	117.00–126.00	$121.19	$522	+0.19
492	492	1	125.00	$125.00	$615	+13.00
502	502	1	120.00	$120.00	$602	-5.16
624–642	633	2	114.00–125.00	$119.42	$756	+6.42
700–726	713	2	115.00–123.00	$118.93	$848	—
768–790	779	2	120.00–127.00	$123.55	$962	+1.55
844	844	1	118.00	$118.00	$996	+2.00
928	928	1	102.00	$102.00	$947	—
978	978	1	100.00	$100.00	$978	—
1032	1032	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,115	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	1	105.00	$105.00	$227	—
348	348	1	85.00	$85.00	$296	—
444	444	1	107.50	$107.50	$477	+13.76
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	-0.19
590	590	1	70.00	$70.00	$413	-21.96
628	628	1	80.00	$80.00	$502	-21.67
664–694	679	2	85.00–105.00	$94.78	$644	—
752	752	1	80.00	$80.00	$602	-21.00
802–840	821	2	93.00–105.00	$99.14	$814	—
860–874	867	2	77.00–102.00	$89.60	$777	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	1	80.00	$80.00	$154	—
212	212	1	80.00	$80.00	$170	-6.33
268–280	274	5	82.50–105.00	$97.49	$267	-7.52
302–344	320	5	80.00–102.50	$87.63	$280	+9.92
350–396	365	8	70.00–105.00	$92.58	$338	+1.56
402–448	431	6	70.00–102.50	$91.89	$396	+8.12
454–488	473	7	92.50–97.50	$95.63	$452	+13.66
502–546	524	9	60.00–110.00	$88.23	$462	+1.85
550–590	571	4	80.00–110.00	$95.19	$544	-1.41
600–628	613	3	67.50–85.00	$74.31	$456	—
658	658	1	97.50	$97.50	$642	+12.50
702–740	725	4	67.50–90.00	$77.93	$565	—
770–788	779	3	85.00–100.00	$95.00	$740	—
874	874	1	80.00	$80.00	$699	+12.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	110.00	$110.00	$352	-5.00
374–388	382	5	107.00–120.00	$114.21	$436	-10.79
412–447	432	6	105.00–120.00	$109.39	$473	—
458–490	474	5	115.00–118.00	$116.59	$553	—
516–540	528	2	115.00–116.00	$115.49	$610	+3.86
571–586	575	4	116.00–121.00	$117.27	$674	+7.27
624–647	636	3	100.00–112.50	$105.88	$673	-17.73
676–692	684	2	112.50–118.00	$115.28	$789	-4.72
728	728	1	118.00	$118.00	$859	-4.00
772	772	1	112.50	$112.50	$868	-7.50
818	818	1	105.00	$105.00	$859	—
896	896	2	108.00	$108.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	1	128.00	$128.00	$507	-21.00
415–438	425	4	125.00–135.00	$129.88	$552	-4.55
452–470	464	4	125.00–135.00	$129.65	$602	—
500	500	1	135.00	$135.00	$675	—
550	550	1	130.00	$130.00	$715	—
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	-2.67
694	694	1	126.00	$126.00	$874	—
846	846	2	113.00–115.00	$114.00	$964	—

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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	135.00	$135.00	$265	—
200	200	1	127.50	$127.50	$255	—
360–398	376	9	125.00–144.00	$134.87	$507	-0.77
402–428	412	5	125.00–136.00	$128.73	$530	-13.52
463–478	468	5	128.00–130.00	$129.39	$606	—
516–542	529	2	130.00–139.00	$134.61	$712	-8.31
568	568	1	127.00	$127.00	$721	-8.07
610–624	615	3	124.00–136.00	$130.34	$802	—
752	752	1	123.00	$123.00	$925	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
234	234	1	80.00	$80.00	$187	-7.50
252–290	271	2	80.00–110.00	$96.05	$260	-8.95
310–342	323	4	65.00–112.50	$87.52	$283	—
364–394	377	4	70.00–107.50	$83.42	$314	-11.58
456	456	1	72.50	$72.50	$331	—
500–522	511	2	80.00–85.00	$82.45	$421	-5.19
552–572	563	3	72.00–90.00	$83.90	$472	—
614	614	1	72.50	$72.50	$445	-31.15
740	740	1	70.00	$70.00	$518	—
782	782	1	79.00	$79.00	$618	-1.00
874	874	1	83.00	$83.00	$725	—
904–946	925	2	85.00–88.00	$86.53	$800	—
960	960	1	86.00	$86.00	$826	—
1016	1016	1	77.00	$77.00	$782	—
1160	1160	1	86.00	$86.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	—	—	1	122.00	$122.00	$290	—
372	372	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	$465	—
416	416	—	—	1	121.00	$121.00	$503	+6.00
474–486	480	—	—	2	115.00	$115.00	$552	-11.00
502–516	509	—	—	3	105.00–107.50	$106.17	$540	—
630	630	—	—	1	98.00	$98.00	$617	—
752	752	—	—	1	92.00	$92.00	$692	-21.49
872	872	—	—	1	92.00	$92.00	$802	+2.00
1262–1614	1377	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	84.00–95.00	$90.05	$1,240	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
884–1452	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	35.00–67.00	$53.86	$599

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–1132	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	500.00–985.00	$592.16
986–1474	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	450.00–910.00	$643.89

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
762–948	858	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	560.00–650.00	$610.44
766–1256	953	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	485.00–760.00	$656.15
1074 fancy	1074	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1188 fancy	1188	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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	5	600.00–900.00	$764.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–490	472	2	55.00–77.50	$66.68	$315	+1.68
514	514	1	57.00	$57.00	$293	—
992	992	1	84.00	$84.00	$833	—
1008	1008	1	87.50	$87.50	$882	—
1144	1144	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,007	—

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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.