Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 13, 2021

636 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $86.28/cwt -5.61 vs last sale · ≈ $372/hd at 431 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $88.40/cwt -7.23 vs last sale · ≈ $418/hd at 473 lb · 14 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $107.94/cwt -9.33 vs last sale · ≈ $620/hd at 574 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	636	404	238
Feeder cattle	567	310	216
Replacement cattle	69	94	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last report, Number 1 Feeder Steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; other Feeder Steers sold 10.00 lower. Dairy Feeder Steers not tested. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 8.00-13.00 lower; other Feeder Heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Number 2 Feeder Bulls under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 25.00 lower; other Feeder Bulls sold 10.00 lower. Replacement Stock Cows sold 6.00 lower. Short Bred Replacement Cows sold 25.00 higher; Bred Replacement Cows sold 15.00 lower; Springer Replacement Cows not tested. Short Bred Replacement Heifers sold 70.00 higher on a light test; Bred Replacement Heifers sold 100.00 lower; Springing Replacement Heifers not tested. Cow-Calf Pairs sold 19.00 lower. Replacement Bulls not tested. Today's sale included the monthly Saturday Special Feeder and Replacement Sale. 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
230	230	1	130.00	$130.00	$299	—
302–340	325	10	125.00–144.00	$132.45	$430	—
359–396	372	5	125.00–137.00	$131.04	$487	-0.96
408–446	421	6	139.00–149.00	$142.69	$601	+11.73
460–499	481	12	122.00–145.00	$138.04	$664	+1.86
509–540	522	10	122.50–145.00	$138.24	$722	+1.98
550–598	570	8	120.00–142.00	$130.07	$741	-3.14
603–620	612	9	120.00–144.00	$133.63	$818	-9.23
650–695	683	4	118.00–132.00	$124.39	$850	-10.61
702–740	721	2	114.00–120.00	$116.92	$843	-21.34
771–796	777	6	120.00–121.00	$120.83	$939	-9.17
823–846	831	3	118.00–127.50	$124.27	$1,033	-1.73
852–866	860	9	114.00–120.00	$116.33	$1,000	-20.67
916–926	922	5	106.00–110.00	$107.60	$992	-7.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–246	243	2	75.00–100.00	$87.35	$212	-17.65
288–292	290	2	80.00–105.00	$92.59	$269	—
322–344	334	3	70.00–105.00	$90.40	$302	+5.40
390	390	1	80.00	$80.00	$312	—
418–440	431	4	90.00–107.50	$95.61	$412	-11.89
450–480	467	3	67.50–90.00	$82.77	$387	—
516–540	531	3	95.00–107.50	$103.45	$549	+8.45
550–586	566	6	75.00–102.50	$93.46	$529	+23.46
602–620	614	3	90.00–97.50	$95.05	$584	+15.05
654–682	665	6	60.00–100.00	$87.51	$582	-7.27
710	710	1	91.00	$91.00	$646	—
754–760	757	2	95.00	$95.00	$719	+15.00
816–822	819	2	76.00–82.50	$79.26	$649	-19.88
890	890	1	70.00	$70.00	$623	-19.60
916	916	1	85.00	$85.00	$779	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	1	115.00	$115.00	$308	—
336	336	1	115.00	$115.00	$386	—
372	372	1	110.00	$110.00	$409	-10.00
408	408	1	120.00	$120.00	$490	-1.19
453–492	467	7	110.00–122.50	$115.79	$541	-9.21
504–548	529	4	112.50–115.00	$113.40	$600	-6.60
594–598	596	2	110.00–115.00	$112.51	$671	—
614–618	616	2	117.00–119.00	$118.00	$727	-1.42
656–672	661	6	99.00–115.00	$109.41	$723	—
716	716	1	109.00	$109.00	$780	-9.93
774–794	785	3	110.00–116.00	$111.97	$879	-11.58
802–846	831	3	96.00–110.00	$105.50	$877	-12.50
854	854	1	110.00	$110.00	$939	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216–238	227	2	77.50	$77.50	$176	-2.50
250–290	278	5	80.00–100.00	$92.32	$257	-5.17
300–344	317	10	60.00–107.50	$88.67	$281	+1.04
352–398	373	9	70.00–100.00	$88.62	$331	-3.96
408–446	431	14	50.00–105.00	$86.28	$372	-5.61
452–495	473	14	55.00–102.50	$88.40	$418	-7.23
502–534	519	10	50.00–102.50	$80.84	$420	-7.39
554–598	576	10	55.00–95.00	$73.94	$426	-21.25
602–642	624	8	60.00–87.50	$74.96	$468	+0.65
658–680	668	4	73.00–90.00	$82.58	$552	-14.92
702–742	724	6	70.00–90.00	$84.48	$612	+6.55
790	790	1	45.00	$45.00	$356	-50.00
816–844	830	2	77.00–85.00	$80.93	$672	—
868–894	881	2	68.00–75.00	$71.45	$629	-8.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–349	332	6	110.00–119.00	$116.35	$386	+6.35
366–382	373	5	110.00–117.50	$114.60	$427	+0.39
402–446	422	9	110.00–115.00	$113.05	$477	+3.66
476–488	482	4	105.00–110.00	$108.14	$521	-8.45
508–548	521	8	102.50–115.00	$108.10	$563	-7.39
550–595	574	12	100.00–115.00	$107.94	$620	-9.33
604–646	615	7	100.00–111.00	$105.46	$649	-0.42
665–688	672	7	105.00–111.00	$109.25	$734	-6.03
734	734	1	97.50	$97.50	$716	-20.50
754–796	772	3	92.00–100.00	$96.36	$744	-16.14
822	822	2	97.00	$97.00	$797	-8.00
880–891	886	6	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$873	-9.50
932	932	1	83.00	$83.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	127.50	$127.50	$446	—
410–444	428	6	117.50–132.50	$121.55	$520	-8.33
454–496	473	3	117.50–135.00	$123.29	$583	-6.36
507–541	527	7	117.50–125.00	$121.84	$642	-13.16
556–578	572	9	117.50–138.00	$126.11	$721	-3.89
606	606	1	115.00	$115.00	$697	-10.00
670	670	1	115.00	$115.00	$770	-11.00
735	735	2	112.00	$112.00	$823	—
788	788	2	119.00	$119.00	$938	—
837	837	2	110.00	$110.00	$921	-4.00
850–865	858	4	110.00–112.00	$110.99	$952	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	2	120.00–127.50	$123.75	$450	-11.12
418–433	428	3	132.50–135.00	$134.19	$574	+5.46
450–492	468	8	117.50–140.00	$131.11	$614	+1.72
506–536	519	7	115.00–132.50	$124.54	$646	-10.07
572–591	585	5	115.00–120.00	$116.98	$684	-10.02
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	-15.34
665–680	672	7	110.00–115.00	$112.15	$754	—
754	754	1	110.00	$110.00	$829	-13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	1	77.50	$77.50	$192	-2.50
306–342	323	3	60.00–90.00	$73.02	$236	-14.50
350–396	370	8	60.00–100.00	$78.65	$291	-4.77
428–446	435	3	70.00–100.00	$86.46	$376	—
476	476	1	100.00	$100.00	$476	+27.50
540	540	1	80.00	$80.00	$432	-2.45
560–598	576	5	60.00–85.00	$77.58	$447	-6.32
604–646	618	3	90.00–95.00	$91.74	$567	+19.24
662–666	663	3	60.00–97.50	$79.13	$525	—
730	730	1	58.00	$58.00	$423	-12.00
774	774	1	52.00	$52.00	$402	-27.00
846	846	1	50.00	$50.00	$423	—
886	886	1	58.00	$58.00	$514	-25.00
966	966	1	62.00	$62.00	$599	-24.00
1102	1102	1	60.00	$60.00	$661	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–314	307	2	102.50–112.50	$107.39	$330	—
366–378	372	2	112.50–127.50	$120.12	$447	-4.88
418–426	422	2	102.50–107.50	$104.98	$443	-16.02
452	452	1	105.00	$105.00	$475	-10.00
504–546	520	4	90.00–107.50	$94.89	$493	-11.28
576–586	580	3	95.00–110.00	$105.02	$609	—
620	620	1	95.00	$95.00	$589	-3.00
686–697	693	6	85.00–102.50	$96.39	$668	—
803–839	814	7	76.00–80.00	$78.82	$642	—
936	936	2	80.00	$80.00	$749	—
988	988	1	82.00	$82.00	$810	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1352	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	35.00–55.00	$47.19	$512

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
998–1000	999	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	350.00–885.00	$617.77
800–1168	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	300.00–860.00	$629.06
870–1520	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	370.00–800.00	$573.02
1352 fancy	1352	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–910	808	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	450.00–700.00	$553.95
746–1050 fancy	898	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–725.00	$683.46
812–1064 fancy	937	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	575.00–750.00	$682.82
954–1032	993	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	660.00–700.00	$680.79

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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	3	625.00–900.00	$745.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	77.50	$77.50	$256	—
488	488	1	75.00	$75.00	$366	+8.32
606	606	1	50.00	$50.00	$303	—
654–682	669	4	50.00–75.00	$61.56	$412	—
818	818	1	50.00	$50.00	$409	—
864	864	1	64.00	$64.00	$553	—
1092	1092	1	64.00	$64.00	$699	—

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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.