Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, April 9, 2022

471 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.92/cwt ≈ $855/hd at 629 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $155.37/cwt +31.37 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 467 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $143.88/cwt +16.63 vs last sale · ≈ $757/hd at 526 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	471	236	364
Feeder cattle	389	236	309
Replacement cattle	82	—	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison to previous reports. Today's sale included a herd dispersal and the monthly Saturday Feeder and Replacement Special 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
200	200	1	155.00	$155.00	$310	—
337–349	343	6	142.00–164.00	$152.81	$524	+16.81
379–396	385	6	145.00–151.00	$148.94	$573	+8.94
417–431	424	7	142.00–171.00	$155.99	$661	—
450–494	467	15	139.00–169.00	$155.37	$726	+31.37
501–542	521	14	144.00–168.00	$156.34	$815	+25.05
556–572	562	11	141.00–169.00	$151.69	$852	+21.77
602–646	627	9	135.00–154.00	$143.89	$902	+17.87
650–695	679	12	138.00–153.00	$145.65	$989	+19.21
700–730	722	5	141.00–150.00	$145.57	$1,051	+19.09
770	770	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,078	+15.00
802	802	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	1	123.00	$123.00	$364	—
330–346	337	6	117.00–133.00	$128.57	$433	—
364–380	370	4	120.00–130.00	$123.80	$458	—
408–446	423	7	124.00–130.00	$127.28	$538	—
450–494	468	4	122.00–135.00	$128.49	$601	—
508–548	538	6	117.50–136.00	$132.81	$715	—
553–562	557	5	130.00–134.00	$132.38	$737	—
646	646	1	116.00	$116.00	$749	—
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	—
780	780	1	125.00	$125.00	$975	—
842	842	1	118.00	$118.00	$994	—
884	884	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	1	101.00	$101.00	$297	—
304–346	325	2	102.00–105.00	$103.60	$337	-22.40
364–398	387	3	107.00–108.00	$107.69	$417	-19.69
416–428	421	5	100.00–118.00	$112.31	$473	-1.69
485	485	1	92.00	$92.00	$446	-28.00
518–526	522	2	95.00–101.00	$98.02	$512	—
664	664	1	104.00	$104.00	$691	—
750	750	1	102.50	$102.50	$769	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	1	135.00	$135.00	$321	—
273–287	281	7	145.00–148.00	$146.25	$411	—
306–310	308	2	141.00–170.00	$155.59	$479	+19.82
365–392	374	8	134.00–141.00	$136.76	$511	—
412–441	424	7	136.00–153.00	$142.34	$604	+9.70
493	493	3	151.00	$151.00	$744	+21.00
517–548	534	11	131.00–156.00	$140.52	$750	+11.14
562–591	577	9	130.00–153.00	$140.61	$811	+12.66
601–648	629	16	130.00–147.50	$135.92	$855	—
691	691	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,030	—
734–738	736	2	136.00–145.00	$140.51	$1,034	—
816–818	817	2	121.00–137.00	$128.99	$1,054	—
1042	1042	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,167	—
1096	1096	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,293	—
1138	1138	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,320	—
1182	1182	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,253	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–342	332	3	70.00–113.00	$94.72	$314	-26.16
356–392	371	7	90.00–111.00	$103.56	$384	-21.44
400–446	423	9	81.00–110.00	$99.63	$421	-22.89
462–494	475	6	100.00–110.00	$106.24	$505	-17.42
548	548	1	113.00	$113.00	$619	-5.67
562–586	571	3	65.00–107.50	$92.13	$526	-28.14
604–648	617	5	90.00–111.00	$104.44	$644	-3.06
654–684	677	4	92.00–101.00	$98.82	$669	-10.94
724	724	1	107.00	$107.00	$775	+6.34
766	766	1	109.00	$109.00	$835	-0.95
848	848	1	72.00	$72.00	$611	-31.94
1028	1028	1	82.00	$82.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	125.00	$125.00	$350	—
336	336	1	130.00	$130.00	$437	—
356–380	372	4	117.50–130.00	$123.77	$460	—
406–442	431	4	120.00–138.00	$131.19	$565	—
460–494	474	6	115.00–130.00	$125.88	$597	—
514–542	529	3	118.00–127.00	$123.28	$652	—
573–596	577	8	121.00–125.00	$122.63	$708	—
604–648	620	5	118.00–129.00	$121.35	$752	—
653–670	659	3	125.00–126.00	$125.66	$828	—
722	722	1	120.00	$120.00	$866	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	—	—	1	142.50	$142.50	$345	+15.00
320–330	325	—	—	2	136.00–157.50	$146.58	$476	+17.15
362–392	382	—	—	7	132.00–147.50	$136.85	$523	+6.85
402	402	—	—	1	135.00	$135.00	$543	+0.03
472–476	474	—	—	2	134.00–137.00	$135.51	$642	+4.50
502–548	526	—	—	14	131.00–158.00	$143.88	$757	+16.63
570–599	581	—	—	9	132.00–140.00	$137.92	$801	+13.16
600–630	612	—	—	3	138.00–143.00	$139.72	$855	+15.04
658	658	—	—	1	137.00	$137.00	$901	+13.00
773	773	—	—	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,013	—
944–1866	1619	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	4	122.00–125.00	$123.29	$1,996	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	$386	—
352–382	367	—	—	4	122.00–135.00	$129.30	$475	—
416–448	437	—	—	4	120.00–123.00	$121.60	$531	—
456–468	462	—	—	3	120.00–128.00	$123.48	$570	—
544–548	547	—	—	3	122.00–127.50	$123.82	$677	—
598	598	—	—	1	120.00	$120.00	$718	—
628–642	635	—	—	2	120.00–125.00	$122.47	$778	—
944–1678	1423	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	6	108.00–118.00	$116.37	$1,656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	—	—	1	91.00	$91.00	$295	-9.00
360–396	374	—	—	4	89.00–107.50	$99.09	$371	-18.91
420–432	426	—	—	2	82.00–85.00	$83.52	$356	—
450	450	—	—	1	112.50	$112.50	$506	-6.71
510–542	526	—	—	2	97.00–112.50	$104.51	$550	-15.76
568	568	—	—	2	110.00	$110.00	$625	-5.98
640	640	—	—	1	100.00	$100.00	$640	-18.75
758	758	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	$606	—
638–1082	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	6	84.00–100.00	$89.66	$781	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
756–1376	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	44.00–81.00	$62.43	$575

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
986	986	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
974–1362	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	800.00–1,350.00	$1,084.95
944–1664	1256	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	900.00–1,485.00	$1,203.12

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
956	956	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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	7	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,219.29	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,375.00	$1,237.50	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	1	89.00	$89.00	$420	—
514–534	521	3	79.00–80.00	$79.67	$415	—
652–686	669	2	86.00–89.00	$87.54	$586	—
706–726	721	5	85.00–94.00	$88.41	$637	—
800–822	811	2	89.00–95.00	$91.96	$746	—
854	854	1	90.00	$90.00	$769	—

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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.