Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 12, 2022

474 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.52/cwt -8.86 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 426 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $156.85/cwt -4.11 vs last sale · ≈ $819/hd at 522 lb · 10 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.63/cwt -20.66 vs last sale · ≈ $703/hd at 476 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	474	334	636
Feeder cattle	384	260	567
Replacement cattle	90	74	69

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison to previous reports. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Feeder and Replacement Special Saturday Sale and a small herd dispersal.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	1	157.50	$157.50	$539	-7.50
350–378	357	5	150.00–180.00	$164.92	$589	—
418–437	427	8	150.00–168.00	$163.00	$696	-3.59
461–486	470	4	152.50–162.50	$160.00	$752	—
506–544	527	7	147.50–157.50	$153.52	$809	-8.98
550–598	564	5	145.00–165.00	$150.50	$849	-24.31
652–692	676	7	143.00–163.00	$156.56	$1,058	-12.68
821	821	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,076	-23.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	2	145.00	$145.00	$539	—
424	424	1	130.00	$130.00	$551	-10.80
452–484	461	5	125.00–147.50	$132.88	$613	-8.88
570–596	589	4	130.00–140.00	$137.58	$810	-9.97
630–646	638	2	130.00–137.50	$133.70	$853	-3.79
666–674	670	2	130.00	$130.00	$871	—
710–740	725	2	116.00–117.50	$116.73	$846	-21.27
812–816	814	2	113.00	$113.00	$920	—
888	888	1	112.50	$112.50	$999	—
924	924	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,118	—
991	991	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,189	-6.00
1012	1012	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	1	112.50	$112.50	$308	—
414–416	415	2	112.50–120.00	$116.26	$482	-6.39
522	522	1	120.00	$120.00	$626	-10.00
550	550	1	117.50	$117.50	$646	-11.51
626–644	634	4	105.00–125.00	$115.65	$733	—
781	781	2	110.00	$110.00	$859	-15.00
824	824	1	90.00	$90.00	$742	—
865–884	875	2	87.50–105.00	$96.15	$841	-21.35
914–926	921	3	99.00–109.00	$103.31	$951	+8.31
964–998	983	3	80.00–103.00	$91.05	$895	—
1012–1038	1025	2	94.00	$94.00	$964	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	2	155.00	$155.00	$322	—
300–327	319	6	140.00–155.00	$149.35	$476	—
362–396	379	8	140.00–157.50	$149.82	$568	-11.39
400–445	426	11	140.00–160.00	$149.52	$637	-8.86
458–488	476	10	140.00–157.50	$147.63	$703	-20.66
513–534	526	6	140.00–152.50	$150.38	$791	-1.29
555–563	559	7	140.00–150.00	$144.99	$810	-12.80
602–640	627	6	126.00–147.50	$135.31	$848	-26.44
656–680	672	3	128.00–134.00	$129.95	$873	-33.00
732	732	2	125.00	$125.00	$915	-20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286–290	288	2	132.50–137.50	$134.98	$389	—
305–348	318	7	120.00–137.50	$131.89	$419	—
366–392	382	6	120.00–137.50	$127.85	$488	-10.87
404–444	419	10	130.00–137.50	$133.52	$559	-3.66
454–494	470	4	127.50–135.00	$131.32	$617	-9.30
504–540	522	5	120.00–137.50	$128.08	$669	-12.76
560–586	573	2	129.00–130.00	$129.51	$742	-17.00
630	630	2	126.00	$126.00	$794	-14.00
653	653	2	120.00	$120.00	$784	-21.31
720	720	1	122.00	$122.00	$878	-12.65
833	833	2	117.00	$117.00	$975	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–238	229	4	60.00–82.50	$73.49	$168	-11.51
264–292	278	3	85.00–117.50	$105.79	$294	—
300–344	318	4	80.00–120.00	$103.95	$331	—
366–388	379	5	70.00–125.00	$108.02	$409	-6.98
428–444	435	3	80.00–120.00	$106.71	$464	—
478–484	481	3	100.00–110.00	$105.82	$509	-19.68
508–510	509	2	82.50–107.50	$94.98	$483	-30.39
642	642	1	117.50	$117.50	$754	—
672–694	683	2	100.00–112.50	$106.15	$725	-11.35
702–740	715	3	110.00–114.00	$112.04	$801	-8.21
784	784	1	105.00	$105.00	$823	-17.59
876	876	1	70.00	$70.00	$613	-42.51
1000	1000	1	90.00	$90.00	$900	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	1	165.00	$165.00	$531	-32.52
352–392	372	9	157.50–180.00	$165.46	$616	-21.43
408–436	423	7	145.00–170.00	$156.45	$662	-19.20
454–496	476	5	145.00–157.50	$152.59	$726	-15.22
502–546	522	10	150.00–160.00	$156.85	$819	-4.11
550–598	578	6	150.00–152.50	$151.85	$878	-21.15
629–634	631	7	137.50–140.00	$138.93	$877	—
664	664	1	140.00	$140.00	$930	—
822	822	1	120.00	$120.00	$986	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	—	—	1	145.00	$145.00	$360	-15.00
298	298	—	—	1	132.50	$132.50	$395	—
322–334	326	—	—	3	125.00–147.50	$134.33	$438	-15.67
372–394	383	—	—	2	132.50–145.00	$138.93	$532	-6.14
404–424	409	—	—	9	125.00–142.50	$136.37	$558	-17.63
484–498	492	—	—	5	122.50–130.00	$125.91	$619	-16.55
506–514	513	—	—	6	135.00	$135.00	$693	—
566–596	581	—	—	3	119.00–141.00	$127.31	$740	-22.69
602–644	625	—	—	6	120.00–130.00	$126.69	$792	—
670–680	677	—	—	3	124.00–130.00	$126.34	$855	—
710–744	727	—	—	3	114.00–125.00	$120.92	$879	—
802	802	—	—	1	113.00	$113.00	$906	—
916	916	—	—	1	109.00	$109.00	$998	—
1036	1036	—	—	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,057	—
1070–1642	1356	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	83.00–94.00	$89.66	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–342	315	5	70.00–117.50	$96.07	$303	—
368	368	1	80.00	$80.00	$294	—
400–449	435	4	82.50–120.00	$107.92	$469	-7.80
456–468	463	4	87.50–102.50	$98.18	$455	+8.18
502–522	514	3	100.00–117.50	$111.62	$574	+36.62
578	578	1	95.00	$95.00	$549	+17.50
608	608	1	112.50	$112.50	$684	—
692	692	1	115.00	$115.00	$796	—
854–866	860	2	70.00–105.00	$87.62	$754	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
976–1300	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	600.00–1,150.00	$837.41
826–1410	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	400.00–1,200.00	$946.94
1244	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062	1062	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1140	1140	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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	2	600.00–750.00	$675.00	—

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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.