Empire Livestock Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, April 8, 2023

555 head sold ·Official USDA report

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

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $209.70/cwt -11.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 480 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $145.63/cwt -6.87 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 468 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $154.01/cwt -0.99 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 374 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	555	192	471
Feeder cattle	526	169	389
Replacement cattle	29	23	82

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last report, Feeder Steers sold weak. Other cattle not tested. Demand was moderate. Today's sale included the monthly Feeder and Replacement Saturday Special Sale and a partial herd dispersal of Zebu cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–346	325	4	192.50–194.00	$192.90	$627	-24.60
410–432	424	4	190.00–222.00	$207.46	$880	-15.25
465–498	480	18	192.50–222.50	$209.70	$1,007	-11.87
507–548	535	10	196.00–227.00	$211.39	$1,131	-5.02
566–584	574	14	206.00–220.00	$215.14	$1,235	+9.05
605–640	617	5	194.00–198.00	$196.56	$1,213	-12.65
651–672	661	13	187.50–202.00	$194.46	$1,285	+9.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	315	4	170.00–180.00	$177.38	$559	—
358–394	376	4	172.50–180.00	$176.89	$665	—
450–494	470	5	170.00–182.50	$174.55	$820	-10.44
502–524	513	3	170.00–187.50	$180.94	$928	—
558	558	1	172.00	$172.00	$960	-0.40
606	606	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,106	+8.84
663–688	675	10	175.00–184.00	$180.41	$1,218	+10.41
702–744	725	5	170.00–176.00	$173.02	$1,254	+7.05
763–768	765	3	171.00–181.00	$177.65	$1,359	+18.90
800–846	827	3	158.00–161.00	$159.33	$1,318	-0.67
916	916	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,356	-12.00
1142	1142	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,610	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–282	277	2	160.00–165.00	$162.55	$450	+0.55
348	348	1	162.50	$162.50	$566	—
358–364	361	4	147.50–160.00	$156.25	$564	—
412–440	425	5	112.50–167.50	$141.79	$603	—
468–492	480	2	150.00–162.50	$156.41	$751	—
524–548	533	5	150.00–165.00	$160.54	$856	+43.04
552–563	559	3	120.00–130.00	$126.71	$708	—
604	604	1	128.00	$128.00	$773	-12.00
650–664	657	2	150.00–152.50	$151.26	$994	+17.53
704–738	722	4	107.50–152.00	$128.71	$929	-13.02
792	792	1	120.00	$120.00	$950	-10.00
804–816	810	2	100.00–150.00	$124.81	$1,011	-9.19
864–888	876	2	117.50–130.00	$123.84	$1,085	-10.18
997	997	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,366	—
1002	1002	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,303	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
244	244	1	167.50	$167.50	$409	—
258–276	268	5	125.00–155.00	$143.27	$384	-14.23
302–348	324	13	110.00–165.00	$145.33	$471	—
365–390	374	15	135.00–160.00	$154.01	$576	-0.99
407–444	421	12	140.00–162.50	$152.41	$642	+14.91
450–496	468	16	125.00–165.00	$145.63	$682	-6.87
502–548	522	13	100.00–162.50	$139.46	$728	-3.31
554–592	570	5	130.00–150.00	$140.49	$801	-2.51
606–638	618	5	110.00–155.00	$132.49	$819	-7.92
650–690	668	4	100.00–158.00	$131.37	$878	+1.37
704–742	724	3	105.00–138.00	$122.38	$886	—
782	782	1	122.50	$122.50	$958	—
814–834	824	2	121.00–135.00	$127.92	$1,054	—
872	872	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,221	—
900	900	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,071	—
956	956	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,128	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	1	122.50	$122.50	$436	—
434	434	2	107.50	$107.50	$467	—
450	450	1	131.00	$131.00	$590	—
510	510	3	114.00	$114.00	$581	—
556–560	558	5	112.00–114.00	$113.20	$632	—
611	611	2	120.00	$120.00	$733	—
704–743	728	4	120.00–125.00	$122.20	$890	—
752–777	765	9	120.00–126.00	$123.56	$945	—
828–835	833	6	123.00–124.00	$123.67	$1,030	—
854–872	861	9	119.00–126.00	$122.65	$1,056	—
906–942	926	5	117.00–125.00	$122.62	$1,135	—
1106–1130	1122	3	114.00–115.00	$114.33	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	172.00	$172.00	$396	—
336–348	342	2	170.00–180.00	$174.91	$598	—
390	390	1	176.00	$176.00	$686	—
402–448	421	5	170.00–176.00	$172.32	$725	-2.68
450–474	464	5	170.00–182.50	$177.10	$822	+3.04
508–538	517	8	164.00–177.50	$167.86	$868	+0.36
554–598	573	10	162.50–178.00	$172.67	$989	+5.17
614–646	630	2	162.50–170.00	$166.35	$1,048	+19.35
694	694	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,110	—
708–744	716	7	158.00–164.00	$160.84	$1,152	—
772	772	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,158	—
830–834	832	2	152.50–163.00	$157.76	$1,313	—
876	876	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,314	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	2	192.50	$192.50	$849	-4.06
458–497	482	10	187.50–205.00	$194.49	$937	+3.49
514–546	527	5	180.00–212.50	$191.24	$1,008	+6.58
562–592	575	7	186.00–199.00	$191.43	$1,101	+8.96
612	612	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,144	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	1	132.50	$132.50	$315	—
280	280	1	137.50	$137.50	$385	—
308–348	331	5	126.00–165.00	$152.67	$505	—
359–382	372	9	120.00–159.00	$147.31	$548	—
426–448	441	3	115.00–140.00	$123.06	$543	-31.93
450	450	1	90.00	$90.00	$405	—
520–548	539	7	119.00–165.00	$148.94	$803	—
572–594	583	2	150.00–165.00	$157.36	$917	—
612–644	624	6	107.50–150.00	$131.49	$820	—
656–686	668	4	121.00–142.50	$134.68	$900	—
710	710	1	92.50	$92.50	$657	-18.50
761–796	779	5	127.00–147.50	$132.25	$1,030	—
812–816	814	2	130.00–149.00	$139.48	$1,135	—
852–890	871	2	125.00–133.00	$128.91	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	—	—	1	175.00	$175.00	$441	—
306–308	307	—	—	2	170.00–175.00	$172.51	$530	—
464–472	468	—	—	3	175.00–182.50	$178.33	$835	—
500	500	—	—	1	171.00	$171.00	$855	—
561–590	570	—	—	4	170.00–177.50	$173.09	$987	-1.91
608–628	620	—	—	4	160.00–170.00	$164.87	$1,022	-7.13
664–691	682	—	—	3	165.00–175.00	$168.25	$1,147	—
726	726	—	—	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,180	—
1234–1752	1520	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	6	114.00–126.00	$122.87	$1,868	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	—	—	1	126.00	$126.00	$925	—
862–889	877	—	—	5	118.00–128.00	$126.02	$1,105	—
915–934	926	—	—	5	127.00–129.00	$128.21	$1,187	—
961–968	963	—	—	3	126.00–128.00	$127.33	$1,226	—
1014–1037	1026	—	—	4	127.00–128.00	$127.51	$1,308	—
1074	1074	—	—	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,353	—
1330	1330	—	—	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,662	—
1384	1384	—	—	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,702	—
2018	2018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	107.00	$107.00	$2,159	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–446	428	2	187.50–210.00	$198.28	$849	-26.72
502	502	1	187.50	$187.50	$941	—
652	652	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,174	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
956	956	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
666–1428	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	76.00–113.00	$97.95	$1,117

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
904	904	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
984–1248	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	935.00–1,260.00	$1,114.42
1002–1852	1427	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–1,660.00	$1,358.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
796–1172	991	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	700.00–1,085.00	$974.95
1192	1192	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00

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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
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	102.50	$102.50	$461	—
507	507	2	97.50	$97.50	$494	—
649	649	3	82.00	$82.00	$532	—
858–862	861	3	119.00–120.00	$119.67	$1,030	—

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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.