Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady compared to last week with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,378	78.47	1,081	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,850	68.00	1,258	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	57.87	898	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,389	55.78	774	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,241	47.51	590	63

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	113.67/cwt	36
Bulls	Number 2	92	70.81/cwt	38
Bulls	Number 3	87	40.70/cwt	26
Bulls	Utility	80	14.53/cwt	56
Heifers	Number 1	92	180.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	86	20.00/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Cambridge Livestock Auction - Cambridge, NY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	72	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	72	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	80.16/cwt	75.00–85.00	67	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	117.32/cwt	100.00–135.00	134	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	122.53/cwt	100.00–135.00	126	12
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	106.21/cwt	90.00–120.00	102	14
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	170	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	99	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	129	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	109	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	69.90/cwt	60.00–75.00	73	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	64.38/cwt	50.00–75.00	55	16
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	75.05/cwt	65.00–85.00	71	17
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	47.58/cwt	45.00–50.00	49	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	31.09/cwt	25.00–35.00	23	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	39.50/cwt	25.00–50.00	34	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	46.06/cwt	40.00–50.00	43	10
Bulls	Utility	—	111	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	11	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	28.55/cwt	20.00–45.00	30	3
Bulls	Utility	—	65	6.47/cwt	5.00–10.00	4	7
Bulls	Utility	—	94	18.95/cwt	5.00–25.00	18	9
Bulls	Utility	—	85	19.12/cwt	10.00–25.00	16	11
Bulls	Utility	—	73	11.67/cwt	10.00–20.00	9	25
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	166	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	91	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	2
Bulls	—	—	1,228	68.82/cwt	62.00–74.00	845	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	55.74/cwt	51.00–59.00	802	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	57.09/cwt	54.00–68.00	911	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,269	50.07/cwt	43.00–57.00	635	35
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,850	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,258	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,334	57.64/cwt	55.00–59.50	769	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	61.15/cwt	59.00–63.00	832	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	62.95/cwt	61.00–66.00	978	8
Bulls	—	—	1,461	87.34/cwt	78.00–95.00	1,276	14
Bulls	—	—	1,342	59.56/cwt	58.00–60.00	799	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	49.79/cwt	46.50–51.00	688	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	51.92/cwt	50.00–53.00	739	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	39.62/cwt	35.50–42.00	437	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	22.61/cwt	20.00–28.00	255	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	813	36.72/cwt	30.00–43.00	299	2

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New York auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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