Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-05-21

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 21
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
76 vs last sale 305 229 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
161 head
16 vs last sale 177 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy calves sold steady with moderate demand. 66 Feeder cattle, 27 Steers, 21 Heifers, 21 Sheep and 14 goats were sold in addition to the Slaughter Cattle and Dairy Feeder Calves.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,64873.501,21115
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,45473.501,0697thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62160.9298845
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33758.2777940
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14549.2956450

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19698.98/cwt49
BullsNumber 29465.41/cwt23
BullsNumber 39533.29/cwt24
BullsUtility8415.53/cwt38
HeifersNumber 18872.21/cwt9
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7411.26/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

52 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 2Crossbred8240.00/cwt40.00–40.00331
BullsNumber 29466.66/cwt50.00–75.00639
BullsNumber 210374.26/cwt60.00–85.00767
BullsNumber 28657.44/cwt50.00–60.00496
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross107155.00/cwt155.00–155.001661
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82120.00/cwt120.00–120.00981
BullsNumber 1Crossbred11450.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsNumber 1Crossbred7655.00/cwt55.00–55.00421
BullsNumber 194102.89/cwt75.00–150.009715
BullsNumber 1103106.37/cwt75.00–135.0011012
BullsNumber 18476.87/cwt60.00–100.006511
BullsNumber 1112121.96/cwt105.00–145.001375
BullsNumber 1130120.00/cwt120.00–120.001561
BullsNumber 17575.00/cwt75.00–75.00561
BullsNumber 311735.00/cwt35.00–35.00411
BullsNumber 312120.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsNumber 315130.00/cwt30.00–30.00451
BullsNumber 37726.59/cwt20.00–30.00203
BullsNumber 310429.98/cwt20.00–35.00313
BullsNumber 38434.31/cwt30.00–40.00297
BullsNumber 39539.86/cwt25.00–50.00387
BullsNumber 3Crossbred9925.00/cwt25.00–25.00251
BullsUtility11520.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
BullsUtility10720.00/cwt20.00–20.00212
BullsUtility13622.44/cwt20.00–25.00312
BullsUtility9520.00/cwt20.00–20.00196
BullsUtility657.23/cwt5.00–10.0057
BullsUtility8418.68/cwt10.00–25.00168
BullsUtility7513.78/cwt10.00–15.001012
HeifersNumber 18750.00/cwt50.00–50.00441
HeifersNumber 110050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
HeifersNumber 19149.97/cwt45.00–55.00454
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred6850.00/cwt50.00–50.00341
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross81135.00/cwt135.00–135.001091
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93165.00/cwt165.00–165.001531
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9420.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing647.52/cwt5.00–10.0052
Bulls1,70269.29/cwt63.00–75.001,1797
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36257.69/cwt54.00–62.0078626
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64161.82/cwt58.00–67.001,01427
CowsLean 85-90%1,16650.95/cwt46.50–57.0059435
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,45473.50/cwt69.00–77.001,0697
CowsLean 85-90%1,26662.79/cwt57.00–69.007955
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47667.16/cwt66.00–69.009917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34767.66/cwt65.00–73.009117
Bulls1,90688.52/cwt82.00–107.001,6875
Bulls1,09358.28/cwt58.00–59.006373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23451.06/cwt47.50–53.006307
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66554.76/cwt52.00–57.0091211
CowsLean 85-90%1,07240.02/cwt35.00–45.004296
CowsLean 85-90%91931.84/cwt30.00–36.002934

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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