Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-05-28

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 28
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
26 vs last sale 229 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
225 head
64 vs last sale 161 225 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 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. 30 feeder calves, 6 Steers, 12 Heifers, 16 Sheep and 4 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
BullsLow1,24471.3188711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62861.781,00628
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33759.3679348
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21750.1361054

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100109.98/cwt75
BullsNumber 29365.00/cwt24
BullsNumber 38834.99/cwt23
BullsUtility8315.70/cwt68
HeifersNumber 19151.61/cwt3
HeifersNumber 37740.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8217.14/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsUtility7613.98/cwt5.00–20.001119
BullsUtility667.56/cwt5.00–10.00512
BullsUtility12020.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsNumber 39441.62/cwt30.00–50.00396
CowsLean 85-90%1,21654.33/cwt44.00–60.0066131
CowsLean 85-90%1,38862.37/cwt61.00–64.508664
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59871.79/cwt68.00–73.501,1476
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16468.33/cwt66.00–70.007954
CowsLean 85-90%1,24033.79/cwt24.00–48.504199
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61963.67/cwt60.00–66.001,0319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37362.51/cwt52.00–66.5085820
CowsLean 85-90%1,13146.92/cwt41.50–51.5053110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64755.86/cwt50.00–60.0092013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33555.24/cwt51.50–62.0073724
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10120.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross7740.00/cwt40.00–40.00311
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7515.00/cwt15.00–15.00112
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing6910.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersNumber 18650.00/cwt50.00–50.00431
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8320.00/cwt20.00–20.00172
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9120.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
HeifersNumber 19352.42/cwt50.00–55.00492
BullsNumber 29363.49/cwt40.00–80.005910
BullsNumber 210675.00/cwt75.00–75.00802
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112140.00/cwt140.00–140.001571
BullsNumber 1Crossbred10830.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
BullsNumber 1114107.26/cwt90.00–125.001229
Bulls1,10353.95/cwt51.00–61.505953
BullsUtility8618.73/cwt10.00–20.001615
BullsUtility13120.00/cwt20.00–20.00261
BullsNumber 38331.26/cwt25.00–40.00268
BullsNumber 310333.30/cwt30.00–40.00343
BullsNumber 211375.00/cwt75.00–75.00853
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93146.98/cwt110.00–170.0013711
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross74100.00/cwt100.00–100.00741
BullsNumber 1104108.19/cwt85.00–125.0011317
BullsNumber 1123106.27/cwt100.00–115.001314
Bulls1,14265.28/cwt63.00–67.007453
BullsUtility9219.39/cwt10.00–20.001816
BullsUtility10420.00/cwt20.00–20.00214
BullsNumber 3Crossbred9640.00/cwt40.00–40.00381
BullsNumber 37733.01/cwt30.00–40.00255
BullsNumber 28363.77/cwt50.00–80.00538
BullsNumber 27840.00/cwt40.00–40.00311
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104165.00/cwt165.00–165.001721
BullsNumber 196104.22/cwt80.00–130.0010024
BullsNumber 18377.57/cwt65.00–90.00646
Bulls1,39085.34/cwt80.00–93.001,1865

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.