Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower with good demand. 13 Steers, 7 feeder calves, 7 Sheep and 3 Goats sold in addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,080	77.23	834	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,731	70.44	1,219	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,682	62.64	1,053	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,357	60.79	825	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,226	51.24	628	76

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	74.77/cwt	49
Bulls	Number 2	94	35.91/cwt	45
Bulls	Number 3	91	26.70/cwt	21
Bulls	Utility	81	12.00/cwt	68
Heifers	Number 1	89	79.18/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	78	11.25/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,449	63.70/cwt	59.00–67.00	923	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,333	60.17/cwt	55.00–66.00	802	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	53.76/cwt	50.00–57.50	645	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	29.06/cwt	20.00–37.00	321	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	68.85/cwt	67.50–70.00	879	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	43.47/cwt	41.50–45.00	486	8
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	13
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	27.30/cwt	20.00–35.00	23	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	133	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	63.05/cwt	45.00–90.00	65	16
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	62	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	11.27/cwt	5.00–15.00	8	25
Bulls	Utility	—	126	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	35.66/cwt	30.00–40.00	37	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	77	95.13/cwt	90.00–100.00	73	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Bulls	Utility	—	114	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	33.92/cwt	30.00–40.00	29	13
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	128.12/cwt	110.00–145.00	109	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	96	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	48	1
Bulls	Utility	—	102	16.29/cwt	10.00–20.00	17	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	36.76/cwt	30.00–45.00	34	23
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	91	162.38/cwt	140.00–185.00	148	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	41.68/cwt	40.00–45.00	36	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	4
Heifers	Number 1	—	87	33.36/cwt	30.00–40.00	29	3
Bulls	Utility	—	94	15.80/cwt	10.00–20.00	15	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	26.75/cwt	20.00–30.00	28	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	130.08/cwt	115.00–150.00	134	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	75.69/cwt	65.00–85.00	86	8
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	103	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	14.62/cwt	5.00–20.00	12	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	25.75/cwt	20.00–30.00	24	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	45	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	56.89/cwt	40.00–70.00	55	12
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	191	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	51.63/cwt	41.00–55.00	615	31
Bulls	—	—	1,211	86.16/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,043	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	64.11/cwt	61.00–67.00	1,065	29
Bulls	—	—	893	59.86/cwt	57.00–63.00	535	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	56.03/cwt	52.00–60.00	926	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,731	70.44/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,219	8
Bulls	—	—	903	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	650	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,838	68.77/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,264	6

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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