Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 40 Heifers, 26 Steers, 43 Feeders, and 7 Goats were sold.

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	—	Low	1,584	67.83	1,074	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,617	49.29	797	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,428	47.20	674	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,242	36.45	453	54

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	124.23/cwt	50
Bulls	Number 2	93	53.90/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 3	89	24.02/cwt	34
Bulls	Utility	82	11.64/cwt	64
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	88	14.70/cwt	16

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	40.14/cwt	39.00–41.00	518	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	26.72/cwt	20.00–32.00	314	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	37.04/cwt	32.00–41.00	450	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,659	55.55/cwt	51.00–62.00	922	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	47.02/cwt	45.00–50.00	771	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,456	51.92/cwt	49.50–55.00	756	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	131	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	141	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	92	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	98	86.06/cwt	65.00–110.00	84	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	35.50/cwt	35.00–36.00	364	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	51.23/cwt	48.00–54.00	740	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,437	44.57/cwt	39.00–48.00	640	34
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	46.46/cwt	40.00–55.00	43	17
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	40	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	21.29/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	16
Bulls	Utility	—	103	12.45/cwt	10.00–15.00	13	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	109	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	10
Bulls	Utility	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	10
Bulls	Utility	—	74	9.39/cwt	5.00–10.00	7	16
Bulls	Utility	—	85	14.55/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	22
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	48.31/cwt	45.00–50.00	51	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	40.70/cwt	30.00–50.00	36	7
Bulls	Number 1Crossbred	—	109	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	187.40/cwt	160.00–200.00	172	8
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	77	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	107	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	193	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	111	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	194	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	78	207.50/cwt	205.00–210.00	162	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	198.21/cwt	170.00–220.00	166	7
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	91	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	118	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	85	112.65/cwt	100.00–125.00	96	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	94	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	102	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	12.63/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,365	44.66/cwt	42.00–49.00	610	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	28.41/cwt	20.00–35.00	27	12
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	82.39/cwt	50.00–105.00	86	16
Bulls	—	—	1,577	70.03/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,104	6
Bulls	—	—	1,603	61.22/cwt	59.00–63.00	981	2

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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