Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 6 Feeders, 4 Steers, 7 Heifers and 8 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	1,565	57.78	904	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,870	65.51	1,225	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,634	52.07	851	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	50.27	701	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,242	41.16	511	54

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	94.22/cwt	63
Bulls	Number 2	91	40.25/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	96	22.32/cwt	28
Bulls	Utility	86	12.90/cwt	82

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	—	—	1,290	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	826	1
Bulls	—	—	1,915	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	46.06/cwt	44.00–48.00	704	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	86	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	68.26/cwt	50.00–80.00	78	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	79.82/cwt	55.00–105.00	82	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,870	65.51/cwt	65.00–66.00	1,225	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,436	48.89/cwt	43.00–53.00	702	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,636	43.86/cwt	37.00–47.00	718	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,448	52.36/cwt	50.00–57.50	758	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	42.68/cwt	37.00–49.00	533	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	396	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	55.24/cwt	54.00–59.50	776	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	58.22/cwt	55.00–65.00	936	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	51.22/cwt	48.00–54.00	845	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	21.54/cwt	20.00–25.00	208	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	30.88/cwt	25.00–34.00	334	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	72.20/cwt	55.00–105.00	69	22
Bulls	Utility	—	69	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	Utility	—	112	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	42.49/cwt	30.00–50.00	41	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	172.40/cwt	125.00–190.00	164	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	177.99/cwt	130.00–200.00	151	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	179	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	111	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	183	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	81	1
Bulls	Utility	—	159	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	24	1
Bulls	Utility	—	122	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	21.49/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	23.75/cwt	20.00–30.00	25	8
Bulls	Utility	—	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	29
Bulls	Utility	—	84	14.50/cwt	5.00–15.00	12	24
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	22.86/cwt	20.00–30.00	21	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	3
Bulls	Utility	—	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	19
Bulls	Utility	—	105	14.13/cwt	10.00–15.00	15	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	53	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	338	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	36.70/cwt	30.00–50.00	31	12

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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