Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 37 Heifers, 15 Steers, 17 Feeders 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	—	Average	1,492	74.33	1,109	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,845	78.00	1,439	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,693	62.03	1,050	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,508	58.30	879	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,282	53.21	682	69

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	100.80/cwt	53
Bulls	Number 2	93	50.53/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	91	25.96/cwt	26
Bulls	Utility	82	11.58/cwt	76
Heifers	Number 1	94	58.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	84	13.89/cwt	9

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	187.50/cwt	175.00–200.00	163	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	117	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	53	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	52.73/cwt	45.00–65.00	50	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	15	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	24.92/cwt	20.00–40.00	23	8
Bulls	Utility	—	65	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	10
Bulls	Utility	—	84	14.38/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	24
Bulls	—	—	1,753	84.25/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,477	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	92.60/cwt	60.00–110.00	105	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	115	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	224	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	40.83/cwt	30.00–45.00	34	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	79	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	97	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	189	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	23.75/cwt	20.00–25.00	22	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,565	68.63/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,074	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,885	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,376	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,696	58.67/cwt	55.00–63.00	995	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,314	60.66/cwt	56.50–72.00	797	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	61.14/cwt	58.00–66.00	885	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	67.79/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,082	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,243	44.36/cwt	43.00–47.00	551	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,845	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,439	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,564	53.71/cwt	45.00–57.50	840	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,150	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	1,097	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	32.16/cwt	28.50–36.00	376	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	52.34/cwt	48.00–56.00	671	29
Bulls	Number 3	—	113	17.46/cwt	15.00–20.00	20	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	32.49/cwt	30.00–40.00	33	6
Bulls	Utility	—	103	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	4
Bulls	Utility	—	74	9.04/cwt	5.00–15.00	7	21
Bulls	—	—	970	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	529	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	64.25/cwt	50.00–80.00	57	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	100.21/cwt	70.00–115.00	105	22
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	192.25/cwt	185.00–200.00	202	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	60	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	79	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	79	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	23.17/cwt	15.00–30.00	19	5
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	70	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	35	1
Bulls	Utility	—	94	13.84/cwt	10.00–15.00	13	17
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	89.14/cwt	65.00–115.00	84	12
Bulls	Number 1	—	142	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	114	1

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

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