Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-04-28

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Apr 28
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Receipts
233 head
64 vs last sale 169 233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold lower with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 14 Heifers, 7 Feeders, 24 Goats and 1 Sheep was sold.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,41468.699719thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71049.8085210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,52146.8671365
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,30140.5152763

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Bulls1,47668.53/cwt63.00–72.001,0127
Bulls1,33079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,0571
Bulls1,06059.00/cwt59.00–59.006251
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,09546.50/cwt46.50–46.509741
CowsLean 85-90%1,33629.27/cwt28.00–30.003915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52547.91/cwt42.50–52.5073157
CowsLean 85-90%1,37020.00/cwt20.00–20.002743
CowsLean 85-90%1,28539.77/cwt34.00–44.5051135
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49139.41/cwt36.00–41.005888
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66750.17/cwt47.50–53.508369
CowsLean 85-90%1,31147.70/cwt45.00–51.0062520

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.