Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-05-05

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 5
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Receipts
208 head
25 vs last sale 233 35 vs year ago 243 · 14.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. In Addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 11 Heifers, 8 Goats and 9 Sheep were sold.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,51565.009851thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,72454.9194728
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45752.8477072
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26143.7755255

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Bulls1,51565.00/cwt65.00–65.009851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48457.27/cwt56.00–62.0085017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62459.02/cwt58.00–61.009589
CowsLean 85-90%1,18132.09/cwt20.00–37.0037915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27338.82/cwt36.00–41.004943
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,02346.23/cwt44.50–48.009352
CowsLean 85-90%1,37953.23/cwt50.00–59.5073414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45952.20/cwt45.00–56.0076252
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74253.75/cwt50.00–56.0093617
CowsLean 85-90%1,24345.41/cwt39.00–50.0056426

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.