Slaughter cattle
By class and quality grade · $/cwtCull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
| Class | Grade | Dressing | Avg wt | $/cwt | $/head | Head |
|---|
| Bulls | — | High | 1,407 | 83.70 | 1,177 | 3thin |
| Cows | Premium White 65-75% | Average | 1,665 | 77.00 | 1,282 | 1thin |
| Cows | Breaker 75-80% | High | 1,590 | 66.57 | 1,058 | 23 |
| Cows | Boner 80-85% | Low | 1,357 | 62.11 | 843 | 46 |
| Cows | Lean 85-90% | Low | 1,208 | 52.34 | 632 | 91 |
Every lot, as filed
12 lots · USDA AMS · Cambridge Livestock Auction - Cambridge, NYNothing 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 | — | — | 1,340 | 88.05/cwt | 86.00–89.00 | 1,180 | 2 |
| Bulls | — | — | 1,540 | 75.00/cwt | 75.00–75.00 | 1,155 | 1 |
| Cows | Boner 80-85% | — | 1,328 | 50.38/cwt | 47.00–52.00 | 669 | 3 |
| Cows | Breaker 75-80% | — | 1,531 | 71.88/cwt | 68.00–77.50 | 1,100 | 9 |
| Cows | Lean 85-90% | — | 1,119 | 39.91/cwt | 32.50–45.50 | 447 | 15 |
| Cows | Premium White 65-75% | — | 1,665 | 77.00/cwt | 77.00–77.00 | 1,282 | 1 |
| Cows | Boner 80-85% | — | 1,313 | 61.56/cwt | 53.00–65.50 | 808 | 32 |
| Cows | Lean 85-90% | — | 920 | 26.51/cwt | 22.00–32.00 | 244 | 5 |
| Cows | Lean 85-90% | — | 1,330 | 61.60/cwt | 56.00–70.00 | 819 | 39 |
| Cows | Boner 80-85% | — | 1,491 | 66.91/cwt | 66.00–72.00 | 998 | 11 |
| Cows | Breaker 75-80% | — | 1,628 | 63.15/cwt | 58.00–67.00 | 1,028 | 14 |
| Cows | Lean 85-90% | — | 1,145 | 50.92/cwt | 46.00–55.50 | 583 | 32 |
How this sale compares
New York weighted averagesOne 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.