Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold higher with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 23 Steers, 15 Heifers, 20 Feeders, 1 Dairy Cow, 27 Goats and 17 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,592	87.96	1,400	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,863	79.54	1,482	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,689	67.47	1,140	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,475	62.89	927	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	50.43	606	56

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	94	92.55/cwt	84
Bulls	Number 2	89	55.53/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	91	30.00/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	81	13.98/cwt	29
Heifers	Number 1	91	110.00/cwt	5
Heifers	Number 2	83	50.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	76	14.30/cwt	7

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
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	175	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	83	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	42	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	91	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	89	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	60	7.50/cwt	5.00–10.00	5	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	96	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	24	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	79	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	76	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	76	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	17.26/cwt	15.00–20.00	15	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	24.96/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	75	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	105.00/cwt	95.00–115.00	118	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	33.37/cwt	30.00–40.00	31	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	49.94/cwt	40.00–60.00	42	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	92.96/cwt	80.00–110.00	96	14
Bulls	Utility	—	104	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	58.98/cwt	45.00–70.00	55	10
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	83.09/cwt	60.00–100.00	71	29
Bulls	Utility	—	95	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	3
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	83	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	54	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	85.90/cwt	70.00–100.00	81	30
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	212	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	17.56/cwt	15.00–20.00	14	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	72.81/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,166	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	54.28/cwt	49.00–60.00	656	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,505	64.16/cwt	61.00–68.00	966	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	42.04/cwt	33.00–47.50	490	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	56.05/cwt	46.00–60.00	811	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,326	65.17/cwt	61.00–72.00	864	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,423	70.42/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,002	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	22.28/cwt	20.00–24.00	226	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,724	68.62/cwt	66.00–71.00	1,183	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,716	61.50/cwt	56.00–66.00	1,055	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,863	79.54/cwt	77.50–83.00	1,482	3
Bulls	—	—	1,583	91.44/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,447	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	80.00/cwt	70.00–90.00	97	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	107	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	43	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.65/cwt	10.00–15.00	8	8
Bulls	—	—	1,610	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	200.19/cwt	180.00–225.00	188	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	72	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	18	1
Bulls	Utility	—	64	6.06/cwt	5.00–10.00	4	5

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.

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