Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-05-26

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
23 vs last sale 258 32 vs year ago 203 · +15.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
180 head
11 vs last sale 169 45 vs year ago 225 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-5.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 9 Feeders, 12 Steers, 13 Heifers, 20 Sheep and 24 Goats were sold.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,16579.059216thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59163.671,01314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41358.2082259
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18749.2258477

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196109.43/cwt90
BullsNumber 28651.39/cwt11
BullsNumber 38838.89/cwt5
BullsUtility8114.13/cwt28
HeifersNumber 27575.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 19352.86/cwt7
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8417.53/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

39 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
BullsNumber 194106.87/cwt70.00–145.0010039
BullsNumber 211465.00/cwt65.00–65.00741
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.0035
BullsNumber 18690.05/cwt70.00–105.007723
BullsNumber 210665.00/cwt65.00–65.00691
BullsUtility10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
BullsNumber 1105120.90/cwt90.00–140.0012716
BullsNumber 29650.00/cwt50.00–50.00481
BullsNumber 39240.00/cwt40.00–40.00373
Bulls1,27886.30/cwt84.00–89.001,1033
BullsNumber 1114110.01/cwt70.00–130.001256
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94229.87/cwt225.00–235.002162
BullsNumber 38337.23/cwt30.00–45.00312
HeifersNumber 19628.33/cwt25.00–30.00273
HeifersNumber 18727.50/cwt25.00–30.00242
HeifersNumber 110325.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8417.53/cwt15.00–20.00154
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross7575.00/cwt75.00–75.00561
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84205.00/cwt205.00–205.001721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38259.52/cwt55.00–65.0082340
CowsLean 85-90%1,11038.88/cwt30.00–45.0043217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48553.04/cwt50.00–55.5078816
CowsLean 85-90%1,38362.04/cwt57.00–68.0085815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43568.06/cwt66.00–69.509773
CowsLean 85-90%99021.28/cwt20.00–24.002115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59762.83/cwt60.00–65.001,0039
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43270.38/cwt67.00–73.001,0083
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80557.40/cwt55.00–60.001,0362
CowsLean 85-90%1,17152.30/cwt45.00–57.0061240
BullsUtility8416.30/cwt15.00–20.00148
Bulls99367.21/cwt65.00–69.006672
BullsNumber 1122100.00/cwt80.00–120.001222
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross101205.00/cwt205.00–205.002071
BullsNumber 27648.36/cwt40.00–55.00376
BullsUtility9419.31/cwt15.00–20.00187
Bulls1,17081.00/cwt81.00–81.009481
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82150.00/cwt150.00–150.001231
BullsNumber 28847.54/cwt40.00–55.00422
BullsUtility7412.15/cwt10.00–15.0097

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.