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
Bulls—Average1,16579.059216thin
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 1—94106.87/cwt70.00–145.0010039
BullsNumber 2—11465.00/cwt65.00–65.00741
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.0035
BullsNumber 1—8690.05/cwt70.00–105.007723
BullsNumber 2—10665.00/cwt65.00–65.00691
BullsUtility—10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
BullsNumber 1—105120.90/cwt90.00–140.0012716
BullsNumber 2—9650.00/cwt50.00–50.00481
BullsNumber 3—9240.00/cwt40.00–40.00373
Bulls——1,27886.30/cwt84.00–89.001,1033
BullsNumber 1—114110.01/cwt70.00–130.001256
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94229.87/cwt225.00–235.002162
BullsNumber 3—8337.23/cwt30.00–45.00312
HeifersNumber 1—9628.33/cwt25.00–30.00273
HeifersNumber 1—8727.50/cwt25.00–30.00242
HeifersNumber 1—10325.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8417.53/cwt15.00–20.00154
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—7575.00/cwt75.00–75.00561
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—84205.00/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
BullsUtility—8416.30/cwt15.00–20.00148
Bulls——99367.21/cwt65.00–69.006672
BullsNumber 1—122100.00/cwt80.00–120.001222
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—101205.00/cwt205.00–205.002071
BullsNumber 2—7648.36/cwt40.00–55.00376
BullsUtility—9419.31/cwt15.00–20.00187
Bulls——1,17081.00/cwt81.00–81.009481
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—82150.00/cwt150.00–150.001231
BullsNumber 2—8847.54/cwt40.00–55.00422
BullsUtility—7412.15/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.