Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves , 15 Heifers, 10 Feeders, 10 Steers and 10 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,498	88.20	1,321	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,474	79.11	1,166	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,635	71.96	1,177	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,389	70.84	984	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,245	58.76	732	47

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	98	95.44/cwt	78
Bulls	Number 2	92	49.15/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 3	94	24.79/cwt	24
Bulls	Utility	81	11.85/cwt	60
Heifers	Number 1	83	81.87/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	81	13.08/cwt	13

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bulls	—	—	940	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	696	1
Bulls	—	—	1,493	83.96/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,254	4
Bulls	—	—	1,643	95.99/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,577	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	26.06/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	24.46/cwt	20.00–35.00	25	9
Bulls	Utility	—	110	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	82	16.02/cwt	15.00–20.00	13	5
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	77	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	87	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	103	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	31	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,677	74.57/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,251	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	284	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	41.45/cwt	36.00–47.00	417	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,377	69.50/cwt	63.50–77.00	957	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	55.92/cwt	48.00–62.00	678	26
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	93	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	67.10/cwt	62.00–71.50	902	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	73.68/cwt	70.00–78.50	1,048	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,130	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	644	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,520	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,155	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,458	80.14/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,168	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	69.53/cwt	64.00–72.00	1,128	10
Bulls	Utility	—	103	17.45/cwt	15.00–20.00	18	4
Bulls	Utility	—	84	15.46/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	12
Bulls	Utility	—	94	16.26/cwt	15.00–20.00	15	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	43.02/cwt	25.00–60.00	37	14
Bulls	Number 3	—	81	24.94/cwt	20.00–30.00	20	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	22.57/cwt	20.00–25.00	17	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	87.85/cwt	70.00–110.00	83	33
Bulls	Number 2	—	113	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	135	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	68	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	79	32.48/cwt	30.00–35.00	26	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	52.50/cwt	45.00–60.00	54	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	57.55/cwt	40.00–70.00	54	12
Bulls	Number 1	—	122	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	85	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	94.30/cwt	70.00–110.00	108	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	98.62/cwt	75.00–120.00	103	14
Bulls	Utility	—	64	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	13
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.02/cwt	5.00–15.00	8	18
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	79.36/cwt	60.00–85.00	68	15
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	74	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	89	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	99	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	178	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	147	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	169	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	179.73/cwt	165.00–195.00	153	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	108	187.47/cwt	185.00–190.00	202	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	82	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	119	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	75	97.08/cwt	75.00–125.00	73	3

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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