Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 1.00-3.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 42 Feeders, 13 Heifers, 6 Steers, 39 Sheep and 7 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	1,388	63.75	885	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,905	63.50	1,210	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,650	53.66	886	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	51.50	707	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,190	44.25	526	49

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	95	118.89/cwt	103
Bulls	Number 2	90	77.32/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	84	39.32/cwt	14
Bulls	Utility	79	10.93/cwt	64
Heifers	Number 1	90	205.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	84	14.48/cwt	19

Every lot, as filed

52 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	Number 1	—	86	95.65/cwt	80.00–110.00	82	24
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	108.93/cwt	80.00–145.00	102	43
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	50.00/cwt	45.00–55.00	43	2
Bulls	Utility	—	122	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	123	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	209	1
Bulls	Utility	—	85	14.24/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	20
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	41.90/cwt	30.00–55.00	44	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	51	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	23.39/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	6
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	119.10/cwt	90.00–140.00	123	16
Bulls	Utility	—	104	16.65/cwt	15.00–20.00	17	3
Bulls	Utility	—	113	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	85	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	105	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	89	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	100	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	80	1
Bulls	Utility	—	74	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	17
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	101	192.48/cwt	190.00–195.00	194	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	77	140.26/cwt	100.00–180.00	108	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	215.09/cwt	200.00–230.00	187	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	147	6
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	74	64.69/cwt	50.00–80.00	48	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	72.57/cwt	65.00–80.00	62	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	14.56/cwt	10.00–15.00	12	11
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	75	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	103	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	37.66/cwt	34.00–40.50	442	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	450	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	919	28.61/cwt	20.00–33.50	263	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,262	30.44/cwt	29.00–32.50	384	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	920	56.24/cwt	53.00–60.50	517	3
Bulls	—	—	1,280	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	723	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,905	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	1,210	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	51.07/cwt	47.00–53.50	734	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	892	37.14/cwt	36.00–39.00	331	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	925	44.24/cwt	41.00–47.00	409	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	48.47/cwt	46.00–50.00	672	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	42.96/cwt	40.00–46.00	516	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	94	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	193	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	73.24/cwt	65.00–90.00	67	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	56.10/cwt	54.00–60.00	802	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,712	58.62/cwt	57.00–60.00	1,004	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,335	52.82/cwt	48.00–61.00	705	21
Bulls	—	—	1,604	68.00/cwt	63.00–74.00	1,091	7
Bulls	Utility	—	94	17.47/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	182.44/cwt	180.00–185.00	206	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	875	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	381	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	52.66/cwt	50.00–55.00	893	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	43.52/cwt	41.00–47.00	518	8
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	193.01/cwt	165.00–210.00	183	5
Bulls	Utility	—	66	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	18
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	176	1

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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