Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-04-27

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Apr 27
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
0 vs last sale 157 76 vs year ago 233 · 32.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
182 head
21 vs last sale 203 35 vs year ago 147 · +23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 57 Dairy Cows, 22 Heifers, 18 Feeders, 2 Steers and 14 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
BullsLow1,21267.948236thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,28080.001,0241thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63766.441,08821
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45362.5490949
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24457.6671735

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196191.61/cwt96
BullsNumber 29390.78/cwt12
BullsNumber 38739.53/cwt11
BullsUtility7611.11/cwt28
HeifersNumber 187201.18/cwt12
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8820.33/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

55 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45675.44/cwt72.50–79.001,0983
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross122245.00/cwt245.00–245.002991
CowsLean 85-90%1,24557.21/cwt52.00–59.5071216
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95276.25/cwt270.00–285.002624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39569.86/cwt68.00–74.009757
BullsNumber 29895.00/cwt95.00–95.00931
CowsLean 85-90%1,00847.65/cwt43.00–50.004803
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112280.00/cwt280.00–280.003142
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,03053.00/cwt53.00–53.001,0761
BullsNumber 185147.11/cwt100.00–175.0012523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72862.55/cwt59.00–66.001,0819
BullsNumber 1114185.78/cwt165.00–205.002127
CowsLean 85-90%1,12040.81/cwt40.00–42.004572
BullsNumber 194185.95/cwt125.00–235.0017532
CowsLean 85-90%1,31162.72/cwt60.00–65.5082214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44857.07/cwt48.00–61.5082617
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55369.13/cwt67.00–71.001,0748
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49464.35/cwt62.00–67.0096124
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,28080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0241
Bulls1,32364.21/cwt64.00–64.508492
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight97061.00/cwt61.00–61.005921
BullsUtility11820.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87263.03/cwt200.00–295.002294
BullsUtility9315.98/cwt10.00–20.00153
BullsNumber 1120180.00/cwt180.00–180.002161
BullsUtility8418.27/cwt15.00–20.00154
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross110265.00/cwt265.00–265.002921
BullsNumber 212799.92/cwt90.00–110.001272
BullsNumber 37439.86/cwt30.00–50.00292
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross8075.00/cwt75.00–75.00601
BullsNumber 1130175.00/cwt175.00–175.002281
BullsNumber 27866.20/cwt40.00–75.00525
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross73245.00/cwt245.00–245.001791
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9420.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
BullsNumber 2112100.00/cwt100.00–100.001121
BullsNumber 38433.76/cwt20.00–45.00284
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross99265.08/cwt250.00–280.002622
BullsNumber 36925.00/cwt25.00–25.00171
BullsNumber 17375.00/cwt75.00–75.00551
BullsNumber 39235.05/cwt25.00–45.00322
HeifersNumber 17526.04/cwt25.00–27.00202
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8819.00/cwt18.00–20.00174
HeifersNumber 18325.00/cwt25.00–25.00211
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross95150.00/cwt150.00–150.001431
BullsUtility7512.00/cwt10.00–20.00910
BullsNumber 286106.78/cwt90.00–125.00922
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104268.35/cwt250.00–280.002793
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7926.00/cwt26.00–26.00211
BullsLight Weight87859.08/cwt50.00–68.005192
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76244.93/cwt190.00–295.001862
Bulls1,43580.52/cwt80.00–81.001,1552
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87271.06/cwt250.00–280.002364
BullsNumber 1104205.37/cwt130.00–240.0021416
BullsNumber 313750.00/cwt50.00–50.00691

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.