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
Bulls—Low1,21267.948236thin
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 Cross—122245.00/cwt245.00–245.002991
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24557.21/cwt52.00–59.5071216
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95276.25/cwt270.00–285.002624
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39569.86/cwt68.00–74.009757
BullsNumber 2—9895.00/cwt95.00–95.00931
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00847.65/cwt43.00–50.004803
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—112280.00/cwt280.00–280.003142
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight—2,03053.00/cwt53.00–53.001,0761
BullsNumber 1—85147.11/cwt100.00–175.0012523
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,72862.55/cwt59.00–66.001,0819
BullsNumber 1—114185.78/cwt165.00–205.002127
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12040.81/cwt40.00–42.004572
BullsNumber 1—94185.95/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
Bulls——1,32364.21/cwt64.00–64.508492
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—97061.00/cwt61.00–61.005921
BullsUtility—11820.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—87263.03/cwt200.00–295.002294
BullsUtility—9315.98/cwt10.00–20.00153
BullsNumber 1—120180.00/cwt180.00–180.002161
BullsUtility—8418.27/cwt15.00–20.00154
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—110265.00/cwt265.00–265.002921
BullsNumber 2—12799.92/cwt90.00–110.001272
BullsNumber 3—7439.86/cwt30.00–50.00292
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—8075.00/cwt75.00–75.00601
BullsNumber 1—130175.00/cwt175.00–175.002281
BullsNumber 2—7866.20/cwt40.00–75.00525
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—73245.00/cwt245.00–245.001791
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9420.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
BullsNumber 2—112100.00/cwt100.00–100.001121
BullsNumber 3—8433.76/cwt20.00–45.00284
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—99265.08/cwt250.00–280.002622
BullsNumber 3—6925.00/cwt25.00–25.00171
BullsNumber 1—7375.00/cwt75.00–75.00551
BullsNumber 3—9235.05/cwt25.00–45.00322
HeifersNumber 1—7526.04/cwt25.00–27.00202
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8819.00/cwt18.00–20.00174
HeifersNumber 1—8325.00/cwt25.00–25.00211
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—95150.00/cwt150.00–150.001431
BullsUtility—7512.00/cwt10.00–20.00910
BullsNumber 2—86106.78/cwt90.00–125.00922
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104268.35/cwt250.00–280.002793
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7926.00/cwt26.00–26.00211
Bulls—Light Weight—87859.08/cwt50.00–68.005192
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—76244.93/cwt190.00–295.001862
Bulls——1,43580.52/cwt80.00–81.001,1552
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—87271.06/cwt250.00–280.002364
BullsNumber 1—104205.37/cwt130.00–240.0021416
BullsNumber 3—13750.00/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.