Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-05-04

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 4
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 157▼ 10 vs year ago 208 · −4.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
202 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 182▲ 48 vs year ago 154 · +31.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 29 Heifers, 9 Steers, 18 Feeders, 34 Goats and 20 Sheep 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—Average1,74472.451,2635thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,68263.981,07629
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40161.3786029
CowsLean 85-90%High1,13654.1261540

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198190.33/cwt112
BullsNumber 28487.50/cwt4
BullsNumber 38328.31/cwt6
BullsUtility8012.58/cwt38
HeifersNumber 195188.66/cwt11
HeifersNumber 210590.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8516.50/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1Beef Cross—96265.22/cwt160.00–300.0025511
Bulls—Light Weight—91571.50/cwt71.50–71.506541
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—121240.00/cwt240.00–240.002901
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27761.44/cwt59.00–65.5078512
BullsNumber 2—7850.00/cwt50.00–50.00391
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23454.40/cwt50.00–58.0067112
BullsNumber 1—136155.00/cwt155.00–155.002111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67861.34/cwt60.00–63.001,02910
BullsNumber 1—85156.03/cwt95.00–180.0013314
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—77040.00/cwt40.00–40.003081
BullsNumber 1—7682.07/cwt80.00–90.00625
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—84342.69/cwt41.50–44.003604
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37063.68/cwt61.00–67.0087218
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89654.51/cwt51.00–57.004887
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,48060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,4881
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—91285.05/cwt280.00–290.002592
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22145.55/cwt43.50–49.005564
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65967.06/cwt65.00–71.001,11317
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,58156.63/cwt51.00–60.008958
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—90055.23/cwt55.00–55.504972
BullsUtility—9317.42/cwt12.00–20.00165
BullsUtility—10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00203
BullsUtility—13520.00/cwt20.00–20.00271
BullsUtility—572.00/cwt2.00–2.0011
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility—8619.57/cwt15.00–26.00177
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,53570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0751
BullsNumber 3—8430.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,89851.05/cwt50.00–52.009692
HeifersNumber 1—9326.63/cwt25.00–30.00253
BullsNumber 1—103194.86/cwt125.00–220.0020124
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—123269.59/cwt250.00–290.003322
BullsNumber 1—122150.31/cwt125.00–175.001832
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8317.32/cwt15.00–20.00146
Bulls——1,77576.91/cwt74.50–81.001,3653
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—10590.00/cwt90.00–90.00951
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—85293.43/cwt290.00–300.002493
BullsNumber 3—7124.95/cwt20.00–30.00183
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—87280.24/cwt240.00–300.002444
BullsNumber 2—80100.00/cwt100.00–100.00802
HeifersNumber 1—10030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsNumber 1—95177.15/cwt125.00–225.0016834
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—115218.15/cwt180.00–255.002512
BullsNumber 3—9030.00/cwt30.00–30.00271
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103231.01/cwt190.00–275.002383
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—12215.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsUtility—7511.71/cwt10.00–15.00910
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7213.01/cwt12.00–15.0093
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—109275.00/cwt275.00–275.003001
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—96100.00/cwt100.00–100.00961
BullsNumber 3—10835.00/cwt35.00–35.00381
BullsNumber 1—113186.02/cwt150.00–210.0021010

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.