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
BullsAverage1,74472.451,2635thin
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 Cross96265.22/cwt160.00–300.0025511
BullsLight Weight91571.50/cwt71.50–71.506541
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross121240.00/cwt240.00–240.002901
CowsLean 85-90%1,27761.44/cwt59.00–65.5078512
BullsNumber 27850.00/cwt50.00–50.00391
CowsLean 85-90%1,23454.40/cwt50.00–58.0067112
BullsNumber 1136155.00/cwt155.00–155.002111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67861.34/cwt60.00–63.001,02910
BullsNumber 185156.03/cwt95.00–180.0013314
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77040.00/cwt40.00–40.003081
BullsNumber 17682.07/cwt80.00–90.00625
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84342.69/cwt41.50–44.003604
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37063.68/cwt61.00–67.0087218
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89654.51/cwt51.00–57.004887
BullsHeavy Weight2,48060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,4881
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross91285.05/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 Weight90055.23/cwt55.00–55.504972
BullsUtility9317.42/cwt12.00–20.00165
BullsUtility10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00203
BullsUtility13520.00/cwt20.00–20.00271
BullsUtility572.00/cwt2.00–2.0011
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility8619.57/cwt15.00–26.00177
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0751
BullsNumber 38430.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,89851.05/cwt50.00–52.009692
HeifersNumber 19326.63/cwt25.00–30.00253
BullsNumber 1103194.86/cwt125.00–220.0020124
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross123269.59/cwt250.00–290.003322
BullsNumber 1122150.31/cwt125.00–175.001832
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8317.32/cwt15.00–20.00146
Bulls1,77576.91/cwt74.50–81.001,3653
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross10590.00/cwt90.00–90.00951
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85293.43/cwt290.00–300.002493
BullsNumber 37124.95/cwt20.00–30.00183
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87280.24/cwt240.00–300.002444
BullsNumber 280100.00/cwt100.00–100.00802
HeifersNumber 110030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsNumber 195177.15/cwt125.00–225.0016834
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross115218.15/cwt180.00–255.002512
BullsNumber 39030.00/cwt30.00–30.00271
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103231.01/cwt190.00–275.002383
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing12215.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsUtility7511.71/cwt10.00–15.00910
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7213.01/cwt12.00–15.0093
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross109275.00/cwt275.00–275.003001
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross96100.00/cwt100.00–100.00961
BullsNumber 310835.00/cwt35.00–35.00381
BullsNumber 1113186.02/cwt150.00–210.0021010

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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