Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-05-11

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 11
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
51 vs last sale 198 86 vs year ago 233 · 36.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
184 head
18 vs last sale 202 35 vs year ago 149 · +23.5%
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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 12 Feeders, 10 Heifers, 5 Steers, 17 Sheep and 4 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
BullsAverage1,77970.601,2565thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60963.621,02442
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41261.8387335
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26954.8569642

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197188.08/cwt105
BullsNumber 29777.50/cwt2
BullsNumber 39039.49/cwt13
BullsUtility7612.31/cwt35
HeifersNumber 190267.13/cwt12
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8115.46/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsUtility9320.00/cwt20.00–20.00193
BullsUtility8617.63/cwt15.00–20.00155
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
BullsUtility7514.51/cwt10.00–25.001113
BullsUtility562.00/cwt2.00–2.0012
BullsUtility10320.00/cwt20.00–20.00212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49271.08/cwt70.00–72.001,0613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74858.69/cwt54.00–61.001,0269
CowsLean 85-90%1,26554.47/cwt50.00–58.0068911
CowsLean 85-90%1,32762.07/cwt59.00–66.0082420
CowsLean 85-90%1,18242.84/cwt41.00–45.005066
CowsLean 85-90%1,29735.57/cwt30.00–38.004613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33957.88/cwt55.00–60.5077512
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight95555.00/cwt55.00–55.005251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55549.50/cwt49.50–49.507701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58064.86/cwt62.00–70.001,02529
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92349.74/cwt49.50–50.004592
BullsNumber 1138130.00/cwt130.00–130.001791
BullsNumber 179117.50/cwt115.00–120.00932
Bulls1,62574.34/cwt70.00–77.501,2083
Bulls1,46080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1681
BullsHeavy Weight2,56050.00/cwt50.00–50.001,2801
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47164.02/cwt61.00–68.0094221
BullsNumber 1116173.49/cwt125.00–190.002016
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross77310.06/cwt305.00–315.002392
BullsNumber 195171.89/cwt100.00–225.0016334
BullsNumber 1105180.10/cwt100.00–225.0018917
BullsNumber 186148.05/cwt90.00–190.0012722
BullsNumber 1121175.00/cwt175.00–175.002121
BullsNumber 28180.00/cwt80.00–80.00651
BullsNumber 211375.00/cwt75.00–75.00851
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84266.35/cwt240.00–295.002242
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95263.28/cwt200.00–295.002509
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross115226.85/cwt190.00–265.002612
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105275.80/cwt265.00–290.002907
BullsNumber 310355.00/cwt55.00–55.00571
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8216.54/cwt15.00–18.00142
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85315.00/cwt315.00–315.002682
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross75269.73/cwt210.00–305.002023
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104273.33/cwt270.00–275.002843
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95260.93/cwt195.00–290.002484
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7311.71/cwt10.00–15.0093
BullsNumber 315860.00/cwt60.00–60.00951
BullsNumber 39236.50/cwt30.00–50.00343
BullsNumber 37525.15/cwt20.00–40.00194
BullsNumber 38447.07/cwt30.00–60.00404

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.