Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-05-18

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
216 head
69 vs last sale 147 42 vs year ago 258 · 16.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
256 head
72 vs last sale 184 87 vs year ago 169 · +51.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 39 Feeders, 16 Steers, 10 Heifers, 12 Sheep and 5 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
BullsLow1,33581.521,08813
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,51881.291,2343thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60670.271,12926
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33765.6487832
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25061.1576530

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197196.50/cwt116
BullsNumber 291111.67/cwt3
BullsNumber 38336.25/cwt13
BullsUtility7511.62/cwt34
HeifersNumber 184220.22/cwt21
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8216.34/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 1131100.00/cwt100.00–100.001311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22459.75/cwt56.00–61.507316
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95260.20/cwt155.00–290.0024718
CowsLean 85-90%1,28656.82/cwt53.00–60.007318
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105234.77/cwt130.00–275.002474
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61274.19/cwt71.50–77.001,19610
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93220.82/cwt180.00–270.002053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35571.53/cwt69.00–75.5096911
BullsNumber 1123133.24/cwt125.00–145.001643
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94064.00/cwt64.00–64.006021
BullsNumber 120270.00/cwt70.00–70.001411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97050.00/cwt50.00–50.004851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07544.00/cwt44.00–44.004731
CowsLean 85-90%1,26150.44/cwt50.00–52.506365
Bulls1,24272.81/cwt72.00–75.009043
Bulls1,34982.93/cwt78.00–87.001,1199
CowsLean 85-90%1,26767.58/cwt61.00–78.0085615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1041
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight97565.03/cwt62.00–68.006342
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,51881.29/cwt80.00–84.501,2343
BullsNumber 1104188.93/cwt115.00–270.0019619
BullsUtility552.00/cwt2.00–2.0011
BullsUtility9715.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsUtility10115.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsUtility645.40/cwt5.00–10.00313
BullsUtility7613.41/cwt10.00–15.00106
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112254.67/cwt225.00–275.002853
BullsNumber 183146.41/cwt105.00–175.0012213
BullsNumber 38545.51/cwt20.00–70.00395
BullsNumber 39527.38/cwt25.00–30.00262
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross103150.00/cwt150.00–150.001551
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9219.50/cwt18.00–20.00184
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross75243.15/cwt150.00–300.001825
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8217.75/cwt15.00–20.00154
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84233.70/cwt110.00–270.0019612
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7514.02/cwt12.00–15.00113
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101270.00/cwt270.00–270.002731
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing685.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 114392.40/cwt85.00–100.001322
BullsNumber 36920.00/cwt20.00–20.00141
BullsNumber 194168.47/cwt100.00–215.0015828
BullsNumber 310135.00/cwt35.00–35.00351
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85262.20/cwt225.00–290.0022312
BullsNumber 37433.49/cwt20.00–45.00254
Bulls1,49095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4161
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross91140.00/cwt140.00–140.001271
BullsUtility8517.70/cwt10.00–20.001512
BullsNumber 27945.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
BullsNumber 17985.00/cwt85.00–85.00671
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross74177.55/cwt100.00–250.001315
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59168.21/cwt65.00–70.001,08515
BullsNumber 1112165.96/cwt125.00–200.001866
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46065.09/cwt62.00–68.0095012

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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