Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-05-25

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 25
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 216▼ 64 vs year ago 235 · −27.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
188 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 256▲ 8 vs year ago 180 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 7878 lb Number 3 calf deleted; 9256 lb Utility calf deleted.

Compared to Last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 30.00-40.00 lower with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 24 Feeders, 18 Heifers, 3 Steers, 18 Goats and 3 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—Low1,55372.911,1322thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,55977.741,2127thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65769.581,15341
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36163.0485834
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18653.1963151

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 194160.84/cwt96
BullsNumber 29579.33/cwt7
BullsNumber 38334.15/cwt19
BullsUtility7812.08/cwt31
HeifersNumber 1105216.69/cwt7
HeifersNumber 287125.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8817.48/cwt11

Every lot, as filed

50 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—94227.60/cwt150.00–255.0021413
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—87351.99/cwt48.00–56.004547
CowsLean 85-90%—1,36338.47/cwt30.00–40.005248
BullsUtility—9814.98/cwt10.00–20.00153
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—78215.26/cwt195.00–235.001682
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—80051.50/cwt51.50–51.504121
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36965.07/cwt61.00–67.0089110
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62169.74/cwt65.00–72.001,13023
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,72274.55/cwt73.00–78.001,28411
Bulls——1,55372.91/cwt70.00–75.001,1322
BullsNumber 1—86115.52/cwt80.00–140.009923
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—77540.00/cwt40.00–40.003101
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92064.00/cwt64.00–64.005891
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,55977.74/cwt74.50–80.001,2127
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17148.31/cwt44.00–50.505667
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29063.79/cwt59.50–70.0082315
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—86352.52/cwt52.00–53.004532
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18653.49/cwt51.00–58.0063412
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67461.24/cwt60.00–62.001,0257
BullsUtility—11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—111225.00/cwt210.00–240.002502
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—200220.00/cwt220.00–220.004401
BullsNumber 1—104139.77/cwt90.00–160.0014514
BullsUtility—8417.25/cwt10.00–20.00149
BullsUtility—10420.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—76230.03/cwt225.00–235.001752
BullsNumber 2—9570.00/cwt70.00–70.00672
BullsNumber 1—94133.51/cwt110.00–165.0012526
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,51071.27/cwt69.00–75.001,07610
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36156.66/cwt50.00–60.0077111
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—100140.00/cwt140.00–140.001401
BullsNumber 3—7523.95/cwt20.00–30.00189
BullsNumber 3—10153.32/cwt50.00–55.00543
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—92215.43/cwt200.00–245.001983
BullsUtility—7311.53/cwt10.00–15.0088
BullsUtility—644.68/cwt2.00–5.0039
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—695.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7614.04/cwt12.00–15.00113
BullsNumber 2—8566.76/cwt60.00–70.00573
BullsNumber 1—113136.41/cwt100.00–160.001543
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103243.67/cwt225.00–255.002514
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9421.74/cwt20.00–25.00203
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10321.64/cwt20.00–25.00223
BullsNumber 3—8434.41/cwt20.00–50.00295
BullsNumber 3—9350.65/cwt30.00–70.00472
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—106220.00/cwt220.00–220.002331
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84233.60/cwt205.00–260.001969
BullsNumber 2—11975.00/cwt75.00–75.00891
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—87125.00/cwt125.00–125.001091

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.