Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special feeder cattle sale with a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $132.16/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$132.16

7 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 2

$35.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−81.43

vs NY average

−135.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	560	152.41	853	3thin
Medium 2	538	116.97	629	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.43/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

132.16

—

NY average3 barns · 59 hd

213.59

−81.43

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−135.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,895	130.00	2,464	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,215	167.29	2,033	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,050	140.00	1,470	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,048	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	1
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	740	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,462	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	530	188.63/cwt	147.50–227.50	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	532	107.63/cwt	95.00–117.50	573	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	473	140.87/cwt	130.00–153.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	1
Steers	Large 1	800–850	840	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	758	161.26/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	305	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	549	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	360	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	531	1
Heifers	Medium 2	150–200	180	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	590	156.11/cwt	140.00–172.50	921	2
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	672	150.65/cwt	142.50–162.50	1,012	3
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	625	113.63/cwt	90.00–147.50	710	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	433	147.29/cwt	135.00–180.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium 2	200–250	225	117.00/cwt	110.00–125.00	263	2
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	716	137.26/cwt	90.00–170.00	983	4
Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	295	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	391	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	159.47/cwt	150.00–165.00	997	5
Bulls	—	—	1,895	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,464	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,215	167.29/cwt	161.00–177.00	2,033	4
Steers	Select	—	1,050	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium 1	650–700	653	145.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	947	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	620	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium 1Full	700–750	745	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	987	1
Heifers	Medium 2Full	750–800	785	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	460	143.83/cwt	140.00–147.50	662	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	750–800	775	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	783	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	173.75/cwt	165.00–182.50	1,129	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium 1	250–300	285	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	620	1
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	328	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	558	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium 2	750–800	795	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	819	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium 2-3	400–450	435	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	435	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium 2	650–700	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	415	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	550	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	623	179.44/cwt	160.00–200.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	790	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	924	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2-3	350–400	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	585	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	638	1
Dairy Steers	Medium 2-3	600–650	610	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	555	1
Steers	Medium 2	700–750	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	1
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	563	148.51/cwt	125.00–177.50	836	3
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	170.00/cwt	140.00–200.00	723	2
Steers	Medium 1	250–300	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	357	208.95/cwt	197.50–220.00	746	3
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	430	194.03/cwt	175.00–205.00	834	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	1

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.

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