Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-05-07

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
← earliestMay 7May 14 →
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 243▲ 243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
197 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 197▲ 197 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold steady with good demand. Graded Holstein bull calves sold steady with good demand.

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—Average1,33268.959198thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60657.2191948
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34957.0376956
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23552.6665044

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102120.44/cwt44
BullsNumber 29170.53/cwt34
BullsNumber 39141.08/cwt42
BullsUtility8315.12/cwt60
HeifersNumber 18742.41/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7924.00/cwt1

Every lot

37 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11656.02/cwt50.00–60.006254
Bulls——1,14575.00/cwt75.00–75.008591
Bulls——1,68384.17/cwt81.00–87.001,4173
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13050.25/cwt48.00–52.005687
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19150.21/cwt45.00–55.0059816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22937.16/cwt32.00–41.004575
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26757.74/cwt53.00–62.5073223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37555.92/cwt52.00–59.5076928
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38760.76/cwt58.00–64.0084321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50062.03/cwt60.00–67.509309
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54952.51/cwt50.00–54.008135
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64356.62/cwt54.00–60.5093034
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7924.00/cwt24.00–24.00191
Heifers—Number 18742.41/cwt35.00–50.00372
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility635.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
Bulls—Utility7412.45/cwt5.00–20.00917
Bulls—Number 37832.15/cwt25.00–40.00257
Bulls—Number 18385.00/cwt85.00–85.00711
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84130.00/cwt130.00–130.001091
Bulls—Number 28565.30/cwt50.00–85.005613
Bulls—Utility8518.24/cwt15.00–20.001617
Bulls—Number 38745.42/cwt30.00–55.004011
Bulls—Number 39344.48/cwt25.00–55.004117
Bulls—Number 29473.57/cwt60.00–85.006918
Bulls—Utility9418.45/cwt15.00–20.001716
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross95123.81/cwt100.00–150.001182
Bulls—Number 197108.14/cwt80.00–135.0010515
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross102166.58/cwt150.00–175.001703
Bulls—Number 210275.00/cwt75.00–75.00773
Bulls—Number 310232.39/cwt20.00–50.00336
Bulls—Number 1104126.14/cwt110.00–140.0013113
Bulls—Utility10517.54/cwt15.00–20.00182
Bulls—Number 311050.00/cwt50.00–50.00551
Bulls—Number 1114123.59/cwt120.00–130.001417
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross114100.00/cwt100.00–100.001141
Bulls—Number 1122110.00/cwt110.00–110.001341
Bulls—Utility12320.00/cwt20.00–20.00251

This sale against other markets

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.