Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-05-14

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 243▲ 305 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
177 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 197▲ 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 compared to last week 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—Average1,37878.471,08124
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,85068.001,2581thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55157.8789827
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38955.7877454
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24147.5159063

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199113.67/cwt36
BullsNumber 29270.81/cwt38
BullsNumber 38740.70/cwt26
BullsUtility8014.53/cwt56
HeifersNumber 192180.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8620.00/cwt4

Every lot

40 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——1,22868.82/cwt62.00–74.008457
Bulls——1,34259.56/cwt58.00–60.007993
Bulls——1,46187.34/cwt78.00–95.001,27614
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%81336.72/cwt30.00–43.002992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10439.62/cwt35.50–42.0043711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12622.61/cwt20.00–28.002555
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26950.07/cwt43.00–57.0063535
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33457.64/cwt55.00–59.5076912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36161.15/cwt59.00–63.0083214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38149.79/cwt46.50–51.006886
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42451.92/cwt50.00–53.007395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43855.74/cwt51.00–59.0080232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55362.95/cwt61.00–66.009788
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59657.09/cwt54.00–68.0091114
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,85068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2581
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8020.00/cwt20.00–20.00162
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing9120.00/cwt20.00–20.00182
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross92180.00/cwt180.00–180.001661
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility656.47/cwt5.00–10.0047
Bulls—Number 172100.00/cwt100.00–100.00721
Bulls—Utility7311.67/cwt10.00–20.00925
Bulls—Number 37531.09/cwt25.00–35.00236
Bulls—Number 18480.16/cwt75.00–85.00673
Bulls—Number 28564.38/cwt50.00–75.005516
Bulls—Number 38539.50/cwt25.00–50.00348
Bulls—Utility8519.12/cwt10.00–25.001611
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross87195.00/cwt195.00–195.001701
Bulls—Number 39346.06/cwt40.00–50.004310
Bulls—Number 29475.05/cwt65.00–85.007117
Bulls—Utility9418.95/cwt5.00–25.00189
Bulls—Number 196106.21/cwt90.00–120.0010214
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross99130.00/cwt130.00–130.001291
Bulls—Number 1103122.53/cwt100.00–135.0012612
Bulls—Number 310447.58/cwt45.00–50.00492
Bulls—Utility10428.55/cwt20.00–45.00303
Bulls—Number 210569.90/cwt60.00–75.00733
Bulls—Utility11110.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
Bulls—Number 1114117.32/cwt100.00–135.001344
Bulls—Number 211595.00/cwt95.00–95.001091
Bulls—Number 212080.00/cwt80.00–80.00961

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.