Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-12-26

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-26

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Thu, Dec 26

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

144 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 222▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

234 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 221▲ 234 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 with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 6 Feeders, 4 Steers, 7 Heifers and 8 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,565	57.78	904	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,870	65.51	1,225	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,634	52.07	851	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	50.27	701	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,242	41.16	511	54

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	94.22/cwt	63
Bulls	Number 2	91	40.25/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 3	96	22.32/cwt	28
Bulls	Utility	86	12.90/cwt	82

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,290	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	826	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	46.06/cwt	44.00–48.00	704	2
Bulls	—	—	1,915	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,436	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	966	21.54/cwt	20.00–25.00	208	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	995	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	338	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,015	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	396	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	30.88/cwt	25.00–34.00	334	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,249	42.68/cwt	37.00–49.00	533	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,404	55.24/cwt	54.00–59.50	776	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,436	48.89/cwt	43.00–53.00	702	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,448	52.36/cwt	50.00–57.50	758	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,607	58.22/cwt	55.00–65.00	936	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,636	43.86/cwt	37.00–47.00	718	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	51.22/cwt	48.00–54.00	845	12
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,870	65.51/cwt	65.00–66.00	1,225	2
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	69	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	3	1
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	75	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	81	1
Bulls	—	Utility	76	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	8	29
Bulls	—	Utility	84	14.50/cwt	5.00–15.00	12	24
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	85	177.99/cwt	130.00–200.00	151	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	85	36.70/cwt	30.00–50.00	31	12
Bulls	—	Number 3	85	21.49/cwt	20.00–30.00	18	10
Bulls	—	Utility	92	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	14	19
Bulls	—	Number 3	93	22.86/cwt	20.00–30.00	21	7
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	95	172.40/cwt	125.00–190.00	164	5
Bulls	—	Number 1	96	72.20/cwt	55.00–105.00	69	22
Bulls	—	Number 2	96	42.49/cwt	30.00–50.00	41	6
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	79.82/cwt	55.00–105.00	82	21
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	104	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	179	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	23.75/cwt	20.00–30.00	25	8
Bulls	—	Number 2	105	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	53	2
Bulls	—	Utility	105	14.13/cwt	10.00–15.00	15	6
Bulls	—	Number 1Beef Cross	111	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	183	1
Bulls	—	Number 2	112	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	56	1
Bulls	—	Utility	112	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	68.26/cwt	50.00–80.00	78	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	114	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	3
Bulls	—	Utility	122	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	18	1
Bulls	—	Number 1	123	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	86	1
Bulls	—	Utility	159	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	24	1

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cambridge Livestock Auction - Cambridge, NY

Thu Dec 26, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 222Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 234Last week 221Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,915	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,528	44.00–48.00	46.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	65.00–66.00	65.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,436	43.00–53.00	48.89
1	—	1,015	39.00	39.00
10	—	1,404	54.00–59.50	55.24
1	—	995	34.00	34.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,636	37.00–47.00	43.86
7	—	1,607	55.00–65.00	58.22
12	—	1,650	48.00–54.00	51.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,448	50.00–57.50	52.36
31	—	1,249	37.00–49.00	42.68
5	—	966	20.00–25.00	21.54
7	—	1,081	25.00–34.00	30.88

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	123	70.00	70.00
6	—	114	50.00–80.00	68.26
21	—	103	55.00–105.00	79.82
22	—	96	55.00–105.00	72.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	69	5.00	5.00
1	—	112	15.00	15.00
1	—	159	15.00	15.00
1	—	122	15.00	15.00
29	—	76	10.00	10.00
24	—	84	5.00–15.00	14.50
19	—	92	15.00	15.00
6	—	105	10.00–15.00	14.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	96	30.00–50.00	42.49
2	—	105	50.00	50.00
1	—	112	50.00	50.00
12	—	85	30.00–50.00	36.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	95	125.00–190.00	172.40
4	—	85	130.00–200.00	177.99
2	—	104	170.00–175.00	172.40
1	—	111	165.00	165.00
1	—	75	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	85	20.00–30.00	21.49
8	—	104	20.00–30.00	23.75
7	—	93	20.00–30.00	22.86
3	—	114	20.00	20.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.