Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-04-14

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Apr 14
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Receipts
169 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 176▲ 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* This report included the price of Slaughter Cattle only due to current conditions. Reporting of Feeder Dairy Calves will resume in the future *

In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves , 8 Heifers, 5 Feeders, 6 Steers, 3 Sheep and 3 Goats were sold.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,19563.607603thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,73756.8898823
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39453.9775244
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18846.4355260

Every lot

11 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,19563.60/cwt63.00–65.007603
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89030.54/cwt28.50–33.002725
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07838.18/cwt33.50–41.0041211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24853.94/cwt50.00–57.0067324
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25145.94/cwt42.00–49.0057520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32949.06/cwt45.00–51.5065214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42060.08/cwt58.00–64.008536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42655.30/cwt52.00–57.5078924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70054.83/cwt53.00–57.0093213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71550.34/cwt50.00–51.008633
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,81663.50/cwt60.00–67.001,1537

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.