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Cambridge Livestock Auction

Name: Cambridge Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Slaughter Cattle · Cambridge, New York · Tue, May 5

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975

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Receipts

208 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 233▼ 35 vs year ago 243 · −14.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. In Addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 11 Heifers, 8 Goats and 9 Sheep 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	—	Average	1,515	65.00	985	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,724	54.91	947	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,457	52.84	770	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,261	43.77	552	55

Every lot

10 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,515	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	985	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	32.09/cwt	20.00–37.00	379	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,243	45.41/cwt	39.00–50.00	564	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	38.82/cwt	36.00–41.00	494	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,379	53.23/cwt	50.00–59.50	734	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,459	52.20/cwt	45.00–56.00	762	52
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,484	57.27/cwt	56.00–62.00	850	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	59.02/cwt	58.00–61.00	958	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,742	53.75/cwt	50.00–56.00	936	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	2,023	46.23/cwt	44.50–48.00	935	2

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.

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Cambridge Livestock Auction - Cambridge, NY

Tue May 5, 2020

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

Receipts 208Last week 233Year ago 243

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. In Addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 11 Heifers, 8 Goats and 9 Sheep were sold.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,484	56.00–62.00	57.27
3	—	1,273	36.00–41.00	38.82
52	—	1,459	45.00–56.00	52.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,624	58.00–61.00	59.02
2	—	2,023	44.50–48.00	46.23
17	—	1,742	50.00–56.00	53.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,181	20.00–37.00	32.09
14	—	1,379	50.00–59.50	53.23
26	—	1,243	39.00–50.00	45.41

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.