Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-07-16

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jul 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
246 head
47 vs last sale 199 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
215 head
40 vs last sale 255 215 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. 15 Feeder Calves, 21 Goats and 10 Sheep sold in addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves.

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
BullsLow1,29977.171,0027thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,62773.861,2026thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58264.421,01952
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,48162.8793142
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23050.5262279

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110279.53/cwt51
BullsNumber 29039.58/cwt44
BullsNumber 39124.63/cwt14
BullsUtility8110.42/cwt84
HeifersNumber 19372.50/cwt8
HeifersNumber 37347.48/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8313.33/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsUtility8514.44/cwt10.00–15.001218
BullsUtility11112.50/cwt10.00–15.00142
BullsNumber 39228.81/cwt20.00–35.00274
BullsNumber 29340.84/cwt30.00–45.003818
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88170.00/cwt170.00–170.001501
BullsNumber 111373.77/cwt50.00–90.00838
Bulls98563.00/cwt63.00–63.006211
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00319
CowsLean 85-90%1,30456.30/cwt52.00–60.0073428
CowsLean 85-90%1,38862.52/cwt60.00–66.0086810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43069.61/cwt68.00–72.009958
Bulls1,64084.37/cwt81.00–86.001,3843
BullsNumber 112167.57/cwt50.00–85.00822
BullsNumber 110371.59/cwt50.00–90.007419
BullsNumber 210237.96/cwt30.00–45.00395
BullsNumber 311525.00/cwt25.00–25.00292
BullsUtility575.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
BullsUtility9412.69/cwt5.00–15.001213
BullsUtility7510.23/cwt10.00–15.00823
Bulls1,06274.69/cwt73.00–76.007933
BullsNumber 19661.56/cwt45.00–75.005915
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95146.17/cwt100.00–180.001396
BullsNumber 28538.89/cwt30.00–45.003321
BullsNumber 38522.44/cwt20.00–30.00198
BullsUtility10312.15/cwt5.00–15.00137
HeifersNumber 1Crossbred10650.00/cwt50.00–50.00531
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross7347.48/cwt45.00–50.00352
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersNumber 19540.00/cwt40.00–40.00383
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross97185.00/cwt185.00–185.001791
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
HeifersNumber 18540.00/cwt40.00–40.00342
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84145.00/cwt145.00–145.001221
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51663.62/cwt61.00–66.0096422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59164.65/cwt61.00–67.001,02935
CowsLean 85-90%1,15849.00/cwt43.00–54.0056723
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39356.54/cwt52.00–61.0078811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68058.91/cwt56.00–61.009909
CowsLean 85-90%1,12036.82/cwt20.00–43.0041218
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,62773.86/cwt70.00–77.001,2026
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50468.76/cwt66.50–72.001,0349

How this sale compares

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.