Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-08-27

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Aug 27
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 226▲ 0 vs year ago 210 · +0.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
227 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 265▲ 0 vs year ago 227 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. 61 Dairy Cattle, 25 Feeder Cattle, 11 Steers, 6 Heifers, and 16 Goats 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
Bulls—High1,20872.0987112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54264.5199535
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41762.1088049
CowsLean 85-90%High1,24947.6259553

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19978.66/cwt40
BullsNumber 29334.36/cwt44
BullsNumber 39120.67/cwt15
BullsUtility7710.11/cwt87
HeifersNumber 179115.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 27250.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8011.65/cwt11

Every lot, as filed

45 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50767.71/cwt66.00–69.501,0205
CowsLean 85-90%—1,33163.41/cwt59.00–67.508447
Bulls——1,55882.91/cwt77.00–85.501,2923
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57665.10/cwt63.00–67.001,02621
Bulls——96559.47/cwt55.00–66.005743
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47858.98/cwt51.00–63.008728
Bulls——87270.24/cwt67.00–74.006123
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51169.81/cwt68.00–74.001,0556
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24952.71/cwt49.50–58.0065819
Bulls——1,71393.63/cwt91.00–95.501,6042
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43463.48/cwt57.00–66.0091033
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24444.02/cwt40.00–48.0054818
Bulls——88040.00/cwt40.00–40.003521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32355.43/cwt51.00–59.0073311
BullsUtility—8413.92/cwt10.00–15.001218
BullsNumber 3—10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00202
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19331.82/cwt30.00–36.003809
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—86137.36/cwt90.00–160.001186
BullsNumber 1—9557.06/cwt40.00–75.00548
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsUtility—645.16/cwt5.00–8.00320
BullsNumber 3—9420.00/cwt20.00–20.00194
BullsNumber 2—11635.11/cwt30.00–40.00412
BullsNumber 1—10365.37/cwt50.00–75.006715
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7511.59/cwt10.00–13.0092
BullsNumber 1—11465.09/cwt50.00–70.00744
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—121135.00/cwt135.00–135.001631
BullsNumber 3—11220.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility—10415.91/cwt5.00–30.00176
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—7250.00/cwt50.00–50.00361
BullsNumber 1—8735.00/cwt35.00–35.00302
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—109130.00/cwt130.00–130.001421
BullsNumber 2—9435.51/cwt30.00–45.003322
BullsUtility—9312.93/cwt5.00–15.00125
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—79115.00/cwt115.00–115.00911
BullsNumber 1—12070.00/cwt70.00–70.00841
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—93145.00/cwt145.00–145.001351
BullsNumber 2—8531.72/cwt30.00–40.002715
BullsUtility—555.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—7175.00/cwt75.00–75.00531
BullsNumber 2—10536.96/cwt30.00–45.00395
BullsNumber 3—8421.25/cwt20.00–25.00188
BullsUtility—759.87/cwt5.00–10.00736
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—645.00/cwt5.00–5.0033

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.