Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-09-03

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 3
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
28 vs last sale 210 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
191 head
36 vs last sale 227 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 19 Feeder Calves, 11 Steers, 23 Heifers, 13 Sheep, and 1 Goat was 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
BullsAverage1,38279.391,09711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,52058.8389427
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,40956.6379856
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26847.4360290

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19888.19/cwt44
BullsNumber 29234.39/cwt41
BullsNumber 39031.78/cwt14
BullsUtility8011.24/cwt65
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8614.29/cwt7

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
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8715.00/cwt15.00–15.00135
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7110.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,70067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,1391
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60545.00/cwt45.00–45.007221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54554.51/cwt50.00–57.0084214
CowsLean 85-90%1,23045.00/cwt41.50–48.0055423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35253.45/cwt50.00–58.0072337
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46262.55/cwt60.00–65.009148
CowsLean 85-90%1,12336.63/cwt30.00–41.0041118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51162.59/cwt59.00–66.0094618
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52869.95/cwt67.00–74.001,0694
CowsLean 85-90%1,25559.23/cwt57.50–62.007433
CowsLean 85-90%1,34552.10/cwt49.00–57.0070146
Bulls1,64884.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3842
BullsNumber 111371.98/cwt70.00–80.00815
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96167.41/cwt165.00–170.001612
BullsNumber 210430.99/cwt30.00–35.00325
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross6350.00/cwt50.00–50.00321
BullsNumber 38623.04/cwt20.00–30.00205
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross8050.00/cwt50.00–50.00402
BullsUtility8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001310
BullsUtility7510.36/cwt10.00–15.00829
Bulls1,28079.51/cwt79.00–80.001,0182
Bulls1,75794.07/cwt93.00–95.001,6533
BullsNumber 18734.05/cwt30.00–40.00305
BullsNumber 110373.00/cwt55.00–90.007513
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross83155.34/cwt100.00–195.001297
BullsNumber 29332.74/cwt30.00–40.003022
BullsNumber 312825.00/cwt25.00–25.00321
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7765.00/cwt65.00–65.00501
BullsUtility11215.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsUtility9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001411
Bulls94575.00/cwt75.00–75.007091
Bulls1,04363.01/cwt61.00–65.006573
BullsNumber 19756.08/cwt35.00–70.00549
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103158.15/cwt150.00–175.001633
BullsNumber 28730.00/cwt30.00–30.002611
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross8677.47/cwt75.00–80.00672
BullsNumber 39327.95/cwt20.00–40.00265
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00162

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.