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
Bulls—Average1,38279.391,09711
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-Tubing—8715.00/cwt15.00–15.00135
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7110.00/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
Bulls——1,64884.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3842
BullsNumber 1—11371.98/cwt70.00–80.00815
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—96167.41/cwt165.00–170.001612
BullsNumber 2—10430.99/cwt30.00–35.00325
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—6350.00/cwt50.00–50.00321
BullsNumber 3—8623.04/cwt20.00–30.00205
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—8050.00/cwt50.00–50.00402
BullsUtility—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001310
BullsUtility—7510.36/cwt10.00–15.00829
Bulls——1,28079.51/cwt79.00–80.001,0182
Bulls——1,75794.07/cwt93.00–95.001,6533
BullsNumber 1—8734.05/cwt30.00–40.00305
BullsNumber 1—10373.00/cwt55.00–90.007513
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—83155.34/cwt100.00–195.001297
BullsNumber 2—9332.74/cwt30.00–40.003022
BullsNumber 3—12825.00/cwt25.00–25.00321
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—7765.00/cwt65.00–65.00501
BullsUtility—11215.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsUtility—9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001411
Bulls——94575.00/cwt75.00–75.007091
Bulls——1,04363.01/cwt61.00–65.006573
BullsNumber 1—9756.08/cwt35.00–70.00549
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103158.15/cwt150.00–175.001633
BullsNumber 2—8730.00/cwt30.00–30.002611
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—8677.47/cwt75.00–80.00672
BullsNumber 3—9327.95/cwt20.00–40.00265
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility—10515.00/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.