Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-09-17

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 17
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 238▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
210 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 191▲ 210 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 good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 76 Feeder Calves,36 Steers,3 Heifers,21 Goats and 11 Sheep were sold.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,46175.241,0998thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59555.6588738
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,41152.9274747
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,25943.6254963

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110477.50/cwt51
BullsNumber 29036.51/cwt37
BullsNumber 39027.38/cwt32
BullsUtility7810.94/cwt69
HeifersNumber 190147.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 39650.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8913.33/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

40 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
BullsNumber 1—11360.74/cwt50.00–70.00698
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—7585.00/cwt85.00–85.00641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95153.02/cwt150.00–155.001455
BullsNumber 2—8630.67/cwt30.00–35.002615
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—8279.97/cwt75.00–85.00662
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—7430.00/cwt30.00–30.00221
BullsUtility—675.84/cwt5.00–10.00412
Bulls——1,37272.17/cwt63.00–76.009906
BullsNumber 1—12265.06/cwt60.00–70.00792
BullsUtility—8314.28/cwt10.00–15.001221
BullsUtility—10315.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsNumber 3—8626.11/cwt20.00–30.002214
BullsNumber 2—9332.86/cwt30.00–45.003116
BullsNumber 2—11145.00/cwt45.00–45.00501
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—82135.18/cwt120.00–150.001112
BullsNumber 1—9858.37/cwt50.00–70.00579
BullsNumber 1—14350.00/cwt50.00–50.00721
Bulls——1,72884.45/cwt82.00–87.001,4592
BullsUtility—7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00831
BullsUtility—9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21243.63/cwt40.00–48.0052919
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65357.83/cwt56.00–60.009568
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38949.07/cwt45.00–51.0068219
CowsLean 85-90%—1,33351.52/cwt48.00–54.0068720
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53652.56/cwt50.00–55.0080724
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41854.71/cwt52.00–57.0077622
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21733.83/cwt30.00–40.0041221
CowsLean 85-90%—1,36259.51/cwt57.00–61.008113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,75165.11/cwt64.50–66.001,1406
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45758.56/cwt57.00–60.008536
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—100150.00/cwt150.00–150.001501
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—9650.00/cwt50.00–50.00481
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—80145.00/cwt145.00–145.001161
BullsNumber 3—9428.27/cwt20.00–30.002717
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—7670.00/cwt70.00–70.00531
BullsNumber 2—10445.00/cwt45.00–45.00472
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—106155.05/cwt150.00–160.001642
BullsNumber 1—10463.36/cwt50.00–70.006621

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.