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
BullsLow1,46175.241,0998thin
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 111360.74/cwt50.00–70.00698
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross7585.00/cwt85.00–85.00641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95153.02/cwt150.00–155.001455
BullsNumber 28630.67/cwt30.00–35.002615
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross8279.97/cwt75.00–85.00662
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7430.00/cwt30.00–30.00221
BullsUtility675.84/cwt5.00–10.00412
Bulls1,37272.17/cwt63.00–76.009906
BullsNumber 112265.06/cwt60.00–70.00792
BullsUtility8314.28/cwt10.00–15.001221
BullsUtility10315.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsNumber 38626.11/cwt20.00–30.002214
BullsNumber 29332.86/cwt30.00–45.003116
BullsNumber 211145.00/cwt45.00–45.00501
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82135.18/cwt120.00–150.001112
BullsNumber 19858.37/cwt50.00–70.00579
BullsNumber 114350.00/cwt50.00–50.00721
Bulls1,72884.45/cwt82.00–87.001,4592
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00831
BullsUtility9315.00/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-Tubing9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100150.00/cwt150.00–150.001501
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross9650.00/cwt50.00–50.00481
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8010.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80145.00/cwt145.00–145.001161
BullsNumber 39428.27/cwt20.00–30.002717
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross7670.00/cwt70.00–70.00531
BullsNumber 210445.00/cwt45.00–45.00472
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106155.05/cwt150.00–160.001642
BullsNumber 110463.36/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.