Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-10-15

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 15
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 223▲ 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
198 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 170▲ 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 55 Dairy, 32 Feeder Calves, 8 Heifers,11 Steers, 4 Goats and 2 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—Average1,26565.908345thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56352.0581343
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43750.4072438
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25640.7251156

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19879.47/cwt61
BullsNumber 29135.32/cwt35
BullsNumber 38821.72/cwt17
BullsUtility8312.58/cwt60
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9214.17/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

44 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—10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 1—12080.00/cwt80.00–80.00961
BullsNumber 1—10370.28/cwt50.00–85.007213
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—96148.89/cwt50.00–215.001433
BullsNumber 2—12330.00/cwt30.00–30.00371
BullsNumber 2—8531.67/cwt20.00–40.002716
BullsNumber 3—9620.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—6930.00/cwt30.00–30.00211
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.0034
BullsUtility—7510.23/cwt5.00–12.00822
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8215.00/cwt15.00–15.00122
BullsNumber 1—11465.67/cwt40.00–85.00758
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—77157.94/cwt135.00–180.001222
Bulls——1,20869.78/cwt64.00–74.008432
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48851.33/cwt46.00–55.0076428
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52646.68/cwt44.00–50.007128
CowsLean 85-90%—1,42350.40/cwt48.00–53.507179
Bulls——1,00352.48/cwt50.00–55.005262
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21542.40/cwt36.00–45.005156
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62061.00/cwt61.00–61.009882
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03022.32/cwt20.00–25.002305
BullsUtility—9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001413
BullsUtility—11015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsNumber 3—10523.47/cwt20.00–30.00253
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—8975.00/cwt75.00–75.00671
BullsNumber 2—10434.87/cwt30.00–40.00363
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84201.49/cwt175.00–220.001694
BullsNumber 1—9552.70/cwt35.00–75.005020
BullsNumber 1—8638.33/cwt35.00–40.00336
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—12015.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsUtility—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001318
BullsUtility—10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsNumber 3—8420.74/cwt20.00–25.001712
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—102100.00/cwt100.00–100.001021
BullsNumber 2—9132.31/cwt30.00–35.002913
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104119.02/cwt50.00–185.001244
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15133.59/cwt28.00–37.0038712
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58553.24/cwt50.00–56.0084432
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,03039.00/cwt39.00–39.004021
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41155.87/cwt55.00–56.507884
Bulls——1,90585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,6191
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28543.74/cwt37.50–49.0056230

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.