Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
236 head
59 vs last sale 177 236 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
199 head
1 vs last sale 198 199 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 Cows and Feeder Dairy Calves , 53 Dairy Cows, 25 Feeder Calves, 24 Heifers, 15 Steers, and 14 Goats 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
BullsAverage1,60370.691,1333thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53751.1578625
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,44046.4366925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27738.3348953

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100101.52/cwt43
BullsNumber 29036.13/cwt31
BullsNumber 39225.35/cwt43
BullsUtility8312.58/cwt60
HeifersNumber 193200.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8514.00/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

37 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-Tubing7910.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
BullsNumber 111272.41/cwt55.00–85.00816
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross141115.00/cwt115.00–115.001621
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95202.55/cwt175.00–220.001924
BullsNumber 28633.91/cwt20.00–40.002918
BullsNumber 38424.09/cwt20.00–30.002016
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
BullsUtility7610.29/cwt10.00–15.00818
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93200.00/cwt200.00–200.001861
BullsNumber 112575.00/cwt75.00–75.00941
BullsNumber 110469.64/cwt45.00–85.007212
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87216.21/cwt190.00–230.001884
BullsNumber 29338.62/cwt30.00–45.003611
BullsNumber 310424.88/cwt20.00–30.00264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44738.78/cwt37.00–40.005613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46059.00/cwt59.00–59.008611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57349.79/cwt45.00–52.0078314
CowsLean 85-90%1,38045.21/cwt42.00–49.0062416
Bulls1,76578.04/cwt75.50–80.001,3772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45045.31/cwt41.00–47.0065713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46254.20/cwt52.00–56.007928
CowsLean 85-90%1,21229.09/cwt22.00–32.5035314
Bulls1,28056.00/cwt56.00–56.007171
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42350.61/cwt49.00–53.507209
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62544.54/cwt44.00–45.007242
CowsLean 85-90%1,52552.00/cwt52.00–52.007931
CowsLean 85-90%1,23238.58/cwt33.00–41.5047522
BullsUtility11815.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsUtility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.001410
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
BullsNumber 19661.89/cwt45.00–95.005912
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross76162.47/cwt115.00–230.001233
BullsNumber 210442.40/cwt40.00–45.00442
BullsNumber 311520.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
BullsNumber 39526.59/cwt20.00–35.002522
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0036
BullsUtility8414.99/cwt10.00–20.001323

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.