Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 29
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
2 vs last sale 236 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
156 head
43 vs last sale 199 156 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 2.00-3.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. In addition 24 Heifers,9 Steers, 28 Feeder Calves, 13 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
BullsAverage1,65272.691,2014thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62648.2178447
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,37246.3663647
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,22636.1344388

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102103.86/cwt48
BullsNumber 29239.15/cwt17
BullsNumber 39024.42/cwt16
BullsUtility7911.43/cwt56
HeifersNumber 111446.67/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8213.57/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

38 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
HeifersNumber 19725.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
BullsNumber 111673.34/cwt50.00–90.00856
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78210.19/cwt200.00–220.001642
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross101196.70/cwt180.00–210.001993
BullsNumber 28536.98/cwt25.00–45.00318
BullsNumber 39325.73/cwt20.00–40.00247
BullsUtility9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001410
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross12290.00/cwt90.00–90.001101
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
BullsNumber 112290.00/cwt90.00–90.001104
BullsNumber 110379.64/cwt65.00–95.008215
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85224.86/cwt220.00–230.001913
BullsNumber 29340.79/cwt35.00–45.00386
BullsNumber 38223.65/cwt20.00–35.00197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26834.49/cwt32.00–37.004372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81056.49/cwt56.00–57.001,0222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63750.38/cwt47.00–55.0082527
CowsLean 85-90%1,10123.44/cwt20.00–27.0025821
Bulls1,48874.58/cwt73.00–76.001,1103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33744.89/cwt40.00–47.0060029
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67645.34/cwt41.50–47.0076014
CowsLean 85-90%1,14533.54/cwt30.00–37.0038418
Bulls2,14567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,4371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44850.52/cwt48.00–54.0073216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27939.42/cwt38.00–40.005044
CowsLean 85-90%1,33148.26/cwt46.00–51.006428
CowsLean 85-90%1,30541.40/cwt37.00–45.0054041
BullsUtility645.49/cwt5.00–10.00410
BullsUtility749.75/cwt5.00–10.00720
HeifersNumber 112425.00/cwt25.00–25.00311
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0072
BullsNumber 19671.95/cwt50.00–95.006913
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92185.16/cwt155.00–215.001702
BullsNumber 210841.68/cwt40.00–45.00453
BullsNumber 310422.55/cwt20.00–25.00232
BullsUtility10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsUtility8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001315

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.