Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-11-05

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Nov 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
7 vs last sale 238 231 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
165 head
9 vs last sale 156 165 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 3.00-4.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cows and Feeder Dairy Calves 17 Heifers, 9 Steers, 31 Feeder Calves, 19 Goats and 5 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
BullsAverage1,48962.8593610
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,26061.007691thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60744.0770841
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39843.0360141
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27135.0844680

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198112.83/cwt52
BullsNumber 28939.73/cwt19
BullsNumber 39026.06/cwt19
BullsUtility8111.44/cwt49
HeifersNumber 190125.00/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8311.99/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls1,66470.94/cwt68.00–73.001,1805
BullsNumber 110380.10/cwt60.00–105.008314
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross77157.49/cwt125.00–195.001213
BullsNumber 210435.00/cwt35.00–35.00361
BullsNumber 37920.00/cwt20.00–20.00162
BullsNumber 39331.24/cwt20.00–40.00294
BullsUtility10115.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsUtility8513.49/cwt5.00–15.001113
Bulls98047.93/cwt37.00–58.004703
BullsNumber 111480.22/cwt60.00–95.00913
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84217.56/cwt215.00–220.001832
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94197.25/cwt155.00–215.001859
BullsNumber 28639.58/cwt30.00–45.003413
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83225.00/cwt225.00–225.001872
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8815.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
HeifersNumber 19725.00/cwt25.00–25.00242
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing737.47/cwt5.00–10.0052
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44840.72/cwt36.00–45.0059021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55541.75/cwt40.00–43.0064912
CowsLean 85-90%1,20433.94/cwt28.00–38.0040920
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,26061.00/cwt61.00–61.007691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37146.91/cwt44.00–52.5064318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44534.04/cwt32.00–36.004926
CowsLean 85-90%1,38550.26/cwt47.50–53.506962
CowsLean 85-90%1,32641.37/cwt34.00–47.0054937
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11032.31/cwt30.50–34.003592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79955.00/cwt54.00–56.009894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65146.41/cwt42.00–50.0076619
CowsLean 85-90%1,22723.62/cwt20.00–28.0029021
BullsNumber 311517.47/cwt15.00–20.00202
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7950.00/cwt50.00–50.00401
BullsUtility9414.00/cwt5.00–15.001310
Bulls1,81365.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1782
BullsNumber 112380.00/cwt80.00–80.00981
BullsNumber 19666.32/cwt50.00–95.006417
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104205.00/cwt205.00–205.002133
BullsNumber 29441.07/cwt35.00–45.00395
BullsNumber 310230.00/cwt30.00–30.00312
BullsNumber 38423.15/cwt20.00–30.00198
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.0036
BullsUtility7510.28/cwt10.00–15.00818

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.