Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Nov 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 231▲ 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
196 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 165▲ 196 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 4.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 20.00-40.00 lower with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 18 Heifers, 27 Feeder Calves, 6 Steers, 6 Sheep and 3 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
Bulls—Low1,31860.7980114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,62654.6488830
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,42853.0575850
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15238.2044060

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1101112.58/cwt45
BullsNumber 29440.36/cwt29
BullsNumber 38923.86/cwt18
BullsUtility8211.87/cwt67
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8512.86/cwt7

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
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsNumber 1—9654.07/cwt50.00–65.00525
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104188.65/cwt185.00–195.001964
BullsNumber 2—11235.00/cwt35.00–35.00391
BullsNumber 2—9443.57/cwt40.00–50.004114
BullsNumber 3—8620.97/cwt20.00–25.001810
BullsUtility—10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00154
BullsUtility—7610.00/cwt10.00–10.00821
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
BullsNumber 1—12261.23/cwt60.00–65.00754
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—79210.00/cwt210.00–210.001662
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94193.74/cwt170.00–215.001826
BullsNumber 2—8636.70/cwt25.00–40.00329
Bulls——1,26566.52/cwt66.00–67.008412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23543.27/cwt38.50–47.005349
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57047.60/cwt44.00–50.007477
CowsLean 85-90%—1,38352.17/cwt50.50–55.007228
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01930.43/cwt23.00–35.0031024
Bulls——1,28362.12/cwt61.00–63.007972
Bulls——1,64473.11/cwt71.50–76.001,2024
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44257.29/cwt56.00–61.0082625
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67754.90/cwt52.00–57.0092112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13837.76/cwt35.00–42.5043018
Bulls——1,10346.28/cwt43.00–49.005102
Bulls——1,14452.19/cwt46.00–56.005974
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,51451.94/cwt47.00–55.5078616
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60558.84/cwt58.00–60.0094411
CowsLean 85-90%—1,30946.48/cwt44.00–48.5060810
BullsNumber 3—9323.31/cwt20.00–30.00226
BullsUtility—11315.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0073
BullsNumber 1—11265.02/cwt60.00–70.00734
BullsNumber 1—10464.01/cwt50.00–70.006715
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—86198.73/cwt160.00–215.001715
BullsNumber 2—10339.03/cwt35.00–40.00405
BullsNumber 3—10730.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—8350.00/cwt50.00–50.00421
BullsUtility—9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00149
BullsUtility—8414.77/cwt10.00–15.001221

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.