Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-12-03

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 3
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
6 vs last sale 181 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
214 head
6 vs last sale 220 214 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 good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 18 Heifers, 9 Steers, 11 Feeders, 8 Sheep and 1 Goat was 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
BullsAverage1,61368.891,1116thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68555.3093222
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50051.1076645
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,32543.0657154

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110195.37/cwt45
BullsNumber 29342.73/cwt46
BullsNumber 39228.44/cwt19
BullsUtility8211.47/cwt74
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8513.75/cwt8

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-Tubing9615.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
BullsNumber 18848.33/cwt45.00–50.00433
BullsNumber 110480.06/cwt55.00–100.008315
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross108180.00/cwt180.00–180.001941
BullsNumber 211247.54/cwt45.00–50.00532
BullsNumber 29445.05/cwt40.00–50.004219
BullsNumber 39430.80/cwt20.00–40.00296
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00163
BullsUtility7610.00/cwt10.00–10.00824
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7810.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
BullsNumber 112287.51/cwt85.00–90.001072
BullsNumber 19777.06/cwt65.00–90.007510
BullsNumber 1Crossbred11860.00/cwt60.00–60.00711
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84189.55/cwt145.00–220.001594
BullsNumber 28638.97/cwt30.00–50.003419
BullsNumber 310228.37/cwt20.00–35.00293
BullsUtility11115.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility9414.15/cwt10.00–15.001312
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00124
BullsNumber 111286.93/cwt80.00–95.00975
BullsNumber 1Crossbred9535.00/cwt35.00–35.00331
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94177.42/cwt140.00–200.001673
BullsNumber 210545.72/cwt40.00–50.00486
BullsNumber 311420.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
BullsNumber 38427.82/cwt20.00–35.00239
BullsUtility675.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
BullsUtility8413.72/cwt5.00–15.001224
Bulls1,67775.78/cwt71.00–81.001,2713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45752.79/cwt50.00–56.5076928
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67455.40/cwt52.00–60.0092718
CowsLean 85-90%1,19738.38/cwt34.00–42.0045916
Bulls1,72066.49/cwt65.00–69.001,1442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57145.80/cwt42.00–50.0072014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82047.62/cwt45.00–50.008672
CowsLean 85-90%1,53651.53/cwt50.00–53.507925
Bulls1,20553.00/cwt53.00–53.006391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56360.06/cwt58.00–62.009393
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64562.04/cwt61.00–63.001,0212
CowsLean 85-90%1,19131.01/cwt30.00–32.003694
CowsLean 85-90%1,37845.84/cwt42.00–49.0063229

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.