Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-12-17

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 299▲ 222 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
221 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 234▲ 221 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 3.00-5.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 31 Feeder Calves, 34 Heifers, 5 Steers, 17 Goats and 9 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
Bulls—Low1,40060.588486thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61447.8677235
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41245.4664239
CowsLean 85-90%High1,26236.0245552

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100100.29/cwt37
BullsNumber 29144.72/cwt18
BullsNumber 39329.39/cwt24
BullsUtility8011.35/cwt63
HeifersNumber 186112.50/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9015.00/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1Beef Cross—75200.00/cwt200.00–200.001501
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84194.82/cwt180.00–215.001644
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103162.20/cwt150.00–175.001672
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—111170.00/cwt170.00–170.001891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—91180.00/cwt180.00–180.001641
BullsNumber 1Crossbred—7360.00/cwt60.00–60.00441
BullsNumber 2—9446.70/cwt40.00–50.004412
BullsNumber 2—8640.76/cwt30.00–50.00356
BullsUtility—7510.22/cwt10.00–15.00824
BullsUtility—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001315
BullsUtility—655.42/cwt5.00–10.00412
BullsUtility—10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00166
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,73053.00/cwt53.00–53.009171
BullsNumber 1—10478.35/cwt60.00–95.008115
BullsUtility—9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00146
BullsNumber 3—9330.84/cwt20.00–40.002912
BullsNumber 3—8727.92/cwt20.00–35.00247
BullsNumber 3—10327.96/cwt20.00–35.00295
CowsLean 85-90%—1,37347.02/cwt44.00–52.006467
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59249.78/cwt47.00–52.0079216
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65243.33/cwt35.00–46.0071614
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57554.39/cwt53.00–56.008575
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44646.95/cwt45.00–50.5067923
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33942.67/cwt37.00–45.0057115
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
HeifersNumber 1—9725.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16428.71/cwt25.00–32.0033419
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29241.11/cwt38.00–43.0053113
CowsLean 85-90%—1,31635.70/cwt33.00–40.0047013
BullsNumber 1—9781.68/cwt60.00–110.00797
BullsNumber 1—11279.01/cwt75.00–80.00885
BullsNumber 1—8655.00/cwt55.00–55.00471
Bulls——1,50959.62/cwt56.00–64.009004
Bulls——1,48572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0691
Bulls——88053.00/cwt53.00–53.004661

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.