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
BullsLow1,40060.588486thin
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 Cross75200.00/cwt200.00–200.001501
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84194.82/cwt180.00–215.001644
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103162.20/cwt150.00–175.001672
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross111170.00/cwt170.00–170.001891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross91180.00/cwt180.00–180.001641
BullsNumber 1Crossbred7360.00/cwt60.00–60.00441
BullsNumber 29446.70/cwt40.00–50.004412
BullsNumber 28640.76/cwt30.00–50.00356
BullsUtility7510.22/cwt10.00–15.00824
BullsUtility8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001315
BullsUtility655.42/cwt5.00–10.00412
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00166
CowsBoner 80-85%1,73053.00/cwt53.00–53.009171
BullsNumber 110478.35/cwt60.00–95.008115
BullsUtility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00146
BullsNumber 39330.84/cwt20.00–40.002912
BullsNumber 38727.92/cwt20.00–35.00247
BullsNumber 310327.96/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-Tubing9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
HeifersNumber 19725.00/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 19781.68/cwt60.00–110.00797
BullsNumber 111279.01/cwt75.00–80.00885
BullsNumber 18655.00/cwt55.00–55.00471
Bulls1,50959.62/cwt56.00–64.009004
Bulls1,48572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0691
Bulls88053.00/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.