Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-01-02

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Thu, Jan 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
26 vs last sale 144 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
204 head
30 vs last sale 234 204 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 20.00-30.00 lower with moderate demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 25 Steers, 11 Heifers, 1 Feeder and 12 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
BullsLow2,02564.001,2961thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,69066.001,1151thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39854.5676342
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,69352.7089225
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26645.8058059

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1101105.72/cwt37
BullsNumber 29331.37/cwt26
BullsNumber 39322.63/cwt19
BullsUtility8813.34/cwt66
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8714.00/cwt10

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
Bulls2,02564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,2961
BullsNumber 19759.32/cwt50.00–80.00586
BullsNumber 111467.03/cwt50.00–80.00767
BullsNumber 110366.65/cwt50.00–80.006912
BullsUtility11515.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility10315.00/cwt15.00–15.001511
CowsLean 85-90%1,28546.64/cwt43.00–51.0059918
CowsLean 85-90%1,37154.06/cwt50.50–62.0074124
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,69066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00133
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9215.00/cwt15.00–15.00145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39956.35/cwt53.00–60.5078827
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,93545.50/cwt45.50–45.508801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63357.19/cwt56.00–59.509346
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70051.61/cwt50.00–54.5087718
CowsLean 85-90%1,09439.52/cwt36.00–42.004328
CowsLean 85-90%1,10227.70/cwt23.00–31.003059
BullsNumber 39423.72/cwt20.00–30.00228
BullsNumber 211235.07/cwt30.00–40.00392
BullsNumber 210436.75/cwt30.00–50.00383
BullsNumber 28624.59/cwt15.00–35.002110
BullsNumber 29435.40/cwt30.00–45.003311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39551.35/cwt48.00–53.0071615
BullsUtility7610.00/cwt10.00–10.00814
BullsUtility9314.41/cwt10.00–15.001317
BullsUtility8413.71/cwt10.00–15.001223
BullsNumber 310820.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsNumber 313720.00/cwt20.00–20.00271
BullsNumber 38619.32/cwt15.00–20.00177
BullsNumber 3Crossbred7115.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross76205.00/cwt195.00–215.001562
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95195.11/cwt185.00–205.001852
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross10250.00/cwt50.00–50.00511
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84193.74/cwt175.00–210.001633
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102181.05/cwt165.00–200.001855

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.