Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-01-14

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jan 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 210▲ 244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
227 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 188▲ 227 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 35 feeders, 19 Steers, 12 Heifers, 12 Goats and 5 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—Average1,46972.591,0668thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,56561.009553thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70554.2792529
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45750.8174031
CowsLean 85-90%High1,26139.3949743

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110195.08/cwt53
BullsNumber 29543.32/cwt21
BullsNumber 39422.58/cwt37
BullsUtility8512.48/cwt87
HeifersNumber 190158.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 27375.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 39320.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9015.00/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,65058.00/cwt58.00–58.009571
BullsNumber 1—10472.48/cwt50.00–105.007519
BullsNumber 1—9669.64/cwt50.00–130.006713
BullsNumber 2—10238.84/cwt15.00–50.00404
BullsNumber 1—12589.88/cwt85.00–95.001122
CowsLean 85-90%—1,39354.17/cwt52.00–56.007553
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67256.42/cwt53.00–60.0094318
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,76849.73/cwt45.00–52.0087910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,66561.00/cwt61.00–61.001,0161
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24530.49/cwt25.00–35.0038012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40352.92/cwt50.00–57.0074220
HeifersNumber 3—9320.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00136
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,56561.00/cwt61.00–61.009553
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25539.14/cwt35.00–43.0049120
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25347.80/cwt45.00–51.005998
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—11815.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsNumber 3—9423.73/cwt15.00–30.002223
BullsNumber 1—11085.00/cwt85.00–85.00941
BullsNumber 1—8753.34/cwt50.00–55.00463
Bulls——1,65375.28/cwt72.00–78.001,2444
Bulls——1,21354.52/cwt54.00–55.006612
Bulls——1,35585.26/cwt82.00–90.001,1552
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—7375.00/cwt75.00–75.00551
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—102160.00/cwt160.00–160.001631
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—88190.00/cwt190.00–190.001671
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—79125.00/cwt125.00–125.00991
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—110165.00/cwt165.00–165.001821
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—102134.28/cwt40.00–185.001374
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—78173.39/cwt140.00–200.001353
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—91189.92/cwt175.00–205.001732
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—140145.00/cwt145.00–145.002031
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—121155.00/cwt155.00–155.001881
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—9550.00/cwt50.00–50.00481
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—85195.00/cwt195.00–195.001662
BullsNumber 2—11450.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsUtility—7510.00/cwt5.00–15.00827
BullsUtility—8414.62/cwt10.00–15.001226
BullsUtility—9614.34/cwt5.00–15.001415
BullsUtility—10315.00/cwt15.00–15.001510
BullsUtility—655.75/cwt5.00–10.0047
BullsNumber 1—14540.00/cwt40.00–40.00581
BullsUtility—11215.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsNumber 3—8719.36/cwt15.00–20.00178
BullsNumber 3—10322.44/cwt15.00–30.00236
BullsNumber 2—9444.95/cwt30.00–50.004211
BullsNumber 2—8639.99/cwt30.00–45.00344
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,54545.87/cwt40.00–50.0070910

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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