Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-01-21

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jan 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
19 vs last sale 244 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
155 head
72 vs last sale 227 155 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 21 Steers, 31 Heifers, 3 Feeders, 8 Sheep and 6 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
BullsAverage1,34968.8392910
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,98068.001,3461thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65057.0894236
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44657.0682546
CowsLean 85-90%High1,28851.2065953

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19690.41/cwt53
BullsNumber 29048.50/cwt23
BullsNumber 39826.12/cwt13
BullsUtility8512.39/cwt42
HeifersNumber 178200.00/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8914.29/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

43 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 Cross81205.00/cwt205.00–205.001661
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross75195.00/cwt195.00–195.001461
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross101140.00/cwt140.00–140.001411
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86191.97/cwt175.00–205.001655
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92165.22/cwt125.00–205.001522
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross91130.00/cwt130.00–130.001181
BullsNumber 1Crossbred8555.00/cwt55.00–55.00471
BullsNumber 112172.50/cwt60.00–85.00882
BullsNumber 19570.38/cwt50.00–115.006714
BullsNumber 110498.44/cwt75.00–120.0010212
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00812
BullsUtility9315.00/cwt15.00–15.001411
BullsNumber 18659.17/cwt45.00–65.005112
BullsUtility8514.05/cwt10.00–15.001210
BullsUtility675.00/cwt5.00–5.0034
BullsNumber 39624.92/cwt20.00–30.00244
BullsNumber 38623.79/cwt20.00–30.00204
BullsNumber 310531.66/cwt30.00–35.00333
BullsNumber 311524.89/cwt20.00–30.00292
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66257.97/cwt55.00–61.0096318
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40953.70/cwt50.00–57.0075717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41340.56/cwt40.00–41.005732
BullsNumber 28535.88/cwt30.00–50.003012
BullsNumber 29346.46/cwt35.00–50.00437
BullsNumber 210444.83/cwt40.00–50.00472
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47160.39/cwt58.00–65.0088827
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,98068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,3461
CowsLean 85-90%1,30255.93/cwt52.00–63.5072834
CowsLean 85-90%1,26347.70/cwt45.00–52.0060210
CowsLean 85-90%1,23841.69/cwt39.50–44.505165
CowsLean 85-90%1,29031.57/cwt30.00–34.504074
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9115.00/cwt15.00–15.00144
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65951.38/cwt47.00–53.0085211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60363.76/cwt63.00–65.001,0227
BullsNumber 111284.94/cwt75.00–95.00955
BullsUtility10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00155
Bulls1,50873.06/cwt72.00–74.001,1026
Bulls86554.48/cwt54.00–55.004712
Bulls1,56582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2831
Bulls1,15059.00/cwt59.00–59.006791

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.