Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-01-28

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jan 28
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
31 vs last sale 225 194 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
202 head
47 vs last sale 155 202 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 2.00- 4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 25 Steers, 27 Heifers, 25 Feeders and 2 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
BullsHigh1,16971.948419thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,71173.151,25211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,66462.171,03439
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44360.4587239
CowsLean 85-90%High1,28353.7268946

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19799.05/cwt68
BullsNumber 29747.45/cwt12
BullsNumber 39522.52/cwt20
BullsUtility8712.74/cwt68
HeifersNumber 194157.30/cwt7
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9114.29/cwt14

Every lot, as filed

47 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
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94194.87/cwt150.00–210.001835
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross106170.00/cwt170.00–170.001801
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87194.86/cwt170.00–220.001702
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94173.79/cwt125.00–210.001633
Bulls1,51892.14/cwt90.00–96.001,3992
Bulls1,27776.13/cwt74.00–79.009723
Bulls91458.70/cwt57.00–61.005374
BullsNumber 1111104.93/cwt95.00–115.001165
BullsNumber 18763.21/cwt45.00–75.00558
BullsNumber 110498.12/cwt65.00–130.0010220
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7910.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00133
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00148
CowsLean 85-90%1,32258.28/cwt52.00–66.0077033
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,71173.15/cwt69.00–77.001,25211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72546.00/cwt46.00–46.007941
CowsLean 85-90%1,23243.43/cwt39.50–46.005358
HeifersNumber 19620.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44057.48/cwt54.00–61.0082819
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65854.88/cwt53.00–56.009104
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62259.70/cwt58.00–61.0096811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68265.33/cwt62.00–69.001,09923
CowsLean 85-90%1,14048.82/cwt48.00–50.005572
CowsLean 85-90%1,08234.34/cwt30.00–37.003723
BullsNumber 311215.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsNumber 19475.55/cwt50.00–125.007125
BullsNumber 310422.08/cwt20.00–30.00235
BullsNumber 211540.00/cwt40.00–40.00461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47353.26/cwt53.00–53.507852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44364.39/cwt61.00–70.0092918
BullsUtility10415.03/cwt5.00–20.00169
BullsNumber 27830.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsUtility8514.74/cwt10.00–15.001319
BullsNumber 210549.95/cwt35.00–60.00523
BullsNumber 29449.93/cwt40.00–60.00477
BullsNumber 37820.00/cwt20.00–20.00161
BullsUtility759.76/cwt5.00–15.00720
BullsNumber 38120.00/cwt20.00–20.00164
BullsUtility9514.03/cwt1.00–15.001315
BullsNumber 39426.24/cwt20.00–30.00258
BullsUtility11115.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0033
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross81160.00/cwt160.00–160.001301
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103175.00/cwt175.00–175.001801
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross129165.00/cwt165.00–165.002131
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross77189.81/cwt175.00–205.001462

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.