Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-02-04

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
245 head
51 vs last sale 194 245 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
192 head
10 vs last sale 202 192 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 7 Feeders, 13 Steers, 20 Heifers and 8 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
BullsAverage1,56377.961,2193thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,79369.901,2532thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63358.2195033
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41156.1779369
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,27550.5664550

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19894.77/cwt70
BullsNumber 29649.76/cwt20
BullsNumber 38830.06/cwt12
BullsUtility8212.56/cwt49
HeifersNumber 194161.56/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8513.06/cwt18

Every lot, as filed

48 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 Cross95172.30/cwt105.00–220.001643
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106185.00/cwt185.00–185.001962
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82207.52/cwt205.00–210.001702
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross79200.00/cwt200.00–200.001581
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross8275.00/cwt75.00–75.00621
BullsNumber 214850.00/cwt50.00–50.00741
BullsNumber 211955.00/cwt55.00–55.00651
BullsNumber 210555.00/cwt55.00–55.00581
BullsNumber 38325.11/cwt20.00–30.00217
BullsNumber 312125.00/cwt25.00–25.00301
BullsNumber 310030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsUtility8414.21/cwt5.00–15.001219
BullsNumber 110387.00/cwt60.00–100.009023
BullsNumber 19481.35/cwt70.00–115.007622
BullsNumber 37620.00/cwt20.00–20.00151
BullsNumber 29352.43/cwt40.00–60.004912
BullsNumber 28541.19/cwt30.00–50.00355
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35862.51/cwt61.00–65.0084910
BullsNumber 18766.75/cwt50.00–75.00589
BullsNumber 111493.63/cwt70.00–100.001077
BullsNumber 112285.00/cwt85.00–85.001041
Bulls1,52074.94/cwt73.00–77.001,1392
Bulls1,65084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3861
CowsLean 85-90%1,06433.33/cwt32.00–36.003554
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65757.90/cwt55.00–61.0095917
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63162.74/cwt61.00–65.001,02311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55449.28/cwt47.00–50.007665
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43457.01/cwt53.00–60.0081844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37849.50/cwt44.00–52.0068215
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
HeifersNumber 113520.00/cwt20.00–20.00271
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,79369.90/cwt67.00–73.001,2532
CowsLean 85-90%1,32857.86/cwt52.00–67.0076827
CowsLean 85-90%1,23941.64/cwt36.00–45.0051613
CowsLean 85-90%1,25548.50/cwt47.00–50.006096
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00139
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0073
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10715.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
BullsNumber 39135.00/cwt35.00–35.00321
BullsUtility7510.87/cwt10.00–15.00818
BullsUtility9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00147
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0033
BullsUtility11515.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility10715.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross76140.00/cwt140.00–140.001061
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83209.88/cwt200.00–220.001742
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94194.79/cwt190.00–200.001832

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.