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
Bulls—Average1,56377.961,2193thin
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 Cross—95172.30/cwt105.00–220.001643
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—106185.00/cwt185.00–185.001962
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—82207.52/cwt205.00–210.001702
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—79200.00/cwt200.00–200.001581
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—8275.00/cwt75.00–75.00621
BullsNumber 2—14850.00/cwt50.00–50.00741
BullsNumber 2—11955.00/cwt55.00–55.00651
BullsNumber 2—10555.00/cwt55.00–55.00581
BullsNumber 3—8325.11/cwt20.00–30.00217
BullsNumber 3—12125.00/cwt25.00–25.00301
BullsNumber 3—10030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsUtility—8414.21/cwt5.00–15.001219
BullsNumber 1—10387.00/cwt60.00–100.009023
BullsNumber 1—9481.35/cwt70.00–115.007622
BullsNumber 3—7620.00/cwt20.00–20.00151
BullsNumber 2—9352.43/cwt40.00–60.004912
BullsNumber 2—8541.19/cwt30.00–50.00355
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35862.51/cwt61.00–65.0084910
BullsNumber 1—8766.75/cwt50.00–75.00589
BullsNumber 1—11493.63/cwt70.00–100.001077
BullsNumber 1—12285.00/cwt85.00–85.001041
Bulls——1,52074.94/cwt73.00–77.001,1392
Bulls——1,65084.00/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-Tubing—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
HeifersNumber 1—13520.00/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-Tubing—8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00139
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0073
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10715.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
BullsNumber 3—9135.00/cwt35.00–35.00321
BullsUtility—7510.87/cwt10.00–15.00818
BullsUtility—9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00147
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.0033
BullsUtility—11515.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility—10715.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—76140.00/cwt140.00–140.001061
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83209.88/cwt200.00–220.001742
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—94194.79/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.