Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-02-18

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
28 vs last sale 183 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
175 head
18 vs last sale 193 175 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 10.00-20.00 higher with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 15 Steers, 12 Heifers, 17 Feeders, 28 Goats and 3 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
BullsAverage1,42973.501,0507thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,77171.821,2726thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74365.091,13536
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,48661.6591654
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27953.6568649

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198105.52/cwt63
BullsNumber 29450.42/cwt12
BullsNumber 39025.53/cwt11
BullsUtility8211.99/cwt58
HeifersNumber 29850.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 17120.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8414.09/cwt11

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
Bulls1,55877.62/cwt74.00–80.001,2094
BullsNumber 170120.00/cwt120.00–120.00841
BullsNumber 112095.00/cwt95.00–95.001141
BullsNumber 1117103.73/cwt65.00–120.001214
CowsLean 85-90%1,22546.29/cwt43.00–51.0056712
CowsLean 85-90%1,21554.51/cwt51.00–57.5066215
HeifersNumber 17120.00/cwt20.00–20.00141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00137
CowsLean 85-90%1,41862.61/cwt59.00–65.5088817
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,77171.82/cwt70.00–74.501,2726
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70358.24/cwt55.00–61.009926
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78369.99/cwt68.00–74.501,2489
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73864.95/cwt62.00–68.001,12921
CowsLean 85-90%1,12738.23/cwt32.00–41.004315
BullsNumber 1105108.29/cwt70.00–135.0011419
BullsUtility10615.00/cwt15.00–15.00163
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43454.69/cwt53.00–56.007846
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44768.47/cwt66.00–74.009917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50061.51/cwt57.00–66.0092341
BullsUtility7510.83/cwt10.00–15.00819
BullsUtility8413.14/cwt5.00–15.001119
BullsNumber 29553.57/cwt40.00–65.00517
BullsNumber 310630.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
BullsNumber 18667.55/cwt50.00–75.005812
BullsNumber 196102.09/cwt70.00–140.009819
BullsNumber 210550.00/cwt50.00–50.00531
BullsNumber 28436.67/cwt30.00–40.00313
BullsNumber 37820.00/cwt20.00–20.00162
BullsNumber 38420.00/cwt20.00–20.00172
BullsNumber 39628.16/cwt15.00–45.00275
BullsUtility9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001411
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93190.07/cwt150.00–210.001773
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross75140.00/cwt140.00–140.001051
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross109145.00/cwt145.00–145.001581
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88177.50/cwt145.00–210.001562
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross10170.00/cwt70.00–70.00711
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7530.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross9850.00/cwt50.00–50.00491
Bulls99560.00/cwt60.00–60.005972
Bulls1,78084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4951

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.