Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-03

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 3
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
12 vs last sale 245 233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
172 head
13 vs last sale 185 172 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, 27 Feeder Calves, 23 Heifers, 13 Steers, 1 Dairy, 2 Goats and 1 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
BullsLow1,58075.281,1899thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,44080.001,1521thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65365.541,08327
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47259.4287557
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25651.4064569

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198105.81/cwt52
BullsNumber 210049.98/cwt17
BullsNumber 39025.47/cwt22
BullsUtility8612.68/cwt66
HeifersNumber 192185.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 39015.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8412.50/cwt6

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,27153.23/cwt49.00–57.0067732
BullsNumber 19581.61/cwt65.00–120.007825
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96187.50/cwt170.00–205.001802
BullsNumber 211145.00/cwt45.00–45.00501
BullsNumber 210748.62/cwt40.00–60.00524
BullsNumber 310421.18/cwt15.00–30.00224
BullsUtility11015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility10515.80/cwt15.00–20.00176
BullsUtility9414.34/cwt10.00–15.001315
Bulls1,55875.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1693
BullsNumber 1113103.56/cwt85.00–110.001177
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112180.00/cwt180.00–180.002021
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross83211.37/cwt190.00–225.001754
BullsNumber 28542.83/cwt30.00–60.00364
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross115100.00/cwt100.00–100.001151
BullsNumber 38324.09/cwt20.00–30.002010
BullsUtility13517.00/cwt17.00–17.00231
BullsUtility759.65/cwt5.00–10.00715
Bulls1,12561.00/cwt61.00–61.006862
BullsNumber 110588.92/cwt65.00–115.00937
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross77145.00/cwt145.00–145.001121
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104179.28/cwt155.00–205.001862
BullsNumber 214430.00/cwt30.00–30.00431
BullsNumber 29551.49/cwt35.00–65.00496
BullsNumber 39229.34/cwt20.00–40.00278
BullsUtility12910.00/cwt10.00–10.00131
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross99220.00/cwt220.00–220.002181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7110.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84150.00/cwt150.00–150.001261
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing675.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00133
HeifersNumber 39015.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10615.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48461.36/cwt57.00–65.0091136
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64767.35/cwt65.00–72.501,10915
CowsLean 85-90%1,15143.91/cwt40.00–48.0050519
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42754.85/cwt50.00–57.0078319
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64561.03/cwt57.00–64.001,00410
CowsLean 85-90%1,37659.81/cwt56.00–65.5082315
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,44080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,68367.95/cwt67.00–69.001,1442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73574.46/cwt74.00–75.001,2922
CowsLean 85-90%1,15837.16/cwt36.00–39.004303
BullsUtility8515.25/cwt15.00–20.001320
BullsNumber 18670.08/cwt65.00–75.00603
Bulls1,82382.64/cwt78.00–85.001,5074

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.