Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 10
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
2 vs last sale 233 231 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
240 head
68 vs last sale 172 240 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 lower with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 19 Heifers, 26 Steers, 16 Feeders, 1 Dairy, 14 Sheep and 11 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
BullsAverage1,30368.948985thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,51578.001,1821thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58863.001,00017
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42957.2981953
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,25350.8663775

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19895.16/cwt51
BullsNumber 29649.51/cwt29
BullsNumber 39122.71/cwt33
BullsUtility8212.15/cwt100
HeifersNumber 188148.31/cwt3
HeifersNumber 28187.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 39320.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8512.85/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls1,56553.00/cwt53.00–53.008291
Bulls1,22270.90/cwt67.50–73.008663
BullsNumber 210460.00/cwt60.00–60.00627
BullsNumber 29451.19/cwt35.00–60.004813
BullsUtility11015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
HeifersNumber 39320.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61366.96/cwt64.00–71.001,0807
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54858.92/cwt55.00–62.009129
CowsLean 85-90%1,20133.71/cwt30.00–38.004057
HeifersNumber 19725.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9712.49/cwt10.00–15.00122
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40659.92/cwt57.00–65.0084228
CowsLean 85-90%1,31660.76/cwt58.00–64.508008
CowsLean 85-90%1,15345.94/cwt42.50–49.0053015
CowsLean 85-90%1,28353.41/cwt49.00–56.5068545
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,51578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2741
BullsNumber 211450.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsNumber 213045.00/cwt45.00–45.00591
BullsNumber 28636.48/cwt30.00–60.00317
BullsNumber 37620.00/cwt15.00–25.00153
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57267.13/cwt66.00–69.001,0553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43852.61/cwt47.00–56.5075722
BullsNumber 38419.41/cwt15.00–20.00169
BullsNumber 39326.16/cwt20.00–40.002413
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.00312
BullsUtility9315.33/cwt15.00–20.001415
BullsUtility8414.84/cwt10.00–20.001230
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00169
BullsNumber 110384.08/cwt65.00–95.008716
BullsUtility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.00733
BullsNumber 111184.95/cwt80.00–90.00942
BullsNumber 18755.74/cwt50.00–65.00487
BullsNumber 19572.04/cwt60.00–105.006816
BullsNumber 310321.82/cwt15.00–30.00228
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84215.00/cwt215.00–215.001811
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96199.97/cwt190.00–205.001924
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105156.08/cwt125.00–190.001645
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84209.97/cwt205.00–215.001762
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross75100.00/cwt100.00–100.00751
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross8675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
Bulls1,28579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0151

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.