Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-17

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 231▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
154 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 240▲ 154 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 13 Heifers, 17 Feeders, 1 Steer, 21 Goats and 4 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
Bulls—Average1,28472.659336thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,73459.531,03219
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47059.4387440
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,29150.8865768

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110094.60/cwt52
BullsNumber 29538.44/cwt28
BullsNumber 39222.18/cwt14
BullsUtility8412.11/cwt52
HeifersNumber 110425.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8215.00/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls——1,30875.38/cwt72.50–80.009863
BullsNumber 1—11278.27/cwt50.00–100.00885
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—7890.00/cwt90.00–90.00701
BullsNumber 2—7015.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 2—10340.98/cwt30.00–50.00425
BullsNumber 3—7615.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
BullsNumber 3—8420.87/cwt20.00–25.00186
BullsUtility—10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00163
BullsUtility—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.00719
Bulls——91359.88/cwt57.00–62.505472
BullsNumber 1—8450.00/cwt50.00–50.00422
BullsNumber 1—10486.05/cwt55.00–110.008919
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105142.82/cwt125.00–165.001505
BullsNumber 2—15420.00/cwt20.00–20.00311
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8215.00/cwt15.00–15.00124
HeifersNumber 1—10425.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45661.50/cwt59.00–65.0089518
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,77756.80/cwt54.00–62.501,00914
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21847.75/cwt45.00–51.0058216
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,51854.42/cwt50.00–58.0082617
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58665.22/cwt64.00–67.001,0344
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27536.13/cwt29.00–43.0046113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35769.04/cwt67.00–71.009375
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2861
CowsLean 85-90%—1,41463.62/cwt61.00–67.009007
CowsLean 85-90%—1,30755.64/cwt52.00–60.5072732
BullsNumber 2—9345.76/cwt35.00–50.004313
BullsNumber 3—10628.87/cwt20.00–35.00314
BullsUtility—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
BullsUtility—8412.85/cwt5.00–15.001114
Bulls——1,95590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7601
BullsNumber 1—9782.83/cwt55.00–110.008016
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84165.94/cwt150.00–180.001394
BullsNumber 2—12030.00/cwt30.00–30.00361
BullsNumber 2—8430.20/cwt20.00–45.00257
BullsNumber 3—9518.29/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsUtility—11315.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility—9314.60/cwt10.00–15.001413

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.