Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-24

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
8 vs last sale 168 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
155 head
1 vs last sale 154 155 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 2 Dairy Cows, 4 Heifers, 1 Feeder, 22 Goats and 7 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
BullsAverage1,46577.001,1286thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78674.151,3246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63263.241,03231
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,43762.7090157
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21054.6066161

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110283.08/cwt39
BullsNumber 29246.16/cwt38
BullsNumber 39219.65/cwt15
BullsUtility8412.39/cwt46
HeifersNumber 19352.50/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7611.43/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00124
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross117150.00/cwt150.00–150.001761
HeifersNumber 17515.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersNumber 18820.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing625.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
HeifersNumber 19225.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
CowsLean 85-90%1,21056.10/cwt52.00–60.0067928
CowsLean 85-90%1,14538.85/cwt32.00–43.004454
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70470.04/cwt68.50–72.001,1936
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38653.90/cwt50.00–58.007477
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78674.15/cwt71.00–77.001,3246
CowsLean 85-90%1,30464.50/cwt61.00–69.0084113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58865.57/cwt64.00–67.001,04112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45667.33/cwt66.00–70.0098015
CowsLean 85-90%1,14947.87/cwt45.00–51.0055016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64057.96/cwt51.00–63.0095113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43962.47/cwt59.00–65.0089935
BullsUtility759.50/cwt5.00–10.00710
BullsUtility11715.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsNumber 37715.00/cwt15.00–15.00123
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross9095.00/cwt95.00–95.00861
BullsNumber 210244.15/cwt40.00–50.00456
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94130.16/cwt120.00–140.001222
BullsNumber 110381.74/cwt70.00–90.008417
BullsNumber 111570.13/cwt60.00–80.00812
Bulls91062.00/cwt62.00–62.005642
BullsUtility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.001412
BullsUtility10115.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
BullsNumber 38420.00/cwt20.00–20.00174
BullsNumber 310030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsNumber 28644.31/cwt40.00–50.003815
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross127117.50/cwt115.00–120.001492
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84125.00/cwt125.00–125.001051
BullsNumber 18650.00/cwt50.00–50.00433
Bulls1,74382.11/cwt81.00–83.001,4312
BullsUtility8514.32/cwt10.00–15.001215
BullsUtility665.86/cwt5.00–10.0046
BullsNumber 39519.96/cwt15.00–30.00195
BullsNumber 311620.00/cwt20.00–20.00232
BullsNumber 29445.96/cwt30.00–55.004315
BullsNumber 211040.00/cwt40.00–40.00441
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110120.00/cwt120.00–120.001321
BullsNumber 19773.98/cwt60.00–90.007210
BullsNumber 112280.00/cwt80.00–80.00981
Bulls1,74386.90/cwt86.00–88.001,5152

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.