Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-06-30

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jun 30
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
18 vs last sale 212 38 vs year ago 232 · 16.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
223 head
23 vs last sale 200 17 vs year ago 206 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 10 Dairy Cows, 10 Heifers, 4 Steers, 12 Feeders, 15 Goats and 9 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
BullsHigh1,42686.851,23912
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,88077.001,4481thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56864.131,00627
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33661.8682656
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17950.5259561

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19699.95/cwt96
BullsNumber 29049.48/cwt30
BullsNumber 39326.80/cwt20
BullsUtility8212.14/cwt47
HeifersNumber 191121.49/cwt7
HeifersNumber 35315.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7812.81/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

52 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
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross6960.00/cwt60.00–60.00411
BullsNumber 113070.00/cwt70.00–70.00911
Bulls1,62593.68/cwt92.00–98.001,5223
BullsNumber 19594.15/cwt75.00–115.008932
BullsNumber 211770.00/cwt70.00–70.00821
BullsNumber 37720.00/cwt20.00–20.00151
BullsUtility11315.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility7510.29/cwt10.00–15.00818
Bulls1,43376.72/cwt71.00–82.001,0992
BullsNumber 18682.82/cwt50.00–105.007127
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105145.52/cwt90.00–190.001535
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross8780.00/cwt80.00–80.00701
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7650.00/cwt50.00–50.00381
BullsUtility9515.57/cwt15.00–20.00159
BullsNumber 110597.46/cwt80.00–120.0010218
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00135
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95202.46/cwt200.00–205.001922
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7311.75/cwt10.00–15.0093
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87180.17/cwt165.00–195.001572
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing555.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersNumber 18727.57/cwt25.00–30.00242
HeifersNumber 35315.00/cwt15.00–15.0081
HeifersNumber 110030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87219.85/cwt205.00–230.001913
BullsNumber 29555.33/cwt45.00–75.005311
BullsNumber 38725.01/cwt20.00–30.00228
BullsUtility8515.69/cwt15.00–20.00137
BullsNumber 1112100.04/cwt75.00–120.001125
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross113185.00/cwt185.00–185.002091
BullsNumber 28545.77/cwt40.00–50.00397
BullsNumber 310224.98/cwt20.00–30.00254
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00165
BullsNumber 112390.04/cwt85.00–95.001112
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90210.00/cwt210.00–210.001891
BullsNumber 27733.57/cwt30.00–40.00267
BullsNumber 39626.38/cwt20.00–35.00254
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55160.47/cwt56.00–63.0093812
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,88077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,4481
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33574.00/cwt74.00–74.009881
CowsLean 85-90%1,18655.53/cwt48.00–62.5065932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36064.59/cwt62.00–70.0087833
CowsLean 85-90%1,16042.88/cwt38.00–47.0049715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29156.67/cwt45.50–62.0073221
CowsLean 85-90%1,27464.59/cwt63.00–66.008238
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40871.18/cwt70.50–72.001,0022
CowsLean 85-90%1,05824.17/cwt20.00–31.002566
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60066.56/cwt64.00–70.001,06514
BullsUtility657.10/cwt5.00–15.0055
Bulls1,33986.81/cwt84.00–91.001,1627
BullsNumber 210356.79/cwt45.00–70.00583
BullsNumber 311430.20/cwt15.00–45.00342
BullsUtility555.00/cwt5.00–5.0032

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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