Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-07-07

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jul 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
7 vs last sale 194 2 vs year ago 199 · +1.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
209 head
14 vs last sale 223 46 vs year ago 255 · 18.0%
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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, 1 Dairy Cow, 11 Feeders, 13 Heifers, 3 Steers, 17 Sheep and 7 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
BullsLow1,26884.231,06811
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,69073.011,2344thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65263.971,05718
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,43760.2586659
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,26451.6565366

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196110.19/cwt39
BullsNumber 29355.61/cwt9
BullsNumber 38130.09/cwt6
BullsUtility7410.26/cwt21
HeifersNumber 194100.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

33 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
BullsUtility7511.56/cwt10.00–15.00910
BullsNumber 39450.00/cwt50.00–50.00471
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross107190.00/cwt190.00–190.002031
Bulls91576.00/cwt76.00–76.006951
BullsNumber 38630.00/cwt30.00–30.00262
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96211.39/cwt190.00–230.002033
BullsNumber 1118100.00/cwt100.00–100.001181
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,69073.01/cwt72.00–74.001,2344
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50966.31/cwt61.00–71.001,0017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78358.28/cwt54.00–62.001,0398
CowsLean 85-90%83028.52/cwt28.00–29.002372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46671.03/cwt69.00–72.001,0417
CowsLean 85-90%1,43362.24/cwt61.00–63.508923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35854.36/cwt41.00–60.0073825
CowsLean 85-90%1,14443.27/cwt35.00–47.5049513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50262.91/cwt60.00–70.0094527
CowsLean 85-90%1,30454.22/cwt49.50–61.0070748
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63873.70/cwt71.00–77.001,2073
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94100.00/cwt100.00–100.00941
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
Bulls1,30385.05/cwt81.00–94.001,10810
BullsNumber 37423.51/cwt15.00–35.00173
BullsNumber 27435.00/cwt35.00–35.00261
BullsNumber 1126105.00/cwt105.00–105.001321
BullsUtility8015.00/cwt15.00–15.00122
BullsNumber 28542.44/cwt40.00–45.00362
BullsNumber 1102110.05/cwt80.00–120.001128
BullsUtility9317.47/cwt15.00–20.00162
BullsNumber 29461.78/cwt50.00–75.00583
BullsNumber 195101.92/cwt85.00–130.009712
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsNumber 210465.08/cwt60.00–70.00683
BullsNumber 18789.61/cwt65.00–100.007813

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.