Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-07-21

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jul 21
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 168▼ 4 vs year ago 219 · −1.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
243 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 259▲ 28 vs year ago 215 · +13.0%
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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 14 Heifers, 6 Steers, 1 Dairy Cow, 5 Feeders, 49 Sheep and 10 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
Bulls—High1,56082.521,2879thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,70175.151,2786thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,64863.001,03821
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36959.8481954
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26853.5968062

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198107.30/cwt72
BullsNumber 29556.68/cwt34
BullsNumber 38929.36/cwt27
BullsUtility8011.48/cwt58
HeifersNumber 178212.66/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8413.19/cwt11

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 3—7725.95/cwt20.00–30.00205
BullsNumber 3—11535.02/cwt30.00–40.00402
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62868.20/cwt67.00–70.001,1104
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24053.78/cwt51.50–56.0066711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44567.48/cwt67.00–68.009755
BullsNumber 2—7739.27/cwt35.00–40.00307
BullsNumber 2—10561.63/cwt50.00–75.00656
BullsNumber 2—8658.12/cwt45.00–70.00505
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29557.38/cwt55.00–62.0074321
CowsLean 85-90%—1,39665.67/cwt63.00–69.009179
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61555.91/cwt55.00–57.009032
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43261.43/cwt57.00–65.0088035
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21036.27/cwt30.00–45.504395
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65862.56/cwt60.00–66.001,03715
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7811.69/cwt10.00–15.0093
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—615.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,70175.15/cwt71.50–79.501,2786
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24250.88/cwt45.00–54.0063225
BullsNumber 1—12680.00/cwt80.00–80.001011
BullsNumber 1—9485.68/cwt80.00–95.008122
BullsNumber 1—10590.04/cwt80.00–100.009517
Bulls——1,88988.83/cwt88.00–90.001,6785
Bulls——1,21577.19/cwt77.00–77.509383
Bulls——95067.00/cwt67.00–67.006371
BullsNumber 3—9539.75/cwt30.00–50.00385
BullsNumber 3—8626.01/cwt20.00–40.002214
BullsNumber 2—12350.00/cwt50.00–50.00621
BullsNumber 2—11265.18/cwt55.00–75.00732
BullsNumber 2—14155.00/cwt55.00–55.00781
BullsUtility—8415.37/cwt15.00–18.00138
BullsUtility—9615.65/cwt15.00–20.00158
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.00315
BullsUtility—7511.24/cwt10.00–20.00820
BullsNumber 2—9563.03/cwt50.00–75.006012
BullsNumber 3—10730.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
BullsUtility—11317.51/cwt15.00–20.00202
BullsUtility—10416.60/cwt10.00–20.00175
BullsNumber 1—13680.00/cwt80.00–80.001091
BullsNumber 1—11384.82/cwt70.00–90.00964
BullsNumber 1—8687.52/cwt70.00–100.007514
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—98250.80/cwt49.50–53.004993
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—86030.50/cwt30.50–30.502621
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—90043.00/cwt43.00–43.003871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—89217.54/cwt210.00–225.001942
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—113192.46/cwt190.00–195.002172
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104200.29/cwt185.00–215.002083
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—120180.00/cwt180.00–180.002161
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95213.61/cwt205.00–225.002034
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—75130.00/cwt130.00–130.00981
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—78212.66/cwt200.00–225.001662

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.