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
BullsHigh1,56082.521,2879thin
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 37725.95/cwt20.00–30.00205
BullsNumber 311535.02/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 27739.27/cwt35.00–40.00307
BullsNumber 210561.63/cwt50.00–75.00656
BullsNumber 28658.12/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-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7811.69/cwt10.00–15.0093
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing615.00/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 112680.00/cwt80.00–80.001011
BullsNumber 19485.68/cwt80.00–95.008122
BullsNumber 110590.04/cwt80.00–100.009517
Bulls1,88988.83/cwt88.00–90.001,6785
Bulls1,21577.19/cwt77.00–77.509383
Bulls95067.00/cwt67.00–67.006371
BullsNumber 39539.75/cwt30.00–50.00385
BullsNumber 38626.01/cwt20.00–40.002214
BullsNumber 212350.00/cwt50.00–50.00621
BullsNumber 211265.18/cwt55.00–75.00732
BullsNumber 214155.00/cwt55.00–55.00781
BullsUtility8415.37/cwt15.00–18.00138
BullsUtility9615.65/cwt15.00–20.00158
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.00315
BullsUtility7511.24/cwt10.00–20.00820
BullsNumber 29563.03/cwt50.00–75.006012
BullsNumber 310730.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
BullsUtility11317.51/cwt15.00–20.00202
BullsUtility10416.60/cwt10.00–20.00175
BullsNumber 113680.00/cwt80.00–80.001091
BullsNumber 111384.82/cwt70.00–90.00964
BullsNumber 18687.52/cwt70.00–100.007514
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight98250.80/cwt49.50–53.004993
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86030.50/cwt30.50–30.502621
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90043.00/cwt43.00–43.003871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross89217.54/cwt210.00–225.001942
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross113192.46/cwt190.00–195.002172
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104200.29/cwt185.00–215.002083
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120180.00/cwt180.00–180.002161
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95213.61/cwt205.00–225.002034
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross75130.00/cwt130.00–130.00981
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78212.66/cwt200.00–225.001662

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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