Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-07-28

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jul 28
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 215▼ 10 vs year ago 198 · −5.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
215 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 243▼ 18 vs year ago 233 · −7.7%
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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 11 Feeders, 12 Heifers, 15 Sheep and 27 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—High1,34689.201,2005thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67372.371,21113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55667.571,05117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31864.2484747
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20855.1666662

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196121.56/cwt82
BullsNumber 28960.17/cwt30
BullsNumber 39229.66/cwt17
BullsUtility7711.16/cwt52
HeifersNumber 195213.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 275107.63/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8416.02/cwt11

Every lot, as filed

47 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 2Beef Cross—8790.00/cwt90.00–90.00781
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95218.26/cwt205.00–230.002076
BullsNumber 1—112116.68/cwt110.00–125.001313
BullsUtility—7310.00/cwt5.00–15.00720
BullsNumber 3—10330.73/cwt20.00–40.00326
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—97110.00/cwt110.00–110.001071
BullsNumber 2—10354.97/cwt50.00–60.00573
BullsNumber 1—96104.42/cwt80.00–135.0010019
BullsNumber 3—8427.87/cwt20.00–40.00237
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—110145.00/cwt145.00–145.001601
BullsNumber 2—8654.18/cwt40.00–70.00476
BullsNumber 1—103115.57/cwt85.00–130.0011920
Bulls——1,63594.93/cwt93.00–97.001,5522
BullsUtility—10416.66/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsNumber 3—7830.00/cwt30.00–30.00231
BullsNumber 2—7637.16/cwt30.00–40.00287
BullsNumber 1—8686.17/cwt70.00–100.007422
Bulls——1,15385.38/cwt84.00–86.009843
BullsUtility—9417.90/cwt10.00–20.00177
BullsNumber 2—9356.50/cwt50.00–75.005310
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—107187.28/cwt165.00–210.002004
BullsNumber 1—13755.00/cwt55.00–55.00751
BullsUtility—8415.55/cwt15.00–20.00139
BullsNumber 3—9331.56/cwt20.00–40.00293
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.00313
BullsNumber 1—14260.00/cwt60.00–60.00851
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84208.82/cwt160.00–225.001756
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—78145.00/cwt145.00–145.001131
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—75107.63/cwt50.00–155.00813
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—106205.00/cwt205.00–205.002171
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—95210.00/cwt210.00–210.002001
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—85225.00/cwt225.00–225.001911
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8315.87/cwt15.00–20.00136
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9120.33/cwt20.00–21.00193
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,08152.24/cwt47.50–56.505658
CowsLean 85-90%—1,37264.49/cwt61.00–70.0088514
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61971.62/cwt68.00–80.501,16010
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,68871.98/cwt69.00–75.001,21512
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46963.63/cwt61.00–65.009354
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,49577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1511
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46059.32/cwt58.00–61.008663
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—85651.89/cwt49.00–55.004444
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40869.79/cwt66.00–73.5098324
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18855.29/cwt52.00–61.0065728
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30061.76/cwt57.00–66.0080315
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18847.60/cwt37.50–51.5056516

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.