Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-08-04

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Aug 4
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
206 head
18 vs last sale 188 20 vs year ago 226 · 8.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
209 head
6 vs last sale 215 56 vs year ago 265 · 21.1%
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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 18 Feeders, 9 Heifers, 1 Steer, 29 Sheep and 17 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
BullsAverage1,56484.931,32810
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64772.351,1925thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61964.991,05212
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,42664.5992152
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17654.6864371

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195118.05/cwt88
BullsNumber 28971.19/cwt18
BullsNumber 38530.72/cwt19
BullsUtility8010.36/cwt42
HeifersNumber 195226.98/cwt5
HeifersNumber 288112.21/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8414.17/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

57 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86845.52/cwt43.50–49.503954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59253.34/cwt52.00–55.008496
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53063.49/cwt61.00–66.009715
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight67530.00/cwt30.00–30.002031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80857.24/cwt55.00–60.001,0352
CowsLean 85-90%1,26354.76/cwt51.50–62.0069222
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight88358.84/cwt58.00–59.505202
CowsLean 85-90%1,36467.99/cwt62.00–75.0092718
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight83844.13/cwt35.00–55.003702
BullsUtility9316.70/cwt10.00–20.00166
Bulls1,76787.74/cwt85.00–90.001,5506
BullsNumber 1114111.27/cwt105.00–115.001274
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105219.97/cwt210.00–230.002313
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross78155.00/cwt155.00–155.001211
BullsNumber 39143.21/cwt30.00–50.00393
BullsUtility8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00135
Bulls1,23376.28/cwt74.00–79.009413
BullsNumber 112090.00/cwt90.00–90.001081
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87243.62/cwt230.00–250.002123
BullsNumber 27637.58/cwt30.00–40.00296
BullsNumber 37621.63/cwt20.00–25.00163
BullsUtility10316.66/cwt15.00–20.00173
Bulls1,34094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2601
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross83108.31/cwt85.00–130.00902
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross98120.00/cwt120.00–120.001181
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross105212.46/cwt205.00–220.002232
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9419.01/cwt15.00–20.00185
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86242.49/cwt240.00–245.002092
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7812.51/cwt10.00–15.00104
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross94225.00/cwt225.00–225.002121
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing685.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
CowsLean 85-90%1,12447.41/cwt42.50–51.0053314
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,64772.35/cwt70.00–75.001,1925
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94178.90/cwt125.00–230.001682
BullsNumber 210468.33/cwt65.00–70.00713
BullsNumber 310632.25/cwt25.00–40.00342
BullsUtility15820.00/cwt20.00–20.00321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63269.58/cwt68.00–71.001,1365
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44162.21/cwt56.00–67.0089617
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84951.15/cwt49.00–55.0043410
CowsLean 85-90%1,41033.06/cwt31.00–35.004662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46771.00/cwt68.00–74.501,04225
BullsNumber 38429.40/cwt20.00–40.00259
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross84140.00/cwt140.00–140.001181
BullsNumber 212275.00/cwt75.00–75.00921
BullsNumber 18494.83/cwt75.00–105.008017
BullsUtility7310.00/cwt10.00–10.0079
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross6930.00/cwt30.00–30.00211
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross91160.00/cwt160.00–160.001461
BullsNumber 28357.92/cwt40.00–75.00482
BullsNumber 1103121.34/cwt85.00–135.0012520
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.00317
BullsUtility13315.00/cwt15.00–15.00201
BullsNumber 36930.00/cwt30.00–30.00211
BullsNumber 29768.34/cwt65.00–75.00663
BullsNumber 194107.00/cwt80.00–140.0010138

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.