Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-08-18

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Aug 18
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
216 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 227▲ 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
219 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 233▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 Cows and Feeder Dairy Calves 24 Feeders, 3 Steers, 22 Heifers, 50 Sheep and 14 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—Average1,51283.841,2687thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,39070.009731thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38764.2889210
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32262.5982743
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17652.5061773

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195118.35/cwt105
BullsNumber 28254.07/cwt16
BullsNumber 37927.76/cwt13
BullsUtility7610.21/cwt50
HeifersNumber 193181.25/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8313.78/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1Beef Cross—95228.27/cwt220.00–235.002173
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93751.10/cwt47.50–53.004797
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13334.89/cwt31.00–40.003952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36568.99/cwt68.00–70.009427
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,39070.00/cwt70.00–70.009731
CowsLean 85-90%—1,32064.29/cwt63.00–66.008497
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37562.75/cwt57.00–67.5086330
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21348.67/cwt44.00–51.5059018
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—89057.26/cwt52.00–61.005103
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23455.33/cwt51.50–62.5068332
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54558.43/cwt56.00–60.009032
BullsNumber 3—7627.92/cwt20.00–35.00219
BullsNumber 2—7843.91/cwt40.00–50.00349
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—143145.00/cwt145.00–145.002071
BullsUtility—11210.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—74100.00/cwt100.00–100.00741
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—79210.19/cwt180.00–240.001662
BullsNumber 1—125125.00/cwt125.00–125.001561
Bulls——1,03055.50/cwt55.50–55.505721
BullsUtility—9518.35/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsNumber 3—9635.00/cwt35.00–35.00341
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104225.02/cwt220.00–230.002342
BullsNumber 1—112113.72/cwt80.00–140.001274
Bulls——1,45582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1931
BullsUtility—8415.42/cwt10.00–20.001313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12551.32/cwt51.00–51.505773
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31864.45/cwt62.00–66.508496
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—91345.87/cwt40.00–51.004196
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43869.62/cwt68.50–71.001,0012
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—108210.00/cwt210.00–210.002271
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—95245.00/cwt245.00–245.002331
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—82245.00/cwt245.00–245.002011
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8514.03/cwt10.00–15.00125
HeifersNumber 1—8825.00/cwt25.00–25.00221
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9518.39/cwt15.00–20.00173
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7310.00/cwt10.00–10.0073
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—6310.00/cwt10.00–10.0061
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—99033.00/cwt33.00–33.003271
BullsNumber 1—95115.51/cwt80.00–145.0011048
BullsNumber 2—9471.68/cwt70.00–75.00673
BullsNumber 3—6724.81/cwt20.00–30.00172
BullsUtility—645.00/cwt5.00–5.00317
BullsNumber 1—8592.94/cwt70.00–110.007930
BullsNumber 2—8351.62/cwt50.00–55.00433
BullsNumber 3—11025.00/cwt25.00–25.00281
BullsUtility—7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00816
Bulls——1,62089.88/cwt87.00–95.001,4565
BullsNumber 1—104129.55/cwt95.00–150.0013514

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.