Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-08-25

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Aug 25
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
3 vs last sale 216 3 vs year ago 210 · +1.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
260 head
41 vs last sale 219 33 vs year ago 227 · +14.5%
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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 , 7 Feeders, 20 Steers, 13 Heifers and 12 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
BullsAverage1,29774.199628thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,77072.001,2741thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57061.8997220
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39558.4981651
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18848.8258056

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195124.84/cwt95
BullsNumber 28457.34/cwt26
BullsNumber 39128.64/cwt11
BullsUtility7510.71/cwt49
HeifersNumber 184244.70/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.13/cwt16

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,22447.47/cwt41.00–51.0058113
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight94847.50/cwt47.50–47.504502
CowsLean 85-90%1,29655.93/cwt51.00–62.0072524
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71368.54/cwt67.00–70.001,1742
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96854.23/cwt53.50–55.005252
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48955.25/cwt54.00–56.008234
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0881
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92546.79/cwt46.50–47.504333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57362.83/cwt60.00–66.0098814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37053.65/cwt51.50–55.507359
BullsHeavy Weight2,17077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,6711
BullsUtility10620.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
BullsNumber 27545.94/cwt30.00–60.003411
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95223.80/cwt210.00–235.002134
BullsNumber 1112135.00/cwt135.00–135.001512
BullsLight Weight86361.82/cwt60.00–66.005343
BullsUtility9216.65/cwt15.00–20.00156
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross83105.00/cwt105.00–105.00871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103214.71/cwt175.00–235.002214
BullsNumber 1104125.11/cwt85.00–145.0013020
BullsUtility8416.50/cwt15.00–20.001410
BullsNumber 311935.00/cwt35.00–35.00421
BullsNumber 211070.00/cwt70.00–70.00771
BullsNumber 18692.19/cwt70.00–110.007922
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight95557.00/cwt57.00–57.005441
CowsLean 85-90%1,12134.17/cwt23.00–39.003837
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,77072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43060.00/cwt56.00–66.0085838
BullsNumber 1125115.00/cwt115.00–115.001441
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84213.02/cwt155.00–250.001793
BullsNumber 28256.45/cwt45.00–65.00467
BullsNumber 310231.30/cwt20.00–35.00324
Bulls1,37284.01/cwt82.00–86.001,1533
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78193.13/cwt160.00–225.001512
BullsNumber 29767.55/cwt60.00–75.00664
BullsNumber 37623.74/cwt20.00–35.00184
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00317
Bulls1,50079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1851
BullsNumber 194112.58/cwt85.00–145.0010637
BullsNumber 210672.51/cwt70.00–75.00772
BullsNumber 38329.94/cwt20.00–40.00252
BullsUtility7310.33/cwt10.00–15.00815
CowsLean 85-90%1,30063.27/cwt62.50–64.008232
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86832.00/cwt22.00–40.002785
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.60/cwt15.00–20.00138
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9518.80/cwt15.00–20.00184
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.53/cwt10.00–12.0084
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84244.70/cwt230.00–255.002064

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.