Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-09-01

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 1
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
31 vs last sale 213 56 vs year ago 238 · 23.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
237 head
23 vs last sale 260 46 vs year ago 191 · +24.1%
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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 Cows and Feeder Dairy Calves 12 Steers, 10 Heifers, 12 Goats and 1 Feeder 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
BullsHigh1,29477.291,00013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40462.1687350
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,66061.681,02425
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24850.2162757

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197130.77/cwt106
BullsNumber 27846.74/cwt17
BullsNumber 38430.70/cwt15
BullsUtility7710.62/cwt49
HeifersNumber 184159.45/cwt3
HeifersNumber 39250.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.00/cwt9

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
BullsUtility10417.57/cwt15.00–20.00182
Bulls1,78295.25/cwt88.00–99.001,6973
BullsNumber 185106.04/cwt90.00–115.009026
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95229.91/cwt195.00–245.0021810
BullsNumber 311150.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
BullsUtility12220.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
Bulls1,38081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1181
BullsNumber 1105122.84/cwt100.00–135.0012923
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84194.30/cwt105.00–240.001634
BullsNumber 310250.00/cwt50.00–50.00511
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7225.00/cwt25.00–25.00181
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.00317
BullsNumber 1113118.62/cwt85.00–135.0013410
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104211.70/cwt200.00–220.002203
BullsNumber 36420.00/cwt20.00–20.00131
BullsNumber 37422.07/cwt20.00–30.00165
BullsUtility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.00714
BullsLight Weight90090.00/cwt90.00–90.008101
BullsNumber 1122110.00/cwt110.00–110.001341
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114200.00/cwt200.00–200.002281
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross7860.00/cwt60.00–60.00471
BullsNumber 39641.61/cwt25.00–50.00403
BullsUtility8415.54/cwt10.00–20.001310
BullsLight Weight86050.00/cwt50.00–50.004301
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross7990.00/cwt90.00–90.00711
BullsNumber 27643.85/cwt30.00–50.003313
BullsNumber 38426.79/cwt20.00–30.00233
BullsUtility9417.00/cwt15.00–20.00165
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87174.17/cwt100.00–245.001522
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross79130.00/cwt130.00–130.001031
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00126
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9720.00/cwt20.00–20.00192
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing695.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross9250.00/cwt50.00–50.00461
Bulls1,19171.14/cwt59.00–79.508477
BullsNumber 195110.45/cwt80.00–135.0010527
BullsNumber 28554.82/cwt50.00–65.00473
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70458.12/cwt55.00–60.009909
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97545.00/cwt45.00–45.004391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41361.88/cwt56.00–67.5087448
CowsLean 85-90%1,36356.88/cwt53.00–62.0077526
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18569.00/cwt69.00–69.008182
CowsLean 85-90%1,27547.75/cwt38.50–51.5060913
CowsLean 85-90%1,41866.61/cwt64.00–68.509454
CowsLean 85-90%1,16530.74/cwt24.50–39.503583
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89328.91/cwt21.00–35.002587
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63563.68/cwt61.00–67.001,04116
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91052.17/cwt48.00–56.004753

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.