Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-09-08

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 8
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
30 vs last sale 182 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
216 head
21 vs last sale 237 216 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 3.00-5.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 44 Dairy Cows, 14 Feeders, 11 Heifers, 1 Steer, 23 Sheep and 2 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
BullsHigh1,51882.671,2553thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68255.9594110
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35054.4773535
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,23548.7460259

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195123.26/cwt122
BullsNumber 28969.00/cwt17
BullsNumber 38435.01/cwt13
BullsUtility7710.94/cwt37
HeifersNumber 1126185.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 274105.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9014.57/cwt11

Every lot, as filed

51 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 38232.52/cwt25.00–40.00274
BullsNumber 29475.30/cwt50.00–90.00719
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102224.98/cwt220.00–230.002292
BullsNumber 17856.67/cwt50.00–65.00443
BullsUtility8416.65/cwt15.00–20.00149
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross6725.00/cwt25.00–25.00171
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross81120.00/cwt120.00–120.00971
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85227.93/cwt185.00–260.001943
BullsNumber 1112118.15/cwt110.00–125.001328
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00315
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7647.58/cwt45.00–50.00362
BullsNumber 36820.00/cwt20.00–20.00141
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross92227.90/cwt180.00–250.002108
BullsNumber 1104116.18/cwt80.00–130.0012126
Bulls1,86587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,6231
BullsUtility12420.00/cwt20.00–20.00251
BullsNumber 37835.00/cwt35.00–35.00271
BullsNumber 211170.00/cwt70.00–70.00781
BullsNumber 184102.13/cwt80.00–125.008631
Bulls1,98580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5881
BullsUtility9520.00/cwt20.00–20.00192
BullsNumber 39542.57/cwt30.00–55.00402
BullsNumber 28867.53/cwt65.00–70.00592
BullsNumber 194114.18/cwt85.00–135.0010738
BullsLight Weight70581.00/cwt81.00–81.005711
BullsUtility10317.44/cwt15.00–20.00182
BullsNumber 310432.36/cwt25.00–40.00342
BullsNumber 27442.57/cwt35.00–50.00324
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross111220.00/cwt220.00–220.002441
BullsNumber 1122110.06/cwt105.00–115.001342
CowsLean 85-90%1,23028.82/cwt24.00–37.003545
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41650.95/cwt47.50–52.007219
CowsLean 85-90%1,26346.28/cwt40.00–50.0058516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38156.30/cwt54.00–62.0077823
CowsLean 85-90%1,28553.08/cwt50.00–60.0068228
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight91251.03/cwt49.00–53.004653
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87535.00/cwt35.00–35.003061
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,1101
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89351.11/cwt49.50–52.504563
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66355.50/cwt53.00–57.009239
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90343.27/cwt36.00–47.003913
CowsLean 85-90%1,41562.21/cwt61.00–64.008803
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing12515.00/cwt15.00–15.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7010.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10517.61/cwt15.00–20.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9320.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00135
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross126185.00/cwt185.00–185.002331
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross74105.00/cwt105.00–105.00781
BullsUtility7510.65/cwt10.00–15.0088

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.