Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-09-15

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 15
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
19 vs last sale 152 25 vs year ago 196 · 12.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
195 head
21 vs last sale 216 15 vs year ago 210 · 7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 15 Feeders, 4 Heifers, 5 Steers, 30 Goats and 72 Sheep 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
BullsLow1,43076.421,09311
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,66869.931,1664thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61862.351,00921
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38861.6185541
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15048.8556268

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 194113.86/cwt98
BullsNumber 28764.69/cwt24
BullsNumber 39035.95/cwt15
BullsUtility8112.35/cwt23
HeifersNumber 187221.79/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8614.49/cwt10

Every lot, as filed

47 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 18495.17/cwt70.00–110.008035
BullsNumber 27646.22/cwt40.00–55.00359
BullsNumber 38530.93/cwt20.00–50.00265
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsNumber 194107.33/cwt90.00–130.0010128
BullsNumber 28750.00/cwt50.00–50.00442
BullsNumber 310239.85/cwt30.00–50.00412
BullsUtility8616.04/cwt15.00–20.00145
BullsNumber 1104119.88/cwt90.00–145.0012521
BullsNumber 210075.00/cwt75.00–75.00751
BullsNumber 37035.00/cwt35.00–35.00251
BullsUtility7312.82/cwt10.00–23.0095
BullsLight Weight1,00074.00/cwt74.00–74.007401
BullsNumber 1115113.40/cwt95.00–130.001306
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40261.90/cwt56.00–67.0086829
CowsLean 85-90%1,06329.22/cwt28.50–30.003112
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84328.56/cwt22.00–36.0024110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41468.97/cwt68.00–70.509756
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62364.19/cwt61.00–67.001,04212
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight93650.46/cwt46.50–56.504724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47153.01/cwt51.00–54.007804
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58856.90/cwt51.00–60.009047
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88344.59/cwt42.00–48.003944
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69070.43/cwt69.00–72.001,1902
CowsLean 85-90%1,28954.66/cwt51.00–62.0070531
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight96554.00/cwt54.00–54.005211
CowsLean 85-90%1,11147.21/cwt45.00–50.0052511
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight91551.00/cwt51.00–51.004671
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00133
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0073
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10317.48/cwt15.00–20.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9117.49/cwt15.00–20.00162
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87221.79/cwt215.00–225.001933
CowsLean 85-90%1,35963.95/cwt61.50–68.008696
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,66869.93/cwt68.00–71.001,1664
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85243.57/cwt225.00–260.002074
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross107108.15/cwt80.00–135.001162
BullsUtility9617.49/cwt15.00–20.00174
Bulls1,54380.39/cwt75.00–83.001,2406
BullsNumber 17965.00/cwt65.00–65.00511
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114187.67/cwt180.00–195.002142
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross89105.00/cwt105.00–105.00931
BullsUtility10617.43/cwt15.00–20.00182
Bulls1,36871.07/cwt66.00–74.509724
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross109210.00/cwt210.00–210.002291
BullsNumber 29371.15/cwt55.00–85.00669
BullsNumber 39338.55/cwt25.00–55.00367

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.