Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-09-29

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 29
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
15 vs last sale 174 45 vs year ago 234 · 19.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
197 head
8 vs last sale 189 2 vs year ago 199 · 1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-3.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition To Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 26 Heifers, 5 Steers, 11 Feeders, 9 Goats and 1 Dairy Cow was 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
BullsAverage1,53075.701,1585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,65957.9796221
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41455.5778665
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,25749.8862752

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197117.44/cwt88
BullsNumber 28860.75/cwt20
BullsNumber 38535.63/cwt24
BullsUtility759.66/cwt42
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8715.02/cwt13

Every lot, as filed

44 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
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8617.59/cwt15.00–20.00152
BullsNumber 39442.91/cwt30.00–55.00405
BullsNumber 37732.53/cwt20.00–40.00256
BullsNumber 38536.73/cwt30.00–40.00319
BullsNumber 36620.00/cwt20.00–20.00132
CowsLean 85-90%1,50033.50/cwt33.50–33.505031
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80324.51/cwt21.00–28.001973
CowsBoner 80-85%1,85563.50/cwt63.50–63.501,1781
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64653.64/cwt50.00–57.0088310
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92543.00/cwt43.00–43.003981
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight91546.30/cwt41.50–51.004242
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43452.05/cwt45.00–54.0074619
CowsLean 85-90%1,18445.48/cwt43.50–47.505387
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight86051.50/cwt51.50–51.504431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43157.51/cwt54.50–62.0082342
CowsLean 85-90%1,37552.53/cwt48.00–56.0072231
Bulls1,68979.63/cwt78.00–82.001,3454
BullsLight Weight89560.00/cwt60.00–60.005371
CowsLean 85-90%1,28561.50/cwt60.00–65.007904
BullsNumber 211675.00/cwt75.00–75.00871
BullsNumber 29670.08/cwt60.00–85.00675
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96204.22/cwt180.00–230.001962
BullsNumber 18690.00/cwt65.00–105.007718
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89150.19/cwt50.00–50.504475
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67161.90/cwt59.00–65.001,03411
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0085
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9618.02/cwt15.00–20.00175
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00812
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00316
BullsNumber 210575.00/cwt75.00–75.00792
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross91105.00/cwt105.00–105.00961
BullsNumber 27644.96/cwt40.00–55.00349
BullsNumber 310237.46/cwt30.00–45.00382
BullsNumber 1113116.65/cwt115.00–120.001323
BullsNumber 28665.00/cwt60.00–70.00562
BullsNumber 1104113.29/cwt75.00–125.0011826
BullsNumber 194105.06/cwt80.00–130.009929
BullsUtility9414.24/cwt10.00–20.00136
BullsUtility8315.02/cwt10.00–20.00128
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102208.96/cwt200.00–215.002135
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross125165.00/cwt165.00–165.002061
BullsNumber 113670.00/cwt70.00–70.00951
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84228.04/cwt215.00–245.001923

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.