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
Bulls—Average1,53075.701,1585thin
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-Tubing—10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8617.59/cwt15.00–20.00152
BullsNumber 3—9442.91/cwt30.00–55.00405
BullsNumber 3—7732.53/cwt20.00–40.00256
BullsNumber 3—8536.73/cwt30.00–40.00319
BullsNumber 3—6620.00/cwt20.00–20.00132
CowsLean 85-90%—1,50033.50/cwt33.50–33.505031
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—80324.51/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 Weight—92543.00/cwt43.00–43.003981
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—91546.30/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 Weight—86051.50/cwt51.50–51.504431
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43157.51/cwt54.50–62.0082342
CowsLean 85-90%—1,37552.53/cwt48.00–56.0072231
Bulls——1,68979.63/cwt78.00–82.001,3454
Bulls—Light Weight—89560.00/cwt60.00–60.005371
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28561.50/cwt60.00–65.007904
BullsNumber 2—11675.00/cwt75.00–75.00871
BullsNumber 2—9670.08/cwt60.00–85.00675
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—96204.22/cwt180.00–230.001962
BullsNumber 1—8690.00/cwt65.00–105.007718
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89150.19/cwt50.00–50.504475
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67161.90/cwt59.00–65.001,03411
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7510.00/cwt10.00–10.0085
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9618.02/cwt15.00–20.00175
BullsUtility—7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00812
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.00316
BullsNumber 2—10575.00/cwt75.00–75.00792
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—91105.00/cwt105.00–105.00961
BullsNumber 2—7644.96/cwt40.00–55.00349
BullsNumber 3—10237.46/cwt30.00–45.00382
BullsNumber 1—113116.65/cwt115.00–120.001323
BullsNumber 2—8665.00/cwt60.00–70.00562
BullsNumber 1—104113.29/cwt75.00–125.0011826
BullsNumber 1—94105.06/cwt80.00–130.009929
BullsUtility—9414.24/cwt10.00–20.00136
BullsUtility—8315.02/cwt10.00–20.00128
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—102208.96/cwt200.00–215.002135
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—125165.00/cwt165.00–165.002061
BullsNumber 1—13670.00/cwt70.00–70.00951
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84228.04/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.