Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-10-06

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 6
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
28 vs last sale 189 62 vs year ago 223 · 27.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
195 head
2 vs last sale 197 25 vs year ago 170 · +14.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-4.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 29 Feeders, 18 Heifers, 5 Steers,18 Goats and 1 Sheep 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
BullsAverage1,50173.771,10711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,64353.7388324
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30950.4166040
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17443.2450851

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196118.08/cwt91
BullsNumber 29170.42/cwt15
BullsNumber 38837.25/cwt22
BullsUtility8212.81/cwt36
HeifersNumber 188121.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 39945.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8314.21/cwt19

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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95045.00/cwt45.00–45.004281
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105207.51/cwt205.00–210.002182
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross89235.00/cwt235.00–235.002092
HeifersNumber 110630.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32449.62/cwt45.00–52.0065724
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight94342.47/cwt40.00–45.004002
CowsLean 85-90%1,29154.66/cwt53.50–56.507066
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61060.00/cwt60.00–60.009661
Bulls1,95083.02/cwt81.00–84.001,6193
CowsLean 85-90%1,23147.81/cwt43.50–50.5058926
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight88030.00/cwt30.00–30.002641
Bulls1,35555.00/cwt55.00–55.007451
Bulls1,32972.48/cwt67.50–75.009637
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88731.01/cwt22.00–40.502756
CowsLean 85-90%1,31739.93/cwt38.00–41.505267
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64750.99/cwt48.00–54.0084010
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight69018.04/cwt15.00–21.001242
CowsLean 85-90%1,08829.25/cwt23.00–35.003183
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54545.00/cwt45.00–45.006951
BullsNumber 310341.13/cwt30.00–55.00424
BullsNumber 39440.00/cwt20.00–60.00387
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross9945.00/cwt45.00–45.00451
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0087
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00184
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 1112125.00/cwt125.00–125.001401
BullsNumber 195109.96/cwt85.00–135.0010438
BullsNumber 1103123.01/cwt95.00–140.0012723
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00127
BullsNumber 37630.83/cwt25.00–35.00236
BullsNumber 38438.00/cwt30.00–55.00325
BullsUtility7411.13/cwt10.00–15.0089
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsUtility9218.78/cwt15.00–20.00174
BullsNumber 28357.31/cwt50.00–70.00487
BullsNumber 29270.07/cwt60.00–75.00643
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross76160.00/cwt160.00–160.001221
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross75100.00/cwt100.00–100.00751
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83235.00/cwt235.00–235.001951
BullsNumber 18484.91/cwt70.00–95.007119
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross129170.00/cwt170.00–170.002191
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross119185.00/cwt185.00–185.002201
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94214.65/cwt200.00–225.002023
BullsNumber 211570.00/cwt70.00–70.00812
BullsNumber 210472.48/cwt70.00–75.00752
BullsNumber 1125115.00/cwt115.00–115.001441
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
BullsUtility11220.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility8615.44/cwt10.00–20.001313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65156.21/cwt54.50–58.0092812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37054.67/cwt52.50–59.0074913

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.