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%
View

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
Bulls—Average1,50173.771,10711
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 Weight—95045.00/cwt45.00–45.004281
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105207.51/cwt205.00–210.002182
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—89235.00/cwt235.00–235.002092
HeifersNumber 1—10630.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32449.62/cwt45.00–52.0065724
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—94342.47/cwt40.00–45.004002
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29154.66/cwt53.50–56.507066
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61060.00/cwt60.00–60.009661
Bulls——1,95083.02/cwt81.00–84.001,6193
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23147.81/cwt43.50–50.5058926
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—88030.00/cwt30.00–30.002641
Bulls——1,35555.00/cwt55.00–55.007451
Bulls——1,32972.48/cwt67.50–75.009637
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—88731.01/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 Weight—69018.04/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 3—10341.13/cwt30.00–55.00424
BullsNumber 3—9440.00/cwt20.00–60.00387
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—9945.00/cwt45.00–45.00451
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0087
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00184
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 1—112125.00/cwt125.00–125.001401
BullsNumber 1—95109.96/cwt85.00–135.0010438
BullsNumber 1—103123.01/cwt95.00–140.0012723
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00127
BullsNumber 3—7630.83/cwt25.00–35.00236
BullsNumber 3—8438.00/cwt30.00–55.00325
BullsUtility—7411.13/cwt10.00–15.0089
BullsUtility—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsUtility—9218.78/cwt15.00–20.00174
BullsNumber 2—8357.31/cwt50.00–70.00487
BullsNumber 2—9270.07/cwt60.00–75.00643
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—76160.00/cwt160.00–160.001221
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—75100.00/cwt100.00–100.00751
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83235.00/cwt235.00–235.001951
BullsNumber 1—8484.91/cwt70.00–95.007119
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—129170.00/cwt170.00–170.002191
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—119185.00/cwt185.00–185.002201
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94214.65/cwt200.00–225.002023
BullsNumber 2—11570.00/cwt70.00–70.00812
BullsNumber 2—10472.48/cwt70.00–75.00752
BullsNumber 1—125115.00/cwt115.00–115.001441
BullsUtility—10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
BullsUtility—11220.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility—8615.44/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.