Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-10-13

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
6 vs last sale 161 22 vs year ago 177 · 12.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
186 head
9 vs last sale 195 12 vs year ago 198 · 6.1%
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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, 68 Dairy, 9 Feeders, 5 Heifers, 19 Goats and 6 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
BullsAverage1,52564.979919thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,69651.5987525
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40850.3870944
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23141.6051253

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196125.11/cwt74
BullsNumber 29285.38/cwt18
BullsNumber 39536.07/cwt13
BullsUtility7610.49/cwt52
HeifersNumber 184218.32/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8214.65/cwt14

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 311030.00/cwt30.00–30.00331
BullsNumber 37925.00/cwt25.00–25.00202
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9320.00/cwt20.00–20.00193
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0075
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.85/cwt15.00–20.00136
BullsNumber 210381.68/cwt80.00–85.00843
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross74111.00/cwt107.00–115.00822
BullsNumber 113095.00/cwt95.00–95.001241
BullsNumber 1117105.11/cwt100.00–110.001232
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross99210.00/cwt210.00–210.002081
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83236.69/cwt235.00–240.001963
BullsNumber 310339.78/cwt25.00–55.00414
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00314
BullsNumber 1105117.78/cwt105.00–130.0012416
BullsUtility9518.30/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsNumber 211875.00/cwt75.00–75.00891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105211.16/cwt195.00–230.002223
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross85135.00/cwt135.00–135.001151
BullsUtility7610.41/cwt10.00–15.00825
BullsNumber 28578.98/cwt70.00–85.00675
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross113173.24/cwt150.00–195.001963
BullsNumber 38734.86/cwt30.00–40.00302
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93232.84/cwt220.00–245.002175
BullsNumber 195109.94/cwt85.00–125.0010421
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78194.94/cwt190.00–200.001522
BullsNumber 29577.47/cwt75.00–80.00746
BullsNumber 39540.03/cwt30.00–55.00384
BullsUtility10615.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
BullsUtility8416.12/cwt15.00–20.00149
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94544.36/cwt43.00–45.504194
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43150.29/cwt47.00–52.5072037
CowsLean 85-90%1,22243.78/cwt41.00–46.5053513
BullsHeavy Weight2,13552.00/cwt52.00–52.001,1101
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight98549.50/cwt49.50–49.504881
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84227.54/cwt220.00–235.001912
Bulls1,64270.69/cwt66.00–75.001,1616
BullsLight Weight87054.28/cwt51.00–58.004722
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92547.50/cwt47.50–47.504391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32855.53/cwt53.00–58.007374
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61356.71/cwt56.50–57.009152
BullsNumber 18594.64/cwt85.00–105.008021
CowsLean 85-90%1,38849.35/cwt47.00–51.0068518
CowsLean 85-90%1,15938.91/cwt35.00–40.504516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35042.08/cwt40.00–44.005682
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight93225.46/cwt20.00–32.002373
CowsLean 85-90%1,23826.58/cwt22.00–31.503298
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70351.15/cwt49.00–54.0087123

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.