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
Bulls—Average1,52564.979919thin
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 3—11030.00/cwt30.00–30.00331
BullsNumber 3—7925.00/cwt25.00–25.00202
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9320.00/cwt20.00–20.00193
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0075
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8315.85/cwt15.00–20.00136
BullsNumber 2—10381.68/cwt80.00–85.00843
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—74111.00/cwt107.00–115.00822
BullsNumber 1—13095.00/cwt95.00–95.001241
BullsNumber 1—117105.11/cwt100.00–110.001232
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—99210.00/cwt210.00–210.002081
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83236.69/cwt235.00–240.001963
BullsNumber 3—10339.78/cwt25.00–55.00414
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.00314
BullsNumber 1—105117.78/cwt105.00–130.0012416
BullsUtility—9518.30/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsNumber 2—11875.00/cwt75.00–75.00891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105211.16/cwt195.00–230.002223
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—85135.00/cwt135.00–135.001151
BullsUtility—7610.41/cwt10.00–15.00825
BullsNumber 2—8578.98/cwt70.00–85.00675
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—113173.24/cwt150.00–195.001963
BullsNumber 3—8734.86/cwt30.00–40.00302
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—93232.84/cwt220.00–245.002175
BullsNumber 1—95109.94/cwt85.00–125.0010421
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—78194.94/cwt190.00–200.001522
BullsNumber 2—9577.47/cwt75.00–80.00746
BullsNumber 3—9540.03/cwt30.00–55.00384
BullsUtility—10615.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
BullsUtility—8416.12/cwt15.00–20.00149
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94544.36/cwt43.00–45.504194
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43150.29/cwt47.00–52.5072037
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22243.78/cwt41.00–46.5053513
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,13552.00/cwt52.00–52.001,1101
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—98549.50/cwt49.50–49.504881
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84227.54/cwt220.00–235.001912
Bulls——1,64270.69/cwt66.00–75.001,1616
Bulls—Light Weight—87054.28/cwt51.00–58.004722
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92547.50/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 1—8594.64/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 Weight—93225.46/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.