Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-10-27

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 27
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
1 vs last sale 202 35 vs year ago 238 · 14.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
196 head
33 vs last sale 229 40 vs year ago 156 · +25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 23 Feeders, 27 Heifers, 6 Steers, 16 Sheep and 5 Goats 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
BullsAverage1,42272.221,0275thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50153.2980037
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39952.2773133
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19841.2249442

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197112.34/cwt83
BullsNumber 29370.05/cwt22
BullsNumber 39540.54/cwt11
BullsUtility8011.91/cwt50
HeifersNumber 188175.47/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8914.25/cwt13

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
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96190.70/cwt175.00–195.001836
Bulls1,32569.00/cwt69.00–69.009141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing12815.00/cwt15.00–15.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8414.40/cwt10.00–15.00128
BullsNumber 38535.12/cwt25.00–45.00304
BullsNumber 313940.00/cwt40.00–40.00561
BullsNumber 39347.62/cwt25.00–60.00444
BullsUtility655.00/cwt5.00–5.0036
BullsNumber 211280.00/cwt80.00–80.00901
BullsNumber 28355.74/cwt40.00–75.00467
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101180.00/cwt180.00–180.001821
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross84195.00/cwt195.00–195.001641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103185.02/cwt175.00–190.001913
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 29473.08/cwt65.00–80.00695
BullsNumber 27930.00/cwt30.00–30.00242
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross125130.00/cwt130.00–130.001631
BullsUtility9513.76/cwt10.00–15.00134
BullsUtility12620.00/cwt20.00–20.00251
BullsNumber 195102.16/cwt80.00–130.009727
BullsNumber 311150.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
BullsUtility7510.64/cwt10.00–20.00824
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross89165.00/cwt165.00–165.001471
BullsNumber 112090.00/cwt90.00–90.001081
BullsNumber 1115110.05/cwt95.00–120.001277
BullsUtility10320.00/cwt20.00–20.00212
BullsNumber 18891.90/cwt75.00–100.008121
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross83173.96/cwt150.00–190.001443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42452.08/cwt49.00–56.0074226
CowsLean 85-90%1,26246.17/cwt43.50–48.0058312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52753.29/cwt50.00–56.5081427
BullsNumber 1103110.68/cwt90.00–130.0011417
BullsUtility8515.00/cwt15.00–15.001313
BullsNumber 210370.12/cwt55.00–80.00725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30558.40/cwt57.00–60.507624
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49059.54/cwt56.00–63.008875
CowsLean 85-90%1,41952.32/cwt49.00–57.0074211
BullsNumber 37825.00/cwt25.00–25.00201
CowsLean 85-90%1,22741.36/cwt37.00–43.005075
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80028.00/cwt28.00–28.002241
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight95047.00/cwt47.00–47.004471
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight96550.00/cwt50.00–50.004831
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight99548.00/cwt48.00–48.004781
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight91048.00/cwt48.00–48.004371
Bulls1,25860.14/cwt57.00–63.007572
CowsLean 85-90%1,16826.87/cwt20.00–35.003143
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90526.46/cwt21.00–34.002399
Bulls1,63585.91/cwt85.00–87.001,4052
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64546.12/cwt43.00–49.507593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50044.63/cwt42.00–47.006692

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.