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
Bulls—Average1,42272.221,0275thin
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 Cross—96190.70/cwt175.00–195.001836
Bulls——1,32569.00/cwt69.00–69.009141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—12815.00/cwt15.00–15.00191
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8414.40/cwt10.00–15.00128
BullsNumber 3—8535.12/cwt25.00–45.00304
BullsNumber 3—13940.00/cwt40.00–40.00561
BullsNumber 3—9347.62/cwt25.00–60.00444
BullsUtility—655.00/cwt5.00–5.0036
BullsNumber 2—11280.00/cwt80.00–80.00901
BullsNumber 2—8355.74/cwt40.00–75.00467
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—101180.00/cwt180.00–180.001821
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84195.00/cwt195.00–195.001641
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103185.02/cwt175.00–190.001913
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 2—9473.08/cwt65.00–80.00695
BullsNumber 2—7930.00/cwt30.00–30.00242
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—125130.00/cwt130.00–130.001631
BullsUtility—9513.76/cwt10.00–15.00134
BullsUtility—12620.00/cwt20.00–20.00251
BullsNumber 1—95102.16/cwt80.00–130.009727
BullsNumber 3—11150.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
BullsUtility—7510.64/cwt10.00–20.00824
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—89165.00/cwt165.00–165.001471
BullsNumber 1—12090.00/cwt90.00–90.001081
BullsNumber 1—115110.05/cwt95.00–120.001277
BullsUtility—10320.00/cwt20.00–20.00212
BullsNumber 1—8891.90/cwt75.00–100.008121
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83173.96/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 1—103110.68/cwt90.00–130.0011417
BullsUtility—8515.00/cwt15.00–15.001313
BullsNumber 2—10370.12/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 3—7825.00/cwt25.00–25.00201
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22741.36/cwt37.00–43.005075
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—80028.00/cwt28.00–28.002241
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight—95047.00/cwt47.00–47.004471
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight—96550.00/cwt50.00–50.004831
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—99548.00/cwt48.00–48.004781
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—91048.00/cwt48.00–48.004371
Bulls——1,25860.14/cwt57.00–63.007572
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16826.87/cwt20.00–35.003143
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—90526.46/cwt21.00–34.002399
Bulls——1,63585.91/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.