Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-11-03

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Nov 3
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
4 vs last sale 203 32 vs year ago 231 · 13.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
223 head
27 vs last sale 196 58 vs year ago 165 · +35.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower with moderate demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 23 Feeders, 16 Heifers, 1 Steer and 6 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
BullsLow1,74467.471,1766thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,82062.161,1312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41154.3376652
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58053.1384027
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,24447.8559553

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199112.35/cwt26
BullsNumber 29252.52/cwt49
BullsNumber 39031.67/cwt38
BullsUtility8312.79/cwt77
HeifersNumber 199150.12/cwt3
HeifersNumber 37950.17/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8112.62/cwt19

Every lot, as filed

53 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
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross7340.27/cwt30.00–50.00292
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross86165.00/cwt165.00–165.001421
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross9190.00/cwt90.00–90.00821
BullsUtility10417.52/cwt15.00–20.00184
BullsNumber 211540.00/cwt40.00–40.00461
BullsNumber 310534.24/cwt30.00–40.00367
BullsNumber 27740.00/cwt40.00–40.00311
BullsUtility7510.23/cwt5.00–15.00822
BullsNumber 38330.32/cwt20.00–40.002513
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross98176.94/cwt165.00–185.001735
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86179.65/cwt170.00–190.001542
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross79180.00/cwt180.00–180.001421
BullsNumber 110274.94/cwt70.00–80.00765
BullsUtility665.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsNumber 28547.19/cwt40.00–60.004017
BullsUtility8515.84/cwt5.00–20.001317
BullsUtility9416.17/cwt10.00–20.001522
BullsNumber 19775.74/cwt65.00–100.00738
BullsUtility11610.00/cwt10.00–10.00121
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross105142.68/cwt105.00–180.001502
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross9360.00/cwt60.00–60.00561
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing656.53/cwt5.00–10.0043
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9517.58/cwt15.00–20.00172
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00138
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0085
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45857.17/cwt51.00–62.0083431
CowsLean 85-90%1,40327.93/cwt24.00–33.003924
Bulls1,11858.99/cwt58.50–59.506602
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97538.00/cwt38.00–38.003711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21545.03/cwt44.50–45.505474
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight77043.00/cwt43.00–43.003311
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight94553.00/cwt53.00–53.005011
CowsLean 85-90%1,21739.86/cwt38.50–41.004857
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54650.38/cwt48.00–52.0077914
CowsLean 85-90%1,29554.95/cwt50.00–67.5071223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58458.57/cwt58.00–59.009284
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91051.29/cwt47.00–56.504673
BullsNumber 29453.76/cwt40.00–70.005124
Bulls1,64074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71355.24/cwt53.00–57.509468
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight98553.00/cwt53.00–53.005221
CowsLean 85-90%1,22245.98/cwt42.00–49.5056215
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,82062.16/cwt60.00–64.001,1312
BullsNumber 210462.17/cwt50.00–70.00655
BullsHeavy Weight2,19570.95/cwt68.00–75.001,5573
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43951.77/cwt49.00–54.5074515
BullsNumber 111483.29/cwt80.00–90.00953
BullsNumber 311030.00/cwt30.00–30.00331
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross8460.06/cwt50.00–70.00502
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross103133.33/cwt90.00–175.001372
BullsNumber 39533.48/cwt30.00–45.003210
BullsNumber 37724.12/cwt20.00–35.00196

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.