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
Bulls—Low1,74467.471,1766thin
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 Cross—7340.27/cwt30.00–50.00292
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—86165.00/cwt165.00–165.001421
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—9190.00/cwt90.00–90.00821
BullsUtility—10417.52/cwt15.00–20.00184
BullsNumber 2—11540.00/cwt40.00–40.00461
BullsNumber 3—10534.24/cwt30.00–40.00367
BullsNumber 2—7740.00/cwt40.00–40.00311
BullsUtility—7510.23/cwt5.00–15.00822
BullsNumber 3—8330.32/cwt20.00–40.002513
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—98176.94/cwt165.00–185.001735
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—86179.65/cwt170.00–190.001542
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—79180.00/cwt180.00–180.001421
BullsNumber 1—10274.94/cwt70.00–80.00765
BullsUtility—665.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsNumber 2—8547.19/cwt40.00–60.004017
BullsUtility—8515.84/cwt5.00–20.001317
BullsUtility—9416.17/cwt10.00–20.001522
BullsNumber 1—9775.74/cwt65.00–100.00738
BullsUtility—11610.00/cwt10.00–10.00121
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—105142.68/cwt105.00–180.001502
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—9360.00/cwt60.00–60.00561
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—656.53/cwt5.00–10.0043
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9517.58/cwt15.00–20.00172
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10015.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00138
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0085
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45857.17/cwt51.00–62.0083431
CowsLean 85-90%—1,40327.93/cwt24.00–33.003924
Bulls——1,11858.99/cwt58.50–59.506602
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—97538.00/cwt38.00–38.003711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21545.03/cwt44.50–45.505474
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—77043.00/cwt43.00–43.003311
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—94553.00/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 Weight—91051.29/cwt47.00–56.504673
BullsNumber 2—9453.76/cwt40.00–70.005124
Bulls——1,64074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2141
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71355.24/cwt53.00–57.509468
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight—98553.00/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 2—10462.17/cwt50.00–70.00655
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,19570.95/cwt68.00–75.001,5573
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43951.77/cwt49.00–54.5074515
BullsNumber 1—11483.29/cwt80.00–90.00953
BullsNumber 3—11030.00/cwt30.00–30.00331
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—8460.06/cwt50.00–70.00502
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103133.33/cwt90.00–175.001372
BullsNumber 3—9533.48/cwt30.00–45.003210
BullsNumber 3—7724.12/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.