Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-11-17

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Nov 17
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
5 vs last sale 194 21 vs year ago 178 · +11.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
196 head
3 vs last sale 193 5 vs year ago 201 · 2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 24 Heifers, 7 Steers, 14 Feeders, 23 Goats and 3 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
BullsLow1,38469.7496518
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,60066.031,0562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36457.8578947
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74655.1496324
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20751.8262543

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197110.61/cwt71
BullsNumber 29073.19/cwt19
BullsNumber 38628.23/cwt14
BullsUtility8011.91/cwt55
HeifersNumber 19297.40/cwt13
HeifersNumber 37560.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7711.35/cwt15

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Bulls1,15456.73/cwt53.50–61.006554
BullsNumber 310130.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
BullsNumber 38633.47/cwt25.00–45.00293
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00123
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7510.58/cwt10.00–15.0089
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility7510.00/cwt10.00–10.00820
BullsUtility11220.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility10416.23/cwt15.00–20.00174
BullsUtility9418.90/cwt15.00–20.00189
BullsUtility8414.48/cwt10.00–15.001210
BullsNumber 1103109.70/cwt80.00–130.0011318
BullsNumber 18781.36/cwt75.00–90.007119
BullsNumber 196106.57/cwt80.00–135.0010219
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101190.00/cwt190.00–190.001921
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross81187.65/cwt175.00–200.001522
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95181.98/cwt165.00–200.001733
HeifersNumber 17620.00/cwt20.00–20.00151
HeifersNumber 18620.00/cwt20.00–20.00172
HeifersNumber 19625.00/cwt25.00–25.00242
HeifersNumber 110622.48/cwt20.00–25.00242
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95202.14/cwt195.00–210.001922
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross104185.12/cwt180.00–190.001932
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross79195.00/cwt195.00–195.001541
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85187.81/cwt140.00–220.001603
BullsNumber 114575.00/cwt75.00–75.001091
BullsNumber 1112116.65/cwt105.00–120.001316
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross76110.00/cwt110.00–110.00841
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross104155.00/cwt155.00–155.001611
BullsNumber 29372.75/cwt65.00–80.00689
BullsNumber 210675.00/cwt75.00–75.00801
BullsNumber 28456.55/cwt40.00–70.00487
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross7560.00/cwt60.00–60.00451
BullsNumber 39433.78/cwt25.00–40.00324
BullsNumber 37721.62/cwt20.00–25.00176
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,60066.03/cwt65.00–67.001,0562
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75157.07/cwt55.00–60.009999
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87345.87/cwt43.00–48.504004
CowsLean 85-90%1,19050.28/cwt45.00–53.0059812
Bulls1,50172.00/cwt66.50–75.001,08110
BullsLight Weight97066.00/cwt66.00–66.006401
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight93353.67/cwt52.00–55.005013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43057.63/cwt53.50–60.0082423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37963.07/cwt60.50–67.0087014
CowsLean 85-90%1,30959.17/cwt55.00–66.0077519
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67862.24/cwt61.00–63.001,0443
Bulls1,43880.81/cwt80.00–81.501,1623
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30349.93/cwt45.00–53.006517
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75951.91/cwt50.00–54.0091312
CowsLean 85-90%1,18540.95/cwt39.00–42.504856
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95042.50/cwt42.50–42.504041
CowsLean 85-90%1,19029.00/cwt29.00–29.003451

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.