Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-12-08

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 8
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
63 vs last sale 209 27 vs year ago 299 · 9.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
223 head
3 vs last sale 226 11 vs year ago 234 · 4.7%
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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 29 Heifers, 26 Feeders, 20 Steers, 10 Goats and 5 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
BullsAverage1,58164.391,0188thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59052.6983818
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36749.1267251
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,34443.6758743

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197102.60/cwt47
BullsNumber 29156.35/cwt44
BullsNumber 38932.26/cwt20
BullsUtility8611.67/cwt36
HeifersNumber 199192.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 2112115.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8613.96/cwt19

Every lot, as filed

48 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
BullsUtility9514.51/cwt10.00–20.001410
BullsUtility759.52/cwt5.00–10.00710
BullsUtility11010.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsUtility675.00/cwt5.00–5.0034
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00164
BullsUtility8412.83/cwt10.00–15.00117
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight91045.00/cwt45.00–45.004101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62754.05/cwt52.00–57.0087911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53250.55/cwt48.00–52.007747
CowsLean 85-90%1,32144.95/cwt42.00–47.0059415
CowsLean 85-90%1,39750.89/cwt48.50–55.0071113
CowsLean 85-90%1,34038.20/cwt33.00–41.5051212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43023.00/cwt23.00–23.003291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46351.99/cwt50.50–55.0076119
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight73530.00/cwt30.00–30.002211
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight88552.00/cwt52.00–52.004601
CowsLean 85-90%1,38826.25/cwt26.00–26.503642
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95031.00/cwt31.00–31.002951
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross82195.55/cwt165.00–225.001602
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross101182.49/cwt180.00–185.001842
Bulls1,64867.95/cwt65.00–72.001,1206
Bulls1,37853.71/cwt53.50–54.007402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20356.83/cwt55.50–60.006844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38247.51/cwt41.00–50.5065724
BullsNumber 211560.00/cwt60.00–60.00691
BullsNumber 27643.30/cwt40.00–45.00333
BullsNumber 111392.68/cwt75.00–100.001054
BullsNumber 18665.68/cwt60.00–70.00568
BullsNumber 19792.25/cwt70.00–120.008913
BullsNumber 110496.02/cwt80.00–125.0010015
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross7795.00/cwt95.00–95.00731
BullsNumber 310533.90/cwt25.00–40.00364
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93185.00/cwt185.00–185.001721
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross104200.00/cwt200.00–200.002081
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross98140.00/cwt140.00–140.001371
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78195.32/cwt170.00–220.001522
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9316.29/cwt15.00–20.00154
BullsNumber 28448.02/cwt35.00–65.004010
BullsNumber 29358.30/cwt50.00–70.005424
BullsNumber 210463.05/cwt55.00–70.00665
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross112115.00/cwt115.00–115.001291
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0086
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00137
BullsNumber 38431.86/cwt20.00–45.002710
BullsNumber 37627.85/cwt20.00–35.00212
BullsNumber 39433.81/cwt20.00–40.00324
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00151

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.