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
Bulls—Average1,58164.391,0188thin
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
BullsUtility—9514.51/cwt10.00–20.001410
BullsUtility—759.52/cwt5.00–10.00710
BullsUtility—11010.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
BullsUtility—675.00/cwt5.00–5.0034
BullsUtility—10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00164
BullsUtility—8412.83/cwt10.00–15.00117
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—91045.00/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 Weight—73530.00/cwt30.00–30.002211
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—88552.00/cwt52.00–52.004601
CowsLean 85-90%—1,38826.25/cwt26.00–26.503642
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—95031.00/cwt31.00–31.002951
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—82195.55/cwt165.00–225.001602
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—101182.49/cwt180.00–185.001842
Bulls——1,64867.95/cwt65.00–72.001,1206
Bulls——1,37853.71/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 2—11560.00/cwt60.00–60.00691
BullsNumber 2—7643.30/cwt40.00–45.00333
BullsNumber 1—11392.68/cwt75.00–100.001054
BullsNumber 1—8665.68/cwt60.00–70.00568
BullsNumber 1—9792.25/cwt70.00–120.008913
BullsNumber 1—10496.02/cwt80.00–125.0010015
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—7795.00/cwt95.00–95.00731
BullsNumber 3—10533.90/cwt25.00–40.00364
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—93185.00/cwt185.00–185.001721
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—104200.00/cwt200.00–200.002081
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—98140.00/cwt140.00–140.001371
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—78195.32/cwt170.00–220.001522
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9316.29/cwt15.00–20.00154
BullsNumber 2—8448.02/cwt35.00–65.004010
BullsNumber 2—9358.30/cwt50.00–70.005424
BullsNumber 2—10463.05/cwt55.00–70.00665
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—112115.00/cwt115.00–115.001291
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0086
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00137
BullsNumber 3—8431.86/cwt20.00–45.002710
BullsNumber 3—7627.85/cwt20.00–35.00212
BullsNumber 3—9433.81/cwt20.00–40.00324
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10215.00/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.