Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-12-15

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
20 vs last sale 272 30 vs year ago 222 · +13.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
231 head
8 vs last sale 223 10 vs year ago 221 · +4.5%
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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 47 Feeders, 10 Heifers, 4 Steers, 20 Sheep and 26 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
BullsLow1,38558.368085thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54849.9377311
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29647.5361629
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17242.0649360

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198101.76/cwt68
BullsNumber 29053.00/cwt30
BullsNumber 38934.28/cwt22
BullsUtility8613.26/cwt42
HeifersNumber 1103173.94/cwt4
HeifersNumber 294100.00/cwt1
HeifersNumber 37640.03/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8214.33/cwt30

Every lot, as filed

50 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
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9418.00/cwt18.00–18.00177
BullsUtility11715.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsUtility675.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsNumber 19589.29/cwt75.00–120.008517
BullsNumber 110496.16/cwt70.00–130.0010020
BullsUtility9517.09/cwt15.00–20.001610
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100195.00/cwt195.00–195.001951
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96545.51/cwt43.50–46.504393
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86140.93/cwt38.50–44.003526
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13844.64/cwt43.00–46.005085
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38138.67/cwt37.50–40.005345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46847.36/cwt46.00–49.006956
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64353.01/cwt52.00–54.008715
CowsLean 85-90%1,13630.55/cwt22.50–35.003479
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84031.27/cwt30.00–33.002632
BullsUtility12120.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsUtility10317.22/cwt15.00–20.00185
CowsLean 85-90%1,25549.14/cwt47.00–53.0061712
CowsLean 85-90%1,21840.55/cwt37.00–43.0049411
BullsLight Weight89855.25/cwt54.00–56.504962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33351.77/cwt47.50–57.0069018
BullsNumber 18675.61/cwt55.00–85.006514
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross103173.94/cwt150.00–185.001794
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight99530.00/cwt30.00–30.002991
CowsLean 85-90%1,28745.19/cwt43.00–47.5058217
BullsUtility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0078
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross8650.00/cwt50.00–50.00431
BullsNumber 38427.00/cwt20.00–30.00235
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8316.40/cwt15.00–20.001410
BullsNumber 39237.89/cwt25.00–50.00357
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7510.76/cwt10.00–15.00813
BullsNumber 211155.00/cwt55.00–55.00611
BullsNumber 29359.17/cwt50.00–70.005512
BullsNumber 28549.97/cwt40.00–60.00427
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross9765.00/cwt65.00–65.00631
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross7135.04/cwt30.00–40.00252
BullsNumber 311540.00/cwt40.00–40.00461
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross89175.00/cwt175.00–175.001561
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93186.44/cwt170.00–200.001737
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110145.00/cwt145.00–145.001601
BullsNumber 37527.98/cwt20.00–35.00215
BullsNumber 310536.32/cwt20.00–45.00383
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross94100.00/cwt100.00–100.00941
BullsNumber 111382.48/cwt65.00–90.00934
BullsNumber 112390.05/cwt85.00–95.001113
Bulls1,71060.44/cwt57.00–63.001,0343
BullsNumber 27742.53/cwt40.00–45.00336
BullsNumber 210153.32/cwt50.00–60.00543
BullsNumber 212660.00/cwt60.00–60.00761
BullsUtility8414.99/cwt10.00–20.001310

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.