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
Bulls—Low1,38558.368085thin
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-Tubing—9418.00/cwt18.00–18.00177
BullsUtility—11715.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsUtility—675.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsNumber 1—9589.29/cwt75.00–120.008517
BullsNumber 1—10496.16/cwt70.00–130.0010020
BullsUtility—9517.09/cwt15.00–20.001610
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—100195.00/cwt195.00–195.001951
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—96545.51/cwt43.50–46.504393
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—86140.93/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 Weight—84031.27/cwt30.00–33.002632
BullsUtility—12120.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsUtility—10317.22/cwt15.00–20.00185
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25549.14/cwt47.00–53.0061712
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21840.55/cwt37.00–43.0049411
Bulls—Light Weight—89855.25/cwt54.00–56.504962
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33351.77/cwt47.50–57.0069018
BullsNumber 1—8675.61/cwt55.00–85.006514
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—103173.94/cwt150.00–185.001794
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—99530.00/cwt30.00–30.002991
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28745.19/cwt43.00–47.5058217
BullsUtility—7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0078
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—8650.00/cwt50.00–50.00431
BullsNumber 3—8427.00/cwt20.00–30.00235
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8316.40/cwt15.00–20.001410
BullsNumber 3—9237.89/cwt25.00–50.00357
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7510.76/cwt10.00–15.00813
BullsNumber 2—11155.00/cwt55.00–55.00611
BullsNumber 2—9359.17/cwt50.00–70.005512
BullsNumber 2—8549.97/cwt40.00–60.00427
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—9765.00/cwt65.00–65.00631
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—7135.04/cwt30.00–40.00252
BullsNumber 3—11540.00/cwt40.00–40.00461
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—89175.00/cwt175.00–175.001561
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—93186.44/cwt170.00–200.001737
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—110145.00/cwt145.00–145.001601
BullsNumber 3—7527.98/cwt20.00–35.00215
BullsNumber 3—10536.32/cwt20.00–45.00383
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—94100.00/cwt100.00–100.00941
BullsNumber 1—11382.48/cwt65.00–90.00934
BullsNumber 1—12390.05/cwt85.00–95.001113
Bulls——1,71060.44/cwt57.00–63.001,0343
BullsNumber 2—7742.53/cwt40.00–45.00336
BullsNumber 2—10153.32/cwt50.00–60.00543
BullsNumber 2—12660.00/cwt60.00–60.00761
BullsUtility—8414.99/cwt10.00–20.001310

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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