Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-12-22

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 22
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 252▲ 8 vs year ago 144 · +5.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
240 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 231▲ 6 vs year ago 234 · +2.6%
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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 16 Feeders, 7 Heifers, 1 Steer, 3 Goats and 1 Sheep was 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—Average1,67569.331,1613thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,61559.109542thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,65554.2589830
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40651.1471944
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18445.4953943

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197111.25/cwt95
BullsNumber 29156.65/cwt15
BullsNumber 38933.54/cwt21
BullsUtility8110.95/cwt63
HeifersNumber 182207.40/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8714.30/cwt18

Every lot, as filed

47 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—10415.97/cwt15.00–20.00175
BullsNumber 3—9338.00/cwt30.00–50.00355
BullsNumber 3—10329.76/cwt20.00–40.00312
BullsNumber 1—10498.38/cwt75.00–120.0010220
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9415.86/cwt15.00–20.00156
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7810.51/cwt10.00–12.0084
BullsNumber 1—8694.17/cwt70.00–110.008119
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10315.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 2—10860.00/cwt60.00–60.00651
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—9470.00/cwt70.00–70.00661
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—88220.00/cwt220.00–220.001941
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—84213.20/cwt200.00–220.001793
Bulls——1,67569.33/cwt66.00–72.001,1613
BullsNumber 2—9668.60/cwt65.00–75.00667
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—107168.11/cwt150.00–200.001803
BullsNumber 3—7623.91/cwt20.00–35.00184
BullsNumber 1—12587.47/cwt80.00–95.001092
BullsNumber 3—11070.00/cwt70.00–70.00771
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,84847.29/cwt46.00–48.508742
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8315.02/cwt10.00–20.00127
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—89541.00/cwt41.00–41.003671
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—79175.00/cwt175.00–175.001381
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,53158.17/cwt57.00–61.008914
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—77190.00/cwt190.00–190.001461
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13044.37/cwt43.00–45.005016
BullsNumber 3—8627.41/cwt15.00–40.00248
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63853.85/cwt51.00–57.0088223
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—111190.00/cwt190.00–190.002111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65758.86/cwt58.00–60.009755
BullsNumber 1—9498.28/cwt75.00–120.009234
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—86049.00/cwt49.00–49.004211
BullsNumber 2—8344.22/cwt40.00–55.00377
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16638.90/cwt35.00–41.5045410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48345.77/cwt41.00–47.006796
CowsLean 85-90%—1,31850.97/cwt47.00–56.0067220
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42851.88/cwt48.00–56.5074131
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95200.12/cwt160.00–230.001908
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—84544.40/cwt43.00–46.003752
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,61559.10/cwt58.00–60.009542
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83346.87/cwt45.50–48.003902
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—88935.94/cwt32.50–40.003204
BullsNumber 1—112100.91/cwt80.00–115.001136
BullsUtility—8513.95/cwt5.00–20.001214
BullsUtility—9413.76/cwt5.00–15.001312
BullsUtility—635.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility—11415.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility—748.99/cwt5.00–10.00720

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.