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
BullsAverage1,67569.331,1613thin
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
BullsUtility10415.97/cwt15.00–20.00175
BullsNumber 39338.00/cwt30.00–50.00355
BullsNumber 310329.76/cwt20.00–40.00312
BullsNumber 110498.38/cwt75.00–120.0010220
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9415.86/cwt15.00–20.00156
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7810.51/cwt10.00–12.0084
BullsNumber 18694.17/cwt70.00–110.008119
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10315.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsNumber 210860.00/cwt60.00–60.00651
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross9470.00/cwt70.00–70.00661
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross88220.00/cwt220.00–220.001941
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross84213.20/cwt200.00–220.001793
Bulls1,67569.33/cwt66.00–72.001,1613
BullsNumber 29668.60/cwt65.00–75.00667
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross107168.11/cwt150.00–200.001803
BullsNumber 37623.91/cwt20.00–35.00184
BullsNumber 112587.47/cwt80.00–95.001092
BullsNumber 311070.00/cwt70.00–70.00771
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84847.29/cwt46.00–48.508742
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8315.02/cwt10.00–20.00127
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight89541.00/cwt41.00–41.003671
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross79175.00/cwt175.00–175.001381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53158.17/cwt57.00–61.008914
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross77190.00/cwt190.00–190.001461
CowsLean 85-90%1,13044.37/cwt43.00–45.005016
BullsNumber 38627.41/cwt15.00–40.00248
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63853.85/cwt51.00–57.0088223
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross111190.00/cwt190.00–190.002111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65758.86/cwt58.00–60.009755
BullsNumber 19498.28/cwt75.00–120.009234
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86049.00/cwt49.00–49.004211
BullsNumber 28344.22/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 Cross95200.12/cwt160.00–230.001908
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84544.40/cwt43.00–46.003752
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,61559.10/cwt58.00–60.009542
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight83346.87/cwt45.50–48.003902
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88935.94/cwt32.50–40.003204
BullsNumber 1112100.91/cwt80.00–115.001136
BullsUtility8513.95/cwt5.00–20.001214
BullsUtility9413.76/cwt5.00–15.001312
BullsUtility635.00/cwt5.00–5.00311
BullsUtility11415.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsUtility748.99/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.