Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-12-29

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 29
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
255 head
103 vs last sale 152 255 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
227 head
13 vs last sale 240 227 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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, 20 Dairy Cows, 21 Heifers, 8 Steers, 12 Feeders, 55 Goats and 21 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
BullsAverage1,53669.831,07213
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57154.0484911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34849.8067127
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17741.3848735

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196101.28/cwt67
BullsNumber 28850.20/cwt30
BullsNumber 39033.98/cwt24
BullsUtility8212.64/cwt55
HeifersNumber 198119.52/cwt10
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.87/cwt14

Every lot, as filed

49 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
BullsUtility645.44/cwt5.00–7.00312
BullsNumber 110497.85/cwt65.00–125.0010216
BullsUtility9416.02/cwt10.00–20.001516
BullsUtility10413.28/cwt10.00–15.00143
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102176.67/cwt160.00–190.001803
BullsUtility7512.04/cwt10.00–15.00912
CowsLean 85-90%1,15338.04/cwt35.00–41.504398
Bulls1,66472.55/cwt64.00–80.001,20711
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94030.49/cwt30.00–31.002872
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32250.71/cwt48.00–53.0067014
CowsLean 85-90%1,38351.89/cwt49.00–59.007189
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33144.45/cwt39.00–47.005928
CowsLean 85-90%1,15730.17/cwt25.00–35.003495
BullsUtility8515.76/cwt10.00–20.001312
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94538.14/cwt34.00–41.503603
BullsNumber 18663.63/cwt55.00–70.005511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66748.57/cwt45.00–51.008103
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross77110.00/cwt110.00–110.00851
CowsLean 85-90%1,28044.32/cwt42.00–47.005675
BullsNumber 17750.00/cwt50.00–50.00394
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87043.01/cwt42.00–44.003743
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95180.32/cwt170.00–190.001712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44755.83/cwt54.00–59.008085
BullsNumber 39438.46/cwt30.00–45.003610
BullsNumber 310735.02/cwt25.00–40.00373
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9718.00/cwt18.00–18.00172
BullsNumber 29458.80/cwt45.00–70.005512
BullsNumber 37621.72/cwt20.00–25.00173
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross115160.00/cwt160.00–160.001841
HeifersNumber 111427.43/cwt20.00–35.00312
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross85150.00/cwt150.00–150.001281
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7410.70/cwt10.00–12.0083
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross83164.58/cwt150.00–195.001373
BullsNumber 38332.58/cwt20.00–40.00278
BullsNumber 111493.99/cwt70.00–115.001076
BullsNumber 210555.00/cwt50.00–60.00582
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93168.43/cwt150.00–180.001579
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8316.58/cwt15.00–20.00147
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross102169.85/cwt155.00–185.001732
BullsNumber 28545.53/cwt40.00–55.003910
BullsLight Weight83054.86/cwt49.00–60.004552
BullsNumber 27639.18/cwt35.00–45.00306
BullsNumber 112195.00/cwt95.00–95.001151
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10119.01/cwt18.00–20.00192
BullsNumber 19578.59/cwt65.00–115.007513
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78100.00/cwt100.00–100.00781
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38563.65/cwt63.00–64.508822
HeifersNumber 18420.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58553.57/cwt52.00–56.008496

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.