Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jan 5
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
253 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 255▲ 43 vs year ago 210 · +20.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
206 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 227▲ 18 vs year ago 188 · +9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 3.00-5.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Beef Cross Bull Calves sold 30.00-40.00 higher with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 3 Dairy Cows, 22 Heifers, 2 Steers, 47 Feeders, 14 Sheep and 2 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—Average1,54773.241,1334thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,66755.6092713
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37653.1373151
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17646.2954463

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196124.88/cwt95
BullsNumber 29168.05/cwt16
BullsNumber 38727.61/cwt8
BullsUtility8313.67/cwt47
HeifersNumber 18984.24/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.62/cwt19

Every lot, as filed

53 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
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—85158.79/cwt130.00–185.001352
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39353.92/cwt52.00–56.0075129
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—78129.97/cwt125.00–135.001012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,30755.07/cwt53.00–57.007209
HeifersNumber 1—9622.63/cwt20.00–25.00223
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,74650.30/cwt50.00–51.008784
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94213.54/cwt175.00–245.0020112
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—99554.00/cwt54.00–54.005371
BullsNumber 1—9597.79/cwt70.00–120.009328
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—95841.38/cwt40.00–44.003963
BullsNumber 1—115117.37/cwt110.00–130.001356
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93546.65/cwt45.00–48.004365
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31158.37/cwt57.00–61.007657
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23649.19/cwt45.50–52.5060825
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,14571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,5231
Bulls——1,47383.23/cwt81.00–85.001,2262
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17140.93/cwt36.00–44.0047919
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54460.22/cwt58.00–63.009305
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—88548.00/cwt48.00–48.004251
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—81327.90/cwt25.50–30.502272
BullsNumber 1—7755.00/cwt55.00–55.00421
BullsNumber 1—104102.95/cwt70.00–130.0010716
BullsUtility—7511.40/cwt10.00–12.00913
BullsUtility—10315.58/cwt10.00–20.00165
BullsUtility—656.33/cwt5.00–10.0044
BullsUtility—8516.02/cwt10.00–20.001421
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44248.86/cwt45.00–51.0070513
BullsNumber 2—10050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,74355.12/cwt52.00–57.009614
BullsNumber 2—7743.29/cwt40.00–50.00333
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—85181.54/cwt150.00–240.001547
BullsNumber 2—8448.55/cwt40.00–55.00414
BullsUtility—9513.65/cwt5.00–20.00134
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—75140.00/cwt140.00–140.001051
Bulls——1,09555.50/cwt55.50–55.506081
BullsNumber 3—7833.44/cwt25.00–45.00263
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—101193.36/cwt180.00–200.001953
BullsNumber 3—8327.77/cwt20.00–35.00232
BullsNumber 1—12597.54/cwt95.00–100.001222
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00202
BullsNumber 1—8789.72/cwt75.00–110.007816
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9318.97/cwt18.00–20.00184
BullsNumber 2—12158.32/cwt50.00–70.00713
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7612.42/cwt10.00–15.0095
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—114220.00/cwt220.00–220.002511
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8516.26/cwt15.00–18.00147
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—125195.00/cwt195.00–195.002441
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—625.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—85127.43/cwt125.00–130.001082
BullsNumber 3—9420.00/cwt20.00–20.00192
BullsNumber 3—10725.00/cwt25.00–25.00271
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—77120.00/cwt120.00–120.00921
BullsNumber 2—9372.43/cwt70.00–75.00672

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.