Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-01-26

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jan 26
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 205▲ 15 vs year ago 194 · +7.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
169 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 197▼ 33 vs year ago 202 · −16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 1.00-2.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 12 Heifers, 7 Feeders, 8 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—High1,39768.509574thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64861.491,0132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,45553.7478249
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65453.0887831
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,33845.9661543

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197118.54/cwt47
BullsNumber 29460.93/cwt32
BullsNumber 39435.09/cwt23
BullsUtility8613.60/cwt32
HeifersNumber 191200.44/cwt10
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8213.10/cwt10

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
BullsUtility—8414.60/cwt5.00–20.001214
BullsNumber 1—8671.93/cwt70.00–80.00625
BullsUtility—10310.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
BullsUtility—695.00/cwt5.00–5.0033
BullsUtility—9616.71/cwt10.00–20.00168
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—94205.86/cwt195.00–210.001945
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32646.11/cwt45.00–48.006116
BullsNumber 2—11175.00/cwt75.00–75.00831
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61855.15/cwt53.00–58.0089214
Bulls——1,79088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5751
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71649.60/cwt41.50–52.0085114
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48553.42/cwt50.00–56.5079330
CowsLean 85-90%—1,39048.79/cwt46.00–50.506787
BullsNumber 3—7621.70/cwt20.00–25.00163
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,64861.49/cwt61.00–62.001,0132
BullsUtility—7611.45/cwt10.00–15.0095
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52859.67/cwt58.00–63.009123
BullsNumber 1—9578.72/cwt75.00–90.007515
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22634.39/cwt25.00–39.0042210
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28643.07/cwt40.00–45.0055412
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—79170.00/cwt170.00–170.001341
Bulls——1,39058.00/cwt58.00–58.008061
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—104180.00/cwt180.00–180.001871
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44658.01/cwt57.00–61.0083913
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7411.00/cwt10.00–12.0082
CowsLean 85-90%—1,43855.28/cwt52.00–58.5079514
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94199.98/cwt175.00–215.001883
BullsNumber 1—10590.15/cwt80.00–100.009510
BullsNumber 2—8552.24/cwt40.00–65.00447
BullsNumber 1—12980.00/cwt80.00–80.001031
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10218.00/cwt18.00–18.00181
Bulls——1,20363.99/cwt60.00–67.007702
BullsNumber 2—10469.26/cwt55.00–75.00727
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—113177.57/cwt170.00–185.002012
BullsNumber 3—11330.00/cwt30.00–30.00341
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—85208.37/cwt205.00–210.001773
BullsNumber 2—7442.20/cwt35.00–50.00312
BullsUtility—11015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsNumber 3—9333.19/cwt20.00–50.003110
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84202.54/cwt195.00–210.001702
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00122
BullsNumber 2—9562.66/cwt50.00–75.006015
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105193.22/cwt185.00–200.002036
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—78176.60/cwt170.00–185.001383
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—87100.00/cwt100.00–100.00871
BullsNumber 3—10436.70/cwt25.00–50.00386
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9216.99/cwt15.00–18.00163
BullsNumber 3—8829.94/cwt20.00–40.00262

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.