Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-02-02

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 2
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
97 vs last sale 209 133 vs year ago 245 · 54.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
127 head
42 vs last sale 169 65 vs year ago 192 · 33.9%
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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, 50 Dairy Cows, 8 Feeders, 6 Heifers and 2 Steers 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
BullsLow1,60273.371,1755thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,63865.581,0742thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49158.7287534
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68157.4396616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,30247.1961436

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199123.19/cwt48
BullsNumber 29770.49/cwt10
BullsNumber 39129.65/cwt16
BullsUtility7911.40/cwt33
HeifersNumber 1100201.02/cwt5
HeifersNumber 38050.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9016.34/cwt8

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
BullsUtility635.00/cwt5.00–5.0035
BullsNumber 112680.00/cwt80.00–80.001011
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross108200.05/cwt195.00–205.002162
BullsUtility7410.53/cwt10.00–15.00810
BullsUtility8413.85/cwt10.00–18.001215
BullsUtility9412.68/cwt5.00–18.00123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69055.00/cwt53.00–57.009306
Bulls1,11563.00/cwt63.00–63.007021
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,63865.58/cwt62.00–69.001,0742
CowsBoner 80-85%1,58854.47/cwt51.00–57.008658
CowsLean 85-90%1,30848.19/cwt45.00–51.0063011
CowsLean 85-90%1,32856.06/cwt51.00–63.0074413
CowsLean 85-90%1,33635.05/cwt31.00–38.004688
BullsNumber 29561.50/cwt50.00–70.00583
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92533.00/cwt33.00–33.003051
BullsNumber 19695.90/cwt80.00–115.009214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63560.75/cwt59.00–63.009938
Bulls1,53078.93/cwt76.00–81.001,2082
CowsLean 85-90%1,36040.51/cwt40.00–41.005512
BullsNumber 37423.26/cwt20.00–30.00173
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87545.50/cwt45.50–45.503981
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87227.63/cwt220.00–235.001982
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45460.69/cwt58.00–65.0088225
BullsNumber 1103104.08/cwt85.00–125.0010716
BullsNumber 28552.60/cwt40.00–75.00454
BullsNumber 311150.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross8050.00/cwt50.00–50.00401
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9418.00/cwt18.00–18.00174
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross79180.00/cwt180.00–180.001421
BullsNumber 210270.00/cwt70.00–70.00711
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross117195.00/cwt195.00–195.002281
BullsNumber 310233.18/cwt20.00–40.00343
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross13495.00/cwt95.00–95.001271
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8511.85/cwt5.00–18.00102
BullsNumber 18778.00/cwt60.00–90.00685
BullsNumber 38434.92/cwt30.00–40.00293
BullsNumber 111890.00/cwt90.00–90.001061
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105202.07/cwt195.00–210.002125
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95213.17/cwt190.00–225.002033
BullsNumber 39525.04/cwt20.00–40.00246
BullsHeavy Weight2,22061.00/cwt61.00–61.001,3541
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
Bulls1,61585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3731
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross79240.00/cwt240.00–240.001901
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross89230.00/cwt230.00–230.002051
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross105145.00/cwt145.00–145.001521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84051.47/cwt51.00–52.009472
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7515.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,63543.50/cwt43.50–43.507111

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.