Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-02-09

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 9
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 112▲ 57 vs year ago 183 · +31.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
199 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 127▲ 6 vs year ago 193 · +3.1%
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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 steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 15 Heifers, 2 Dairy Cows, 1 Feeder and 2 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
Bulls—High1,59564.941,03612
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,45568.029902thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60360.2096539
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43758.4083939
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,25153.1666546

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197126.19/cwt77
BullsNumber 29972.70/cwt18
BullsNumber 38930.77/cwt20
BullsUtility8312.11/cwt39
HeifersNumber 192176.48/cwt11
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8213.44/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

55 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—97555.00/cwt55.00–55.005361
BullsNumber 2—9459.95/cwt55.00–70.00564
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39763.17/cwt58.50–69.5088217
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103197.87/cwt110.00–225.002048
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63854.29/cwt52.00–56.008896
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—80220.00/cwt220.00–220.001761
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24448.87/cwt45.00–51.0060814
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—104204.71/cwt195.00–215.002132
CowsLean 85-90%—1,26653.81/cwt52.50–56.0068116
Bulls——1,23579.00/cwt79.00–79.009761
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61660.28/cwt57.00–65.0097427
BullsNumber 1—95102.85/cwt80.00–125.009819
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22238.71/cwt35.00–41.004733
BullsNumber 1—110110.00/cwt100.00–120.001212
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27061.21/cwt58.00–64.0077712
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,45568.02/cwt66.00–70.009902
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51265.76/cwt64.00–69.009946
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,52555.31/cwt51.50–58.0084318
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—97049.50/cwt49.50–49.504801
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,14562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,3301
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29051.00/cwt51.00–51.006583
BullsUtility—11715.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsUtility—8614.89/cwt10.00–20.001312
BullsUtility—7610.76/cwt5.00–15.0089
BullsUtility—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0038
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—77160.65/cwt140.00–180.001242
BullsUtility—10616.47/cwt15.00–18.00172
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—105139.86/cwt135.00–145.001472
BullsNumber 3—10550.00/cwt50.00–50.00531
BullsNumber 2—16665.00/cwt65.00–65.001081
BullsNumber 3—11030.00/cwt30.00–30.00331
BullsNumber 2—8556.77/cwt40.00–70.00488
BullsNumber 3—9435.14/cwt25.00–45.00335
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—112195.00/cwt185.00–205.002182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7411.31/cwt10.00–15.0084
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94206.27/cwt190.00–215.001944
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8515.00/cwt15.00–15.00135
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—94193.11/cwt180.00–210.001825
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—7350.00/cwt50.00–50.00371
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—87223.83/cwt210.00–235.001954
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 1—104109.82/cwt80.00–130.0011423
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10318.00/cwt18.00–18.00192
BullsNumber 1—8588.20/cwt70.00–105.007515
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—12245.00/cwt45.00–45.00551
HeifersNumber 1—10125.00/cwt25.00–25.00251
BullsNumber 3—7723.83/cwt20.00–30.00184
BullsUtility—9415.53/cwt5.00–20.00157
BullsNumber 3—8524.20/cwt20.00–35.00217
Bulls—Light Weight—94860.40/cwt58.00–63.005732
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—118140.00/cwt140.00–140.001651
Bulls——1,46557.83/cwt55.00–60.508473
BullsNumber 2—10170.00/cwt70.00–70.00711
Bulls——1,89368.80/cwt64.00–75.001,3025
BullsNumber 2—12260.00/cwt60.00–60.00731

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.