Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-02-16

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 16
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 240▼ 41 vs year ago 211 · −19.4%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
158 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 199▼ 17 vs year ago 175 · −9.7%
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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 8 Feeders, 5 Heifers, 3 Steers, 19 Goats 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—Average1,20478.849495thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,61576.261,23123
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61366.821,07825
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31163.5583339
CowsLean 85-90%High1,26356.2571140

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199153.39/cwt35
BullsNumber 210157.09/cwt22
BullsNumber 39031.80/cwt11
BullsUtility8513.18/cwt57
HeifersNumber 190115.59/cwt10
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8515.17/cwt13

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1—9625.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
CowsLean 85-90%—1,31264.64/cwt58.50–72.0084813
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,57578.95/cwt78.00–79.501,2437
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104214.76/cwt195.00–225.002234
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94226.86/cwt220.00–240.002133
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53961.24/cwt57.50–64.0094210
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39667.43/cwt60.00–76.5094126
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62370.94/cwt66.00–76.001,15114
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—94856.00/cwt56.00–56.005312
Bulls—Light Weight—91077.50/cwt77.50–77.507051
Bulls——1,49390.10/cwt89.00–91.001,3452
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,63275.09/cwt73.00–77.001,22516
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89752.43/cwt49.00–55.014703
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—97562.51/cwt61.00–64.006092
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28350.00/cwt50.00–50.006422
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—95045.00/cwt45.00–45.004281
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight—2,22565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,4461
CowsLean 85-90%—1,30154.45/cwt51.00–57.0070816
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28948.04/cwt43.50–51.006197
BullsUtility—7310.71/cwt5.00–20.00815
BullsUtility—8414.28/cwt5.00–20.001213
BullsNumber 1—114119.94/cwt115.00–125.001373
BullsNumber 1—104113.63/cwt90.00–140.0011811
BullsUtility—625.00/cwt5.00–5.0035
BullsUtility—10416.97/cwt15.00–25.00185
Bulls——1,25075.50/cwt75.50–75.509441
BullsNumber 2—14850.00/cwt50.00–50.00741
BullsNumber 2—17444.89/cwt40.00–50.00782
Bulls—Light Weight—87561.00/cwt61.00–61.005341
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20255.47/cwt53.50–57.006677
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—87204.17/cwt175.00–225.001785
BullsUtility—9416.36/cwt10.00–20.001515
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10019.00/cwt18.00–20.00192
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9319.40/cwt15.00–23.00183
BullsUtility—585.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsUtility—11115.00/cwt15.00–15.00173
BullsNumber 2—10050.00/cwt50.00–50.00501
BullsNumber 1—97120.80/cwt90.00–140.001178
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0074
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8415.25/cwt10.00–21.00134
HeifersNumber 1—10835.00/cwt35.00–35.00381
HeifersNumber 1—8625.00/cwt25.00–25.00223
BullsNumber 3—10623.42/cwt20.00–25.00253
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—86208.79/cwt180.00–235.001806
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—7343.36/cwt40.00–50.00323
BullsNumber 2—11075.00/cwt75.00–75.00831
BullsNumber 2—8553.04/cwt40.00–60.00458
BullsNumber 2—9362.98/cwt50.00–75.00599
BullsNumber 3—8322.47/cwt20.00–25.00192
BullsNumber 3—9434.84/cwt25.00–40.00333

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.