Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-02-23

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 23
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
65 vs last sale 170 10 vs year ago 245 · 4.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
222 head
64 vs last sale 158 37 vs year ago 185 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 21 Heifers, 5 Steers, 2 Feeders, 11 Goats and 1 sheep was 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
BullsHigh1,59776.331,2196thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67572.001,2062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62360.8998833
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,47257.9685353
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,25648.9461566
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,300112.001,4561thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,20694.171,1364thin
Dairy HeifersSelectLow1,20271.7786310
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,19265.887854thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,15092.501,0641thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100133.75/cwt82
BullsNumber 210286.02/cwt20
BullsNumber 39636.87/cwt25
BullsUtility8212.93/cwt53
HeifersNumber 1102191.78/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8715.95/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Dairy HeifersSelect1,23865.54/cwt62.50–69.508114
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross112195.00/cwt195.00–195.002181
Dairy SteersSelect1,20865.50/cwt65.00–66.007913
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87205.00/cwt200.00–210.001782
SteersChoice1,15092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,0641
BullsNumber 28545.00/cwt40.00–50.00382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14570.00/cwt70.00–70.008021
BullsNumber 194102.41/cwt75.00–130.009626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41752.19/cwt50.00–54.007408
BullsNumber 1114110.33/cwt90.00–125.0012611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47458.52/cwt55.00–62.5086341
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105194.83/cwt180.00–205.002056
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight74534.00/cwt34.00–34.002531
BullsUtility7411.87/cwt5.00–15.00919
CowsLean 85-90%1,26146.51/cwt43.00–50.0058617
Dairy HeifersChoice1,20694.17/cwt86.00–103.001,1364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69063.98/cwt62.00–67.001,08116
Dairy HeifersPrime1,300112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4561
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,67572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2062
Bulls1,93088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6981
CowsLean 85-90%1,23737.29/cwt32.00–42.0046116
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55863.74/cwt63.00–65.009934
CowsLean 85-90%1,37561.50/cwt59.00–66.008469
Dairy SteersSelect1,14567.00/cwt67.00–67.007671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58657.23/cwt50.00–61.5090816
Dairy HeifersSelect1,17875.92/cwt70.00–80.008946
CowsLean 85-90%1,24254.57/cwt51.00–58.0067823
BullsUtility10217.49/cwt15.00–20.00184
BullsUtility12015.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85199.54/cwt180.00–220.001704
BullsUtility645.00/cwt5.00–5.0037
BullsNumber 1105119.18/cwt110.00–130.0012512
BullsUtility8414.67/cwt5.00–20.001213
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross94154.93/cwt150.00–165.001463
BullsNumber 37820.00/cwt20.00–20.00163
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross8060.00/cwt60.00–60.00481
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing605.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 214250.00/cwt50.00–50.00711
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross7385.00/cwt85.00–85.00621
BullsNumber 210360.05/cwt50.00–70.00622
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7912.00/cwt12.00–12.0091
BullsNumber 310341.85/cwt25.00–50.00438
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8416.39/cwt15.00–20.00146
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross138160.00/cwt160.00–160.002211
BullsNumber 38330.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross93192.84/cwt180.00–205.001792
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10020.00/cwt20.00–20.00201
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross82115.00/cwt115.00–115.00941
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9118.00/cwt18.00–18.00162
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93228.24/cwt200.00–240.002126
BullsNumber 312340.00/cwt40.00–40.00491
BullsNumber 1123117.49/cwt115.00–120.001452
BullsNumber 311539.98/cwt35.00–45.00462
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross79210.00/cwt210.00–210.001661
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing11420.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
BullsUtility9416.79/cwt10.00–20.00168
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross12193.31/cwt75.00–125.001133
BullsUtility11215.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross104145.00/cwt145.00–145.001511
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross115188.88/cwt155.00–210.002175
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross7340.00/cwt40.00–40.00291
Bulls1,40865.85/cwt63.00–68.009272
BullsNumber 212950.00/cwt50.00–50.00651
Bulls1,61279.42/cwt78.00–81.501,2803
BullsNumber 29664.11/cwt50.00–75.00625
BullsNumber 187103.94/cwt70.00–120.00909
BullsNumber 39434.63/cwt20.00–50.00338

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.