Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-03-02

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 2
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 235▲ 4 vs year ago 233 · +1.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
197 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 222▲ 25 vs year ago 172 · +14.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 2.00-3.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 19 Feeders, 24 Heifers, 17 Steers, 5 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—Low1,56376.811,20011
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,74071.001,2351thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59259.6194942
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,43057.9382873
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24750.7363336
SteersSelectAverage1,114103.971,1588thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199128.69/cwt99
BullsNumber 28599.05/cwt6
BullsNumber 39035.04/cwt9
BullsUtility8412.94/cwt42
HeifersNumber 196150.47/cwt10
HeifersNumber 286145.00/cwt3
HeifersNumber 37020.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8617.73/cwt20

Every lot, as filed

51 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—10214.02/cwt10.00–18.00142
BullsUtility—665.00/cwt5.00–5.0035
BullsNumber 1—95117.52/cwt80.00–140.0011233
BullsNumber 1—13285.00/cwt85.00–85.001121
BullsNumber 1—12596.87/cwt80.00–115.001212
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103200.00/cwt200.00–200.002061
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—96213.06/cwt205.00–225.002053
BullsNumber 1—114114.52/cwt80.00–130.001319
BullsNumber 1—85113.85/cwt95.00–125.009713
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—77126.43/cwt100.00–140.00973
HeifersNumber 1—8725.00/cwt25.00–25.00221
HeifersNumber 1—10625.00/cwt25.00–25.00272
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—86227.94/cwt200.00–250.001964
BullsUtility—7410.48/cwt10.00–15.00811
BullsUtility—9515.28/cwt10.00–20.001511
BullsNumber 3—8745.00/cwt45.00–45.00391
BullsNumber 2—8475.00/cwt75.00–75.00631
BullsNumber 2—9570.00/cwt70.00–70.00671
Bulls——1,37468.86/cwt65.00–72.009464
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,15571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,5301
SteersSelect—1,114103.97/cwt102.00–107.001,1588
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9420.79/cwt18.00–25.00205
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8517.35/cwt15.00–25.001513
HeifersNumber 3—7020.00/cwt20.00–20.00141
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61055.00/cwt55.00–55.008863
Bulls——1,59083.07/cwt76.00–88.501,3216
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—86210.23/cwt200.00–220.001812
BullsUtility—8615.92/cwt15.00–18.001413
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—111205.00/cwt205.00–205.002281
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—78150.00/cwt150.00–150.001172
BullsNumber 1—103124.32/cwt80.00–145.0012830
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,56250.09/cwt47.00–51.007826
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39464.58/cwt60.50–68.5090019
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44956.59/cwt52.00–60.0082046
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—102185.05/cwt175.00–195.001892
BullsNumber 3—12050.00/cwt50.00–50.00601
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94205.24/cwt150.00–235.001935
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40366.44/cwt66.00–67.009322
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60159.61/cwt56.00–65.0095437
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—92348.93/cwt47.00–51.004522
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—101135.00/cwt135.00–135.001361
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7612.57/cwt10.00–15.00102
BullsNumber 2—10070.00/cwt70.00–70.00701
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,74071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2351
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15146.07/cwt42.00–50.005309
CowsLean 85-90%—1,39660.59/cwt56.00–65.008468
BullsNumber 3—7223.24/cwt20.00–30.00173
BullsNumber 3—10830.00/cwt30.00–30.00321
BullsNumber 3—9440.21/cwt30.00–50.00383
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25053.14/cwt50.00–56.0066414
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17136.62/cwt30.00–41.504295

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.