Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-03-09

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
42 vs last sale 237 36 vs year ago 231 · 15.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
185 head
12 vs last sale 197 55 vs year ago 240 · 22.9%
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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 18 Heifers, 3 Steers, 7 Feeders, 5 Sheep and 4 Goats 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
BullsAverage1,51572.171,0948thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70459.171,00928
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,42556.7580956
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24250.0862241
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,30576.069935thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195133.37/cwt88
BullsNumber 29767.25/cwt13
BullsNumber 37938.37/cwt6
BullsUtility8211.71/cwt46
HeifersNumber 192200.58/cwt7
HeifersNumber 28287.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 37727.50/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8616.16/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

52 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
BullsUtility10516.11/cwt5.00–20.00174
BullsUtility749.03/cwt5.00–12.0078
BullsUtility654.76/cwt2.00–5.00312
BullsUtility9316.82/cwt15.00–20.001611
BullsNumber 1112122.51/cwt115.00–125.001374
BullsNumber 186104.33/cwt70.00–120.009018
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69261.25/cwt58.00–64.001,03617
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56067.50/cwt67.50–67.501,0531
CowsLean 85-90%1,27447.52/cwt42.00–50.0060511
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95347.19/cwt45.50–49.004502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49351.19/cwt49.00–53.0076414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74054.81/cwt53.00–56.0095410
Bulls1,81881.68/cwt75.00–87.001,4854
Bulls1,27565.89/cwt63.00–71.008403
CowsLean 85-90%1,44561.16/cwt59.50–63.008844
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92053.50/cwt53.50–53.504921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41857.65/cwt54.00–62.5081736
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30864.34/cwt63.00–68.008426
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross101220.00/cwt220.00–220.002222
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross78150.00/cwt125.00–175.001172
CowsLean 85-90%1,18237.41/cwt30.00–41.004426
CowsLean 85-90%1,24853.73/cwt51.00–57.0067117
BullsUtility8314.41/cwt10.00–20.00129
BullsUtility11215.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross93229.21/cwt205.00–240.002136
BullsNumber 27945.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
BullsNumber 37822.55/cwt20.00–30.00184
BullsNumber 39140.00/cwt40.00–40.00361
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8215.86/cwt15.00–18.00137
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9217.65/cwt15.00–20.00163
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing10118.00/cwt18.00–18.00181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7712.00/cwt12.00–12.0091
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross87155.00/cwt155.00–155.001351
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross8675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross72100.00/cwt100.00–100.00721
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross6720.00/cwt20.00–20.00132
BullsNumber 210161.56/cwt50.00–70.00623
BullsNumber 29664.88/cwt55.00–70.00624
BullsNumber 212350.00/cwt50.00–50.00621
BullsNumber 211670.00/cwt70.00–70.00811
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross8145.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
HeifersNumber 39425.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross77195.03/cwt190.00–200.001502
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross87228.90/cwt190.00–250.001994
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross102211.49/cwt195.00–230.002163
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95221.36/cwt215.00–235.002103
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross77100.00/cwt100.00–100.00771
BullsNumber 28655.00/cwt55.00–55.00472
BullsNumber 195118.05/cwt80.00–150.0011233
BullsNumber 1102119.84/cwt90.00–140.0012218
Bulls1,02553.00/cwt53.00–53.005431
Dairy HeifersSelect1,30576.06/cwt69.00–82.509935

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.