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
Bulls—Average1,51572.171,0948thin
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
BullsUtility—10516.11/cwt5.00–20.00174
BullsUtility—749.03/cwt5.00–12.0078
BullsUtility—654.76/cwt2.00–5.00312
BullsUtility—9316.82/cwt15.00–20.001611
BullsNumber 1—112122.51/cwt115.00–125.001374
BullsNumber 1—86104.33/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 Weight—95347.19/cwt45.50–49.004502
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49351.19/cwt49.00–53.0076414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,74054.81/cwt53.00–56.0095410
Bulls——1,81881.68/cwt75.00–87.001,4854
Bulls——1,27565.89/cwt63.00–71.008403
CowsLean 85-90%—1,44561.16/cwt59.50–63.008844
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92053.50/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 Cross—101220.00/cwt220.00–220.002222
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—78150.00/cwt125.00–175.001172
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18237.41/cwt30.00–41.004426
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24853.73/cwt51.00–57.0067117
BullsUtility—8314.41/cwt10.00–20.00129
BullsUtility—11215.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—93229.21/cwt205.00–240.002136
BullsNumber 2—7945.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
BullsNumber 3—7822.55/cwt20.00–30.00184
BullsNumber 3—9140.00/cwt40.00–40.00361
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8215.86/cwt15.00–18.00137
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9217.65/cwt15.00–20.00163
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—10118.00/cwt18.00–18.00181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7712.00/cwt12.00–12.0091
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—87155.00/cwt155.00–155.001351
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—8675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—72100.00/cwt100.00–100.00721
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—6720.00/cwt20.00–20.00132
BullsNumber 2—10161.56/cwt50.00–70.00623
BullsNumber 2—9664.88/cwt55.00–70.00624
BullsNumber 2—12350.00/cwt50.00–50.00621
BullsNumber 2—11670.00/cwt70.00–70.00811
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—8145.00/cwt45.00–45.00361
HeifersNumber 3—9425.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—77195.03/cwt190.00–200.001502
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—87228.90/cwt190.00–250.001994
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—102211.49/cwt195.00–230.002163
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—95221.36/cwt215.00–235.002103
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—77100.00/cwt100.00–100.00771
BullsNumber 2—8655.00/cwt55.00–55.00472
BullsNumber 1—95118.05/cwt80.00–150.0011233
BullsNumber 1—102119.84/cwt90.00–140.0012218
Bulls——1,02553.00/cwt53.00–53.005431
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,30576.06/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.