Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-03-23

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 23
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 211▲ 51 vs year ago 176 · +29.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
212 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 221▲ 57 vs year ago 155 · +36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 27 Heifers, 37 Feeders, 11 Steers 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
Bulls—Average1,20772.7387810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59360.5596533
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39658.8182149
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,21749.7560647

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 195144.97/cwt101
BullsNumber 29274.10/cwt15
BullsNumber 38929.20/cwt13
BullsUtility8210.82/cwt26
HeifersNumber 197115.82/cwt12
HeifersNumber 289112.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 38540.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7412.40/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

57 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 3Beef Cross—8540.00/cwt40.00–40.00341
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—87330.57/cwt21.00–37.002673
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29349.56/cwt46.00–52.5064118
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06034.00/cwt34.00–34.003601
BullsNumber 2—7645.09/cwt40.00–50.00343
BullsNumber 2—10157.51/cwt55.00–60.00582
BullsNumber 3—6310.00/cwt10.00–10.0061
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41350.62/cwt50.00–52.007156
Bulls——1,11564.74/cwt63.00–66.007223
Bulls——1,16472.98/cwt71.00–74.508494
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—106220.00/cwt220.00–220.002331
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—103130.00/cwt130.00–130.001341
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—97125.00/cwt125.00–125.001211
BullsUtility—9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00145
BullsUtility—10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00164
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—115206.40/cwt200.00–220.002373
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—94228.24/cwt220.00–245.002156
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—85211.47/cwt170.00–240.001806
BullsNumber 2—9967.46/cwt60.00–75.00672
BullsNumber 1—104136.02/cwt100.00–170.0014119
BullsNumber 1—112134.17/cwt105.00–150.001507
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—87234.86/cwt230.00–240.002042
HeifersNumber 1—9525.00/cwt25.00–25.00243
BullsNumber 1—127120.00/cwt120.00–120.001521
BullsNumber 1—94135.62/cwt80.00–165.0012730
BullsUtility—675.00/cwt5.00–5.0039
BullsUtility—11318.00/cwt18.00–18.00201
BullsUtility—8118.00/cwt18.00–18.00151
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—129185.00/cwt185.00–185.002391
BullsNumber 2—12850.00/cwt50.00–50.00641
BullsNumber 1—85123.30/cwt70.00–145.0010528
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—95227.55/cwt225.00–230.002162
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—94125.00/cwt125.00–125.001181
HeifersNumber 1—10325.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
Bulls——1,35780.37/cwt79.00–83.001,0913
HeifersNumber 1—8925.00/cwt25.00–25.00222
BullsUtility—7510.88/cwt10.00–15.0086
BullsNumber 2—8560.18/cwt50.00–70.00512
BullsNumber 3—9543.26/cwt30.00–50.00413
BullsNumber 2—11460.00/cwt60.00–60.00681
CowsLean 85-90%—1,30243.47/cwt42.00–45.005663
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42063.65/cwt61.00–67.5090417
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37757.54/cwt55.00–60.0079226
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—74112.93/cwt100.00–125.00842
BullsNumber 3—10320.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—83100.00/cwt100.00–100.00831
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59265.01/cwt63.00–67.501,03510
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59458.61/cwt52.00–62.0093423
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93346.76/cwt44.00–51.004363
BullsNumber 3—7523.74/cwt20.00–30.00184
BullsNumber 3—11729.83/cwt20.00–40.00352
BullsNumber 3—8632.63/cwt25.00–40.00282
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—88740.16/cwt40.00–40.503563
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—97058.26/cwt57.50–59.005652
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35458.05/cwt54.00–65.5078614
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—101145.00/cwt145.00–145.001461
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7412.40/cwt10.00–15.0093

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.