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
BullsAverage1,20772.7387810
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 Cross8540.00/cwt40.00–40.00341
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87330.57/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 27645.09/cwt40.00–50.00343
BullsNumber 210157.51/cwt55.00–60.00582
BullsNumber 36310.00/cwt10.00–10.0061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41350.62/cwt50.00–52.007156
Bulls1,11564.74/cwt63.00–66.007223
Bulls1,16472.98/cwt71.00–74.508494
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106220.00/cwt220.00–220.002331
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross103130.00/cwt130.00–130.001341
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross97125.00/cwt125.00–125.001211
BullsUtility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.00145
BullsUtility10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00164
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross115206.40/cwt200.00–220.002373
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross94228.24/cwt220.00–245.002156
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross85211.47/cwt170.00–240.001806
BullsNumber 29967.46/cwt60.00–75.00672
BullsNumber 1104136.02/cwt100.00–170.0014119
BullsNumber 1112134.17/cwt105.00–150.001507
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross87234.86/cwt230.00–240.002042
HeifersNumber 19525.00/cwt25.00–25.00243
BullsNumber 1127120.00/cwt120.00–120.001521
BullsNumber 194135.62/cwt80.00–165.0012730
BullsUtility675.00/cwt5.00–5.0039
BullsUtility11318.00/cwt18.00–18.00201
BullsUtility8118.00/cwt18.00–18.00151
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross129185.00/cwt185.00–185.002391
BullsNumber 212850.00/cwt50.00–50.00641
BullsNumber 185123.30/cwt70.00–145.0010528
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross95227.55/cwt225.00–230.002162
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross94125.00/cwt125.00–125.001181
HeifersNumber 110325.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
Bulls1,35780.37/cwt79.00–83.001,0913
HeifersNumber 18925.00/cwt25.00–25.00222
BullsUtility7510.88/cwt10.00–15.0086
BullsNumber 28560.18/cwt50.00–70.00512
BullsNumber 39543.26/cwt30.00–50.00413
BullsNumber 211460.00/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 Cross74112.93/cwt100.00–125.00842
BullsNumber 310320.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross83100.00/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 Weight93346.76/cwt44.00–51.004363
BullsNumber 37523.74/cwt20.00–30.00184
BullsNumber 311729.83/cwt20.00–40.00352
BullsNumber 38632.63/cwt25.00–40.00282
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88740.16/cwt40.00–40.503563
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97058.26/cwt57.50–59.005652
CowsLean 85-90%1,35458.05/cwt54.00–65.5078614
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross101145.00/cwt145.00–145.001461
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7412.40/cwt10.00–15.0093

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages
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