Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2021-04-13

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Apr 13
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 176▼ 23 vs year ago 169 · −13.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
204 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 202▲ 49 vs year ago 155 · +31.6%
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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 11 Heifers, 4 Feeders, 3 Steers, 2 Sheep and 1 Goat 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—Low1,55868.451,0678thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65162.841,03738
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38659.9883245
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23454.0966834

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198151.55/cwt114
BullsNumber 28674.57/cwt14
BullsNumber 38443.24/cwt8
BullsUtility8014.58/cwt23
HeifersNumber 190224.99/cwt8
HeifersNumber 36950.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8417.51/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

53 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
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—78185.00/cwt185.00–185.001441
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35657.62/cwt55.00–60.5078117
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—94224.36/cwt200.00–240.002113
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19453.06/cwt50.00–55.006346
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—128150.00/cwt150.00–150.001921
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23144.48/cwt43.00–46.005485
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95235.57/cwt130.00–285.002245
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31749.56/cwt47.00–54.006536
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—111242.47/cwt235.00–250.002692
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92045.50/cwt45.50–45.504191
BullsNumber 1—94136.57/cwt90.00–180.0012834
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92350.00/cwt50.00–50.004622
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42964.64/cwt62.00–71.0092422
CowsLean 85-90%—1,29962.16/cwt57.00–69.0080717
Bulls—Heavy Weight—2,26063.00/cwt63.00–63.001,4242
Bulls——1,71090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5391
CowsLean 85-90%—1,48032.56/cwt32.00–33.004822
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight—2,02060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,2121
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67168.40/cwt66.00–72.001,1439
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—84031.00/cwt31.00–31.002601
BullsNumber 1—113141.56/cwt100.00–160.0016010
BullsNumber 1—133125.00/cwt125.00–125.001661
BullsUtility—7413.51/cwt12.00–18.00108
BullsUtility—8318.23/cwt15.00–20.00155
BullsUtility—625.00/cwt5.00–5.0034
BullsUtility—10618.99/cwt18.00–20.00202
BullsNumber 2—11572.50/cwt70.00–75.00832
BullsNumber 2—9375.00/cwt75.00–75.00702
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83226.71/cwt165.00–265.001884
BullsNumber 3—9040.00/cwt30.00–50.00362
BullsNumber 3—10045.00/cwt45.00–45.00451
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—109140.00/cwt140.00–140.001531
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—107220.00/cwt220.00–220.002351
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8519.01/cwt18.00–20.00168
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104270.00/cwt270.00–270.002811
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9219.00/cwt18.00–20.00172
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—87268.21/cwt250.00–280.002333
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7915.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsNumber 1—104150.03/cwt90.00–175.0015629
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—645.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 1—85135.59/cwt75.00–160.0011525
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross—7050.00/cwt50.00–50.00351
BullsNumber 1—124140.00/cwt140.00–140.001742
HeifersNumber 3Beef Cross—6950.00/cwt50.00–50.00351
Bulls——1,12862.90/cwt55.50–69.007104
BullsNumber 3—8444.94/cwt40.00–50.00382
Bulls——1,72580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3801
BullsNumber 3—7540.53/cwt30.00–50.00302
BullsUtility—9419.51/cwt18.00–20.00184
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—8190.00/cwt90.00–90.00731
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62657.99/cwt55.00–60.009439
BullsNumber 2—7564.87/cwt40.00–75.00498
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63462.65/cwt61.00–65.001,02419

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.