Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2024-10-08

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 8
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
224 head
8 vs last sale 232 224 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
390 head
23 vs last sale 413 390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, Slaughter Dairy Cow Breakers and Boners traded 3.00 - 4.00 higher. Feeder Dairy Bulls traded 10.00 - 40.00 higher with Beef Cross Bulls trading 40.00 higher. In addition 8 Dairy replacements,41 Feeders, 6 Steers, 32 Goats and 26 Sheep 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
BullsAverage1,379147.292,03112
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,420117.011,6618thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,147105.041,2059thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02990.699349thin
Dairy BullsAverage870120.001,0441thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,629118.471,93014
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,402110.361,54720
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25991.081,14741
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,298164.922,1412thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,014145.271,4736thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,470161.002,3671thin
HeifersSelectLow1,283109.371,4037thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,125165.001,8561thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 194754.16/cwt139
BullsNumber 293514.32/cwt40
BullsNumber 388267.62/cwt9
BullsUtility94156.25/cwt4
HeifersNumber 192889.88/cwt18
HeifersNumber 285690.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing85127.06/cwt5

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1Beef Cross90–10095870.80/cwt820.00–940.008277
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100–110105853.24/cwt840.00–870.008963
HeifersNumber 190–10096600.00/cwt600.00–600.005761
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing100–11010375.00/cwt75.00–75.00771
BullsUtility90–10099250.00/cwt250.00–250.002481
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–8077953.35/cwt820.00–1,090.007347
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120–130121676.35/cwt560.00–750.008183
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10093680.29/cwt400.00–830.006336
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross110–120115511.22/cwt470.00–550.005882
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085965.01/cwt700.00–1,110.0082026
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,642126.87/cwt122.00–131.002,0833
HeifersSelect1,20097.34/cwt91.00–103.001,1683
HeifersSelect1,345118.39/cwt107.00–138.001,5924
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,370125.52/cwt120.00–134.001,7202
HeifersChoice1,470161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,3671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,463124.47/cwt118.00–136.001,8214
Dairy Bulls870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0441
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,400110.35/cwt101.00–119.001,54516
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,44595.29/cwt93.00–98.001,3772
Dairy HeifersChoice1,298164.92/cwt163.00–167.002,1412
Dairy HeifersSelect1,014145.27/cwt110.00–160.001,4736
SteersChoice1,125165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8561
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,626116.18/cwt107.00–121.001,88911
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,25498.70/cwt92.00–109.001,23816
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,19177.33/cwt71.00–85.009217
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,410113.63/cwt111.00–116.001,6022
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,27586.66/cwt83.00–90.001,10516
CowsLean 85-90%975102.70/cwt96.00–109.001,0013
CowsLean 85-90%1,03186.42/cwt81.00–89.008915
CowsLean 85-90%1,18576.00/cwt76.00–76.009011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,147105.04/cwt94.00–117.001,2059
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,376109.54/cwt107.00–116.001,5074
Bulls1,379147.29/cwt125.00–165.002,03112
BullsUtility80–9081165.00/cwt165.00–165.001341
BullsNumber 1120–130121435.12/cwt420.00–450.005262
BullsNumber 180–9086582.58/cwt510.00–690.0050113
BullsNumber 190–10094544.45/cwt490.00–600.0051223
BullsNumber 280–9085480.19/cwt410.00–590.004085
BullsNumber 270–8076590.00/cwt590.00–590.004481
BullsNumber 1100–110103516.34/cwt480.00–560.0053212
BullsNumber 1110–120114444.74/cwt430.00–460.005072
BullsNumber 2100–110102422.85/cwt300.00–500.004315
BullsNumber 380–9081340.00/cwt340.00–340.002751
BullsNumber 170–8076597.37/cwt570.00–630.004543
BullsNumber 370–8070180.00/cwt110.00–250.001262
BullsNumber 390–10096234.65/cwt120.00–300.002254
BullsNumber 2110–120112414.80/cwt370.00–460.004652
BullsNumber 2Crossbred70–8072590.00/cwt590.00–590.004251
BullsNumber 2Crossbred90–10092540.00/cwt540.00–540.004971
BullsUtilityJersey70–807590.00/cwt90.00–90.00681
BullsNumber 2Jersey70–807075.00/cwt75.00–75.00531
BullsNumber 1Brown Swiss80–9081100.00/cwt100.00–100.00811
BullsNumber 290–10094426.82/cwt390.00–480.004019
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross70–8079790.00/cwt790.00–790.006241
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110103684.93/cwt680.00–690.007052
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80–9083581.93/cwt500.00–690.004834
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross80–9082300.00/cwt300.00–300.002461
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing80–9083135.12/cwt130.00–140.001122
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross100–110104470.00/cwt470.00–470.004891
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10094920.80/cwt820.00–1,120.0086623
BullsUtilityBeef Cross110–120119120.00/cwt120.00–120.001431
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110104837.58/cwt750.00–900.0087119
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110–120112799.73/cwt780.00–830.008965
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing70–8079145.03/cwt140.00–150.001152
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9085690.00/cwt690.00–690.005871
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross70–8073820.00/cwt820.00–820.005991
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085990.41/cwt840.00–1,090.008426

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.