Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2025-01-07

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Jan 7
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
18 vs last sale 177 195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
278 head
153 vs last sale 431 278 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Cattle sold 6.00-8.00 higher on good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady on good demand. In addition, 14 feeder calves, 31 goats and 28 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
BullsAverage1,410139.791,9714thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,115138.311,5423thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,017120.621,2276thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,160102.001,1831thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,563145.292,2704thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,709126.472,16124
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,417119.961,69930
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,297105.491,36844
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,128169.301,9106thin
Dairy HeifersSelectLow1,025152.451,5625thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,015172.001,7461thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,115173.521,9352thin
SteersSelectLow1,060134.001,4201thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 196764.40/cwt111
BullsNumber 291556.69/cwt23
BullsNumber 394283.24/cwt16
BullsUtility94105.00/cwt4
HeifersNumber 192876.40/cwt34
HeifersNumber 290600.00/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing86164.20/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

72 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
HeifersUtility/Non-TubingBeef Cross80–9085248.82/cwt200.00–300.002112
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10094908.77/cwt820.00–1,000.0085414
HeifersNumber 180–9089540.00/cwt500.00–580.004812
HeifersNumber 190–10096640.00/cwt640.00–640.006141
HeifersNumber 170–8078630.00/cwt630.00–630.004911
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing90–10096154.82/cwt120.00–190.001492
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing80–9083120.36/cwt90.00–150.001002
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing70–8077134.90/cwt130.00–140.001042
HeifersUtility/Non-TubingBeef Cross90–10096160.00/cwt160.00–160.001541
HeifersNumber 2Crossbred80–9084450.00/cwt450.00–450.003781
BullsUtility100–110100120.00/cwt120.00–120.001201
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross60–7068851.11/cwt800.00–900.005792
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120–130122700.00/cwt700.00–700.008541
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross60–7065500.00/cwt500.00–500.003251
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80–9086624.56/cwt600.00–650.005372
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross70–8076587.68/cwt520.00–660.004472
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,392127.84/cwt116.00–138.001,78012
Dairy SteersSelect1,015172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,7461
Dairy HeifersChoice1,128169.30/cwt163.00–176.001,9106
Dairy HeifersSelect1,180109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2861
Dairy HeifersSelect986163.31/cwt159.00–168.001,6104
SteersSelect1,060134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4201
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,719135.55/cwt129.00–143.002,3308
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,704121.93/cwt110.00–130.002,07816
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,433114.70/cwt99.00–122.001,64418
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,14084.63/cwt78.00–88.009654
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,360118.84/cwt113.00–127.001,61611
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,294103.30/cwt90.00–112.001,33729
Dairy Bulls1,675151.05/cwt139.00–164.002,5303
Dairy Bulls1,225128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5681
HeifersChoice1,115173.52/cwt155.00–189.001,9352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,115138.31/cwt131.00–143.001,5423
CowsLean 85-90%1,160102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1831
CowsBoner 80-85%945131.33/cwt126.00–137.001,2412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,053115.27/cwt111.00–123.001,2144
Bulls1,410139.79/cwt127.50–150.501,9714
BullsUtility90–10099100.00/cwt100.00–100.00991
BullsNumber 190–10096665.39/cwt550.00–720.0063917
BullsNumber 1120–130127580.00/cwt580.00–580.007371
BullsNumber 2100–110100500.00/cwt500.00–500.005001
BullsNumber 1100–110105627.86/cwt550.00–690.0065915
BullsNumber 180–9088607.25/cwt500.00–700.005348
BullsNumber 1110–120114656.18/cwt590.00–790.007486
BullsNumber 170–8079683.33/cwt640.00–710.005403
BullsNumber 280–9086499.81/cwt420.00–600.004305
BullsNumber 290–10094428.79/cwt310.00–510.004033
BullsNumber 2110–120114490.00/cwt490.00–490.005591
BullsNumber 3100–110108220.31/cwt180.00–280.002383
BullsNumber 380–9085264.08/cwt155.00–380.002243
BullsNumber 3110–120113200.00/cwt200.00–200.002261
BullsNumber 390–10094258.24/cwt200.00–300.002434
BullsNumber 1Crossbred100–110100560.00/cwt560.00–560.005601
BullsNumber 1Crossbred80–9081670.00/cwt670.00–670.005431
BullsNumber 2Crossbred100–110104190.00/cwt190.00–190.001981
BullsNumber 3Crossbred80–9088200.00/cwt200.00–200.001761
BullsUtilityBeef Cross80–908380.00/cwt80.00–80.00661
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10093714.46/cwt600.00–800.006645
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110108670.84/cwt610.00–730.007252
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross90–10093398.57/cwt300.00–500.003713
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross70–8073450.00/cwt450.00–450.003291
BullsUtilityBeef Cross90–10093120.00/cwt120.00–120.001121
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10095844.00/cwt700.00–980.0080221
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9084977.56/cwt920.00–1,030.0082112
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110106822.49/cwt720.00–850.0087211
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–8076947.70/cwt680.00–1,070.007207
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110–120113785.20/cwt720.00–820.008875
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9086960.69/cwt920.00–1,020.008267
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100–110102817.81/cwt730.00–870.008344
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross110–120111784.89/cwt760.00–810.008712
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross70–80771,052.97/cwt970.00–1,130.008113
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross100–110108600.00/cwt600.00–600.006481
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–8077750.00/cwt750.00–750.005781

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.