Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-09-24

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Sep 24
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
236 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 196▲ 236 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
220 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 210▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

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 28 Dairy Cows, 33 Heifers, 11 Steers, 24 Feeder Calves, 25 Goats and 13 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
Bulls—Average1,51283.731,2669thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,65955.9992911
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,52454.6883311
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24345.8457035

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110376.34/cwt41
BullsNumber 29633.08/cwt26
BullsNumber 39220.60/cwt25
BullsUtility8111.78/cwt93
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8913.00/cwt5

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34179.43/cwt78.00–81.001,0655
Bulls——1,72589.10/cwt87.00–90.501,5374
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,09545.00/cwt45.00–45.004931
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14230.26/cwt26.00–33.003465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23564.00/cwt64.00–64.007901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24244.53/cwt37.00–49.0055315
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27051.95/cwt50.00–56.0066014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,39058.00/cwt58.00–58.008061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52852.50/cwt50.00–56.008028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,65058.75/cwt57.00–61.009692
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66362.04/cwt58.00–65.001,0323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73854.96/cwt52.00–57.009557
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7910.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing9115.00/cwt15.00–15.00142
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00161
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility645.00/cwt5.00–5.00314
Bulls—Utility759.85/cwt5.00–10.00731
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84144.15/cwt130.00–155.001215
Bulls—Utility8414.82/cwt10.00–20.001228
Bulls—Number 38521.67/cwt20.00–25.00189
Bulls—Number 28830.00/cwt30.00–30.00265
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross8980.00/cwt80.00–80.00711
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross91140.00/cwt140.00–140.001271
Bulls—Number 29330.00/cwt30.00–30.002813
Bulls—Number 39420.00/cwt20.00–20.001914
Bulls—Utility9515.38/cwt15.00–20.001513
Bulls—Number 19755.98/cwt50.00–60.005410
Bulls—Number 110361.64/cwt50.00–75.006312
Bulls—Number 310320.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
Bulls—Number 210531.22/cwt30.00–35.00334
Bulls—Utility10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00165
Bulls—Utility11115.00/cwt15.00–15.00172
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross112114.73/cwt85.00–145.001282
Bulls—Number 111460.64/cwt50.00–70.00698
Bulls—Number 211438.36/cwt35.00–40.00443
Bulls—Number 311420.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross120125.00/cwt125.00–125.001501
Bulls—Number 112365.04/cwt60.00–70.00802

This sale against other markets

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.