Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
236 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 177▲ 236 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
199 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 198▲ 199 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 steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. In addition to Slaughter Cows and Feeder Dairy Calves , 53 Dairy Cows, 25 Feeder Calves, 24 Heifers, 15 Steers, and 14 Goats 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—Average1,60370.691,1333thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53751.1578625
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,44046.4366925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27738.3348953

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100101.52/cwt43
BullsNumber 29036.13/cwt31
BullsNumber 39225.35/cwt43
BullsUtility8312.58/cwt60
HeifersNumber 193200.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8514.00/cwt5

Every lot

37 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——1,28056.00/cwt56.00–56.007171
Bulls——1,76578.04/cwt75.50–80.001,3772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21229.09/cwt22.00–32.5035314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23238.58/cwt33.00–41.5047522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,38045.21/cwt42.00–49.0062416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42350.61/cwt49.00–53.507209
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44738.78/cwt37.00–40.005613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45045.31/cwt41.00–47.0065713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46059.00/cwt59.00–59.008611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46254.20/cwt52.00–56.007928
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,52552.00/cwt52.00–52.007931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57349.79/cwt45.00–52.0078314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62544.54/cwt44.00–45.007242
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7910.00/cwt10.00–10.0081
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross93200.00/cwt200.00–200.001861
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0036
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross76162.47/cwt115.00–230.001233
Bulls—Utility7610.29/cwt10.00–15.00818
Bulls—Number 38424.09/cwt20.00–30.002016
Bulls—Utility8414.99/cwt10.00–20.001323
Bulls—Number 28633.91/cwt20.00–40.002918
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross87216.21/cwt190.00–230.001884
Bulls—Number 29338.62/cwt30.00–45.003611
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross95202.55/cwt175.00–220.001924
Bulls—Number 39526.59/cwt20.00–35.002522
Bulls—Utility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.001410
Bulls—Number 19661.89/cwt45.00–95.005912
Bulls—Number 110469.64/cwt45.00–85.007212
Bulls—Number 210442.40/cwt40.00–45.00442
Bulls—Number 310424.88/cwt20.00–30.00264
Bulls—Utility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
Bulls—Number 111272.41/cwt55.00–85.00816
Bulls—Number 311520.00/cwt20.00–20.00231
Bulls—Utility11815.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
Bulls—Number 112575.00/cwt75.00–75.00941
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross141115.00/cwt115.00–115.001621

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.