Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Oct 29
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 236▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
156 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 199▲ 156 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 2.00-3.00 lower with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with moderate demand. In addition 24 Heifers,9 Steers, 28 Feeder Calves, 13 Goats and 2 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—Average1,65272.691,2014thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62648.2178447
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,37246.3663647
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,22636.1344388

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102103.86/cwt48
BullsNumber 29239.15/cwt17
BullsNumber 39024.42/cwt16
BullsUtility7911.43/cwt56
HeifersNumber 111446.67/cwt3
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8213.57/cwt7

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——1,48874.58/cwt73.00–76.001,1103
Bulls——2,14567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,4371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10123.44/cwt20.00–27.0025821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14533.54/cwt30.00–37.0038418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26834.49/cwt32.00–37.004372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27939.42/cwt38.00–40.005044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30541.40/cwt37.00–45.0054041
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33148.26/cwt46.00–51.006428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33744.89/cwt40.00–47.0060029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44850.52/cwt48.00–54.0073216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63750.38/cwt47.00–55.0082527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67645.34/cwt41.50–47.0076014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,81056.49/cwt56.00–57.001,0222
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7210.00/cwt10.00–10.0072
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00134
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing9315.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
Heifers—Number 19725.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross12290.00/cwt90.00–90.001101
Heifers—Number 112425.00/cwt25.00–25.00311
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility645.49/cwt5.00–10.00410
Bulls—Utility749.75/cwt5.00–10.00720
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross78210.19/cwt200.00–220.001642
Bulls—Number 38223.65/cwt20.00–35.00197
Bulls—Utility8415.00/cwt15.00–15.001315
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross85224.86/cwt220.00–230.001913
Bulls—Number 28536.98/cwt25.00–45.00318
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross92185.16/cwt155.00–215.001702
Bulls—Number 29340.79/cwt35.00–45.00386
Bulls—Number 39325.73/cwt20.00–40.00247
Bulls—Utility9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001410
Bulls—Number 19671.95/cwt50.00–95.006913
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross101196.70/cwt180.00–210.001993
Bulls—Utility10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
Bulls—Number 110379.64/cwt65.00–95.008215
Bulls—Number 310422.55/cwt20.00–25.00232
Bulls—Number 210841.68/cwt40.00–45.00453
Bulls—Number 111673.34/cwt50.00–90.00856
Bulls—Number 112290.00/cwt90.00–90.001104

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.