Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2019-12-10

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Dec 10
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 175▲ 299 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
234 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 214▲ 234 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale Slaughter Cattle sold steady with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 40 Heifers, 26 Steers, 43 Feeders, and 7 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—Low1,58467.831,0748thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,61749.2979724
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,42847.2067464
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,24236.4545354

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199124.23/cwt50
BullsNumber 29353.90/cwt32
BullsNumber 38924.02/cwt34
BullsUtility8211.64/cwt64
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8814.70/cwt16

Every lot

44 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——1,57770.03/cwt66.00–72.001,1046
Bulls——1,60361.22/cwt59.00–63.009812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02535.50/cwt35.00–36.003642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17726.72/cwt20.00–32.0031414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21537.04/cwt32.00–41.0045029
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29040.14/cwt39.00–41.005182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36544.66/cwt42.00–49.006107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43744.57/cwt39.00–48.0064034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44551.23/cwt48.00–54.0074028
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,45651.92/cwt49.50–55.007564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64047.02/cwt45.00–50.0077114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65955.55/cwt51.00–62.009228
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7512.63/cwt10.00–15.0092
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00138
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing9415.00/cwt15.00–15.00144
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing10215.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility645.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
Bulls—Utility749.39/cwt5.00–10.00716
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross77100.00/cwt100.00–100.00771
Bulls—Number 37720.00/cwt20.00–20.00153
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross78207.50/cwt205.00–210.001622
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84198.21/cwt170.00–220.001667
Bulls—Number 38421.29/cwt20.00–30.001816
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross85112.65/cwt100.00–125.00962
Bulls—Utility8514.55/cwt10.00–15.001222
Bulls—Number 28840.70/cwt30.00–50.00367
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross91130.00/cwt130.00–130.001181
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross92187.40/cwt160.00–200.001728
Bulls—Number 29346.46/cwt40.00–55.004317
Bulls—Number 39428.41/cwt20.00–35.002712
Bulls—Utility9415.00/cwt15.00–15.001410
Bulls—Number 19886.06/cwt65.00–110.008411
Bulls—Utility10312.45/cwt10.00–15.00136
Bulls—Number 110482.39/cwt50.00–105.008616
Bulls—Number 210548.31/cwt45.00–50.00513
Bulls—Number 310520.00/cwt20.00–20.00212
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross107180.00/cwt180.00–180.001931
Bulls—Number 1Crossbred10950.00/cwt50.00–50.00551
Bulls—Number 211050.00/cwt50.00–50.00551
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross111175.00/cwt175.00–175.001941
Bulls—Number 311435.00/cwt35.00–35.00401
Bulls—Number 111595.00/cwt95.00–95.001091
Bulls—Number 113180.00/cwt80.00–80.001051
Bulls—Number 114165.00/cwt65.00–65.00921

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.