Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Feb 25
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
245 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 211▲ 245 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
185 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 175▲ 185 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 higher with good demand. Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 37 Heifers, 15 Steers, 17 Feeders and 8 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—Average1,49274.331,1093thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,84578.001,4391thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,69362.031,05021
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,50858.3087960
CowsLean 85-90%High1,28253.2168269

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102100.80/cwt53
BullsNumber 29350.53/cwt17
BullsNumber 39125.96/cwt26
BullsUtility8211.58/cwt76
HeifersNumber 19458.00/cwt5
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8413.89/cwt9

Every lot

43 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——97054.50/cwt54.50–54.505291
Bulls——1,75384.25/cwt81.00–87.001,4772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16932.16/cwt28.50–36.003765
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24344.36/cwt43.00–47.005518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28252.34/cwt48.00–56.0067129
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31460.66/cwt56.50–72.0079727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44761.14/cwt58.00–66.0088529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56453.71/cwt45.00–57.5084027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56568.63/cwt67.00–70.001,0744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59667.79/cwt65.00–71.001,0827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69658.67/cwt55.00–63.0099512
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,84578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,88573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,3761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,15051.00/cwt51.00–51.001,0971
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7910.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00137
Heifers—Number 19323.75/cwt20.00–25.00224
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross97195.00/cwt195.00–195.001891
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility655.00/cwt5.00–5.00310
Bulls—Number 3Beef Cross7050.00/cwt50.00–50.00351
Bulls—Utility749.04/cwt5.00–15.00721
Bulls—Number 37720.00/cwt20.00–20.00154
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross79100.00/cwt100.00–100.00791
Bulls—Number 28440.83/cwt30.00–45.00346
Bulls—Number 38423.17/cwt15.00–30.00195
Bulls—Utility8414.38/cwt10.00–15.001224
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross87187.50/cwt175.00–200.001632
Bulls—Number 18864.25/cwt50.00–80.00576
Bulls—Number 39224.92/cwt20.00–40.00238
Bulls—Number 19489.14/cwt65.00–115.008412
Bulls—Number 29452.73/cwt45.00–65.00507
Bulls—Utility9413.84/cwt10.00–15.001317
Bulls—Number 210250.00/cwt50.00–50.00511
Bulls—Number 310332.49/cwt30.00–40.00336
Bulls—Utility10315.00/cwt15.00–15.00154
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross105192.25/cwt185.00–200.002022
Bulls—Number 1105100.21/cwt70.00–115.0010522
Bulls—Number 111392.60/cwt60.00–110.001057
Bulls—Number 311317.46/cwt15.00–20.00202
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross115195.00/cwt195.00–195.002241
Bulls—Number 211745.00/cwt45.00–45.00531
Bulls—Number 212050.00/cwt50.00–50.00601
Bulls—Number 114280.00/cwt80.00–80.001141

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.