Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 10
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 233▲ 231 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
240 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 172▲ 240 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 10.00-20.00 lower with good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves, 19 Heifers, 26 Steers, 16 Feeders, 1 Dairy, 14 Sheep and 11 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—Average1,30368.948985thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,51578.001,1821thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58863.001,00017
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42957.2981953
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,25350.8663775

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 19895.16/cwt51
BullsNumber 29649.51/cwt29
BullsNumber 39122.71/cwt33
BullsUtility8212.15/cwt100
HeifersNumber 188148.31/cwt3
HeifersNumber 28187.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 39320.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8512.85/cwt7

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22270.90/cwt67.50–73.008663
Bulls——1,28579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0151
Bulls——1,56553.00/cwt53.00–53.008291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15345.94/cwt42.50–49.0053015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20133.71/cwt30.00–38.004057
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28353.41/cwt49.00–56.5068545
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31660.76/cwt58.00–64.508008
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40659.92/cwt57.00–65.0084228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43852.61/cwt47.00–56.5075722
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,51578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54858.92/cwt55.00–62.009129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57267.13/cwt66.00–69.001,0553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61366.96/cwt64.00–71.001,0807
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,77072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2741
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross75100.00/cwt100.00–100.00751
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0082
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00123
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross84209.97/cwt205.00–215.001762
Heifers—Number 2Beef Cross8675.00/cwt75.00–75.00651
Heifers—Number 39320.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
Heifers—Number 19725.00/cwt25.00–25.00241
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing9712.49/cwt10.00–15.00122
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility665.00/cwt5.00–5.00312
Bulls—Utility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.00733
Bulls—Number 37620.00/cwt15.00–25.00153
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84215.00/cwt215.00–215.001811
Bulls—Number 38419.41/cwt15.00–20.00169
Bulls—Utility8414.84/cwt10.00–20.001230
Bulls—Number 28636.48/cwt30.00–60.00317
Bulls—Number 18755.74/cwt50.00–65.00487
Bulls—Number 39326.16/cwt20.00–40.002413
Bulls—Utility9315.33/cwt15.00–20.001415
Bulls—Number 29451.19/cwt35.00–60.004813
Bulls—Number 19572.04/cwt60.00–105.006816
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross96199.97/cwt190.00–205.001924
Bulls—Number 110384.08/cwt65.00–95.008716
Bulls—Number 310321.82/cwt15.00–30.00228
Bulls—Number 210460.00/cwt60.00–60.00627
Bulls—Utility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00169
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross105156.08/cwt125.00–190.001645
Bulls—Utility11015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
Bulls—Number 111184.95/cwt80.00–90.00942
Bulls—Number 211450.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
Bulls—Number 213045.00/cwt45.00–45.00591

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.