Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-17

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 231▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
154 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 240▲ 154 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 good demand. In addition to Slaughter Cattle and Feeder Dairy Calves 13 Heifers, 17 Feeders, 1 Steer, 21 Goats and 4 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—Average1,28472.659336thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,73459.531,03219
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47059.4387440
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,29150.8865768

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110094.60/cwt52
BullsNumber 29538.44/cwt28
BullsNumber 39222.18/cwt14
BullsUtility8412.11/cwt52
HeifersNumber 110425.00/cwt1
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8215.00/cwt4

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——91359.88/cwt57.00–62.505472
Bulls——1,30875.38/cwt72.50–80.009863
Bulls——1,95590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21847.75/cwt45.00–51.0058216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27536.13/cwt29.00–43.0046113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30755.64/cwt52.00–60.5072732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35769.04/cwt67.00–71.009375
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,41463.62/cwt61.00–67.009007
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45661.50/cwt59.00–65.0089518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51854.42/cwt50.00–58.0082617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58665.22/cwt64.00–67.001,0344
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,77756.80/cwt54.00–62.501,00914
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8215.00/cwt15.00–15.00124
Heifers—Number 110425.00/cwt25.00–25.00261
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility665.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
Bulls—Number 27015.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
Bulls—Utility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.00719
Bulls—Number 37615.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross7890.00/cwt90.00–90.00701
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84165.94/cwt150.00–180.001394
Bulls—Number 18450.00/cwt50.00–50.00422
Bulls—Number 28430.20/cwt20.00–45.00257
Bulls—Number 38420.87/cwt20.00–25.00186
Bulls—Utility8412.85/cwt5.00–15.001114
Bulls—Number 29345.76/cwt35.00–50.004313
Bulls—Utility9314.60/cwt10.00–15.001413
Bulls—Number 39518.29/cwt15.00–20.00173
Bulls—Number 19782.83/cwt55.00–110.008016
Bulls—Number 210340.98/cwt30.00–50.00425
Bulls—Number 110486.05/cwt55.00–110.008919
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross105142.82/cwt125.00–165.001505
Bulls—Utility10515.00/cwt15.00–15.00163
Bulls—Number 310628.87/cwt20.00–35.00314
Bulls—Number 111278.27/cwt50.00–100.00885
Bulls—Utility11315.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
Bulls—Number 212030.00/cwt30.00–30.00361
Bulls—Number 215420.00/cwt20.00–20.00311

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.