Sale reports / New York / Cambridge Livestock Auction / 2020-03-24

Cambridge Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Cambridge, New York · Tue, Mar 24
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1975
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 168▲ 176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
155 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 154▲ 155 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 2 Dairy Cows, 4 Heifers, 1 Feeder, 22 Goats and 7 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—Average1,46577.001,1286thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78674.151,3246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63263.241,03231
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,43762.7090157
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21054.6066161

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110283.08/cwt39
BullsNumber 29246.16/cwt38
BullsNumber 39219.65/cwt15
BullsUtility8412.39/cwt46
HeifersNumber 19352.50/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7611.43/cwt7

Every lot

46 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——91062.00/cwt62.00–62.005642
Bulls——1,74386.90/cwt86.00–88.001,5152
Bulls——1,74382.11/cwt81.00–83.001,4312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14538.85/cwt32.00–43.004454
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14947.87/cwt45.00–51.0055016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21056.10/cwt52.00–60.0067928
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30464.50/cwt61.00–69.0084113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38653.90/cwt50.00–58.007477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43962.47/cwt59.00–65.0089935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45667.33/cwt66.00–70.0098015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58865.57/cwt64.00–67.001,04112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64057.96/cwt51.00–63.0095113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70470.04/cwt68.50–72.001,1936
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,78674.15/cwt71.00–77.001,3246
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing625.00/cwt5.00–5.0032
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
Heifers—Number 17515.00/cwt15.00–15.00111
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00124
Heifers—Number 18820.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
Heifers—Number 19225.00/cwt25.00–25.00231
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross117150.00/cwt150.00–150.001761
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility665.86/cwt5.00–10.0046
Bulls—Utility759.50/cwt5.00–10.00710
Bulls—Number 37715.00/cwt15.00–15.00123
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84125.00/cwt125.00–125.001051
Bulls—Number 38420.00/cwt20.00–20.00174
Bulls—Utility8514.32/cwt10.00–15.001215
Bulls—Number 18650.00/cwt50.00–50.00433
Bulls—Number 28644.31/cwt40.00–50.003815
Bulls—Number 2Beef Cross9095.00/cwt95.00–95.00861
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross94130.16/cwt120.00–140.001222
Bulls—Number 29445.96/cwt30.00–55.004315
Bulls—Number 39519.96/cwt15.00–30.00195
Bulls—Utility9515.00/cwt15.00–15.001412
Bulls—Number 19773.98/cwt60.00–90.007210
Bulls—Number 310030.00/cwt30.00–30.00301
Bulls—Utility10115.00/cwt15.00–15.00152
Bulls—Number 210244.15/cwt40.00–50.00456
Bulls—Number 110381.74/cwt70.00–90.008417
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross110120.00/cwt120.00–120.001321
Bulls—Number 211040.00/cwt40.00–40.00441
Bulls—Number 111570.13/cwt60.00–80.00812
Bulls—Number 311620.00/cwt20.00–20.00232
Bulls—Utility11715.00/cwt15.00–15.00181
Bulls—Number 112280.00/cwt80.00–80.00981
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross127117.50/cwt115.00–120.001492

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.