Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-05-08

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, May 8
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
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Slaughter Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 317 vs last sale 0▲ 317 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
119 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 0▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold steady. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter Cows sold steady. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein bull calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate.

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—Average1,62579.181,2878thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60157.9292847
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32053.9771224
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,526100.371,5326thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53188.251,3519thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,352115.251,55812
HeifersChoiceAverage1,310110.541,44815
HeifersSelectAverage1,275101.621,2966thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,445115.521,66928
SteersChoiceAverage1,384110.111,52414

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1101102.77/cwt24
BullsNumber 29381.02/cwt21
BullsNumber 38651.57/cwt7
BullsUtility8823.12/cwt29
HeifersNumber 19747.62/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoice—1,53188.25/cwt84.00–93.001,3519
BullsNumber 1—96102.05/cwt92.50–110.00989
BullsNumber 2—9484.61/cwt75.00–90.008011
BullsNumber 3—9360.29/cwt50.00–70.00563
BullsUtility—10327.16/cwt20.00–35.00286
BullsNumber 1—130100.00/cwt100.00–100.001301
BullsNumber 1—114112.64/cwt92.50–125.001285
BullsNumber 2—8575.12/cwt65.00–85.00646
BullsNumber 3—8346.71/cwt42.50–50.00393
BullsUtility—8622.36/cwt15.00–30.00195
BullsUtility—9424.95/cwt3.00–40.00239
Bulls——1,75981.66/cwt78.00–86.001,4365
BullsNumber 1—103106.97/cwt92.50–117.501105
BullsNumber 2—10279.98/cwt75.00–90.00824
BullsNumber 3—7540.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsUtility—6513.79/cwt12.50–15.0092
BullsUtility—7620.52/cwt10.00–35.00167
Bulls——1,40275.05/cwt74.50–76.001,0523
BullsNumber 1—8787.51/cwt85.00–90.00764
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,352115.25/cwt114.00–117.001,55812
HeifersChoice—1,310110.54/cwt107.00–113.501,44815
HeifersNumber 1—9445.16/cwt40.00–50.00423
HeifersSelect—1,275101.62/cwt98.00–105.001,2966
HeifersNumber 1—10755.00/cwt55.00–55.00591
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34756.89/cwt52.00–59.0076610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55653.37/cwt52.00–55.0083016
SteersChoice and Prime—1,445115.52/cwt114.00–119.001,66928
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71164.34/cwt61.00–68.001,10110
SteersChoice—1,384110.11/cwt108.00–113.001,52414
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,526100.37/cwt97.50–106.001,5326
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30051.89/cwt45.00–55.0067514
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58458.33/cwt56.00–60.5092421

How this sale compares

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.