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
← earliestMay 8May 15
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
BullsAverage1,62579.181,2878thin
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 SteersChoice1,53188.25/cwt84.00–93.001,3519
BullsNumber 196102.05/cwt92.50–110.00989
BullsNumber 29484.61/cwt75.00–90.008011
BullsNumber 39360.29/cwt50.00–70.00563
BullsUtility10327.16/cwt20.00–35.00286
BullsNumber 1130100.00/cwt100.00–100.001301
BullsNumber 1114112.64/cwt92.50–125.001285
BullsNumber 28575.12/cwt65.00–85.00646
BullsNumber 38346.71/cwt42.50–50.00393
BullsUtility8622.36/cwt15.00–30.00195
BullsUtility9424.95/cwt3.00–40.00239
Bulls1,75981.66/cwt78.00–86.001,4365
BullsNumber 1103106.97/cwt92.50–117.501105
BullsNumber 210279.98/cwt75.00–90.00824
BullsNumber 37540.00/cwt40.00–40.00301
BullsUtility6513.79/cwt12.50–15.0092
BullsUtility7620.52/cwt10.00–35.00167
Bulls1,40275.05/cwt74.50–76.001,0523
BullsNumber 18787.51/cwt85.00–90.00764
HeifersChoice and Prime1,352115.25/cwt114.00–117.001,55812
HeifersChoice1,310110.54/cwt107.00–113.501,44815
HeifersNumber 19445.16/cwt40.00–50.00423
HeifersSelect1,275101.62/cwt98.00–105.001,2966
HeifersNumber 110755.00/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 Prime1,445115.52/cwt114.00–119.001,66928
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71164.34/cwt61.00–68.001,10110
SteersChoice1,384110.11/cwt108.00–113.001,52414
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,526100.37/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.