Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein bull calves sold steady. Supply moderate, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,384	76.78	1,063	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,579	57.88	914	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	51.16	671	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,120	35.16	394	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	82.66	1,204	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,412	76.35	1,078	9thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,441	111.16	1,602	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	106.47	1,424	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,515	110.36	1,672	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	107.40	1,528	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	111.28/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	99	81.14/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 3	96	41.32/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	90	19.89/cwt	21
Heifers	Number 1	96	41.97/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Utility	—	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	133	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	111.68/cwt	100.00–120.00	116	12
Bulls	Number 2	—	88	64.35/cwt	60.00–70.00	57	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	42	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	45.02/cwt	42.50–47.50	52	2
Bulls	Utility	—	69	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	7	1
Bulls	Utility	—	104	23.34/cwt	20.00–25.00	24	3
Bulls	—	—	1,279	74.69/cwt	70.50–78.50	955	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	113.38/cwt	100.00–125.00	128	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	126	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	123	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	81.23/cwt	70.00–97.50	77	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	31	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	45.56/cwt	40.00–50.00	44	4
Bulls	Utility	—	79	16.26/cwt	15.00–17.50	13	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	106.47/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,424	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	88	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	35	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	103	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	41	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,441	111.16/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,602	12
Heifers	Number 1	—	93	44.92/cwt	40.00–50.00	42	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,556	58.67/cwt	56.00–62.50	913	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,661	62.00/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,030	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,515	110.36/cwt	108.50–114.00	1,672	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	51.82/cwt	45.00–55.00	789	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	35.16/cwt	20.00–48.00	394	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,423	107.40/cwt	104.50–109.00	1,528	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,412	76.35/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,078	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	49.69/cwt	39.00–63.00	628	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	58.32/cwt	56.00–60.50	908	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	82.66/cwt	80.50–86.00	1,204	7
Bulls	Utility	—	93	20.57/cwt	10.00–25.00	19	9
Bulls	—	—	1,648	82.01/cwt	81.50–82.50	1,352	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	98	108.46/cwt	105.00–117.50	106	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	117	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	88.00/cwt	70.00–97.50	92	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	121	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	48	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	34.94/cwt	30.00–40.00	30	3
Bulls	Utility	—	111	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed May 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 264Last week 299Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 112Last week 119Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	82	20.00	20.00
1	—	69	10.00	10.00
3	—	104	20.00–25.00	23.34
2	—	79	15.00–17.50	16.26
9	—	93	10.00–25.00	20.57
1	—	111	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	121	110.00	110.00
12	—	104	100.00–120.00	111.68
5	—	113	100.00–125.00	113.38
5	—	98	105.00–117.50	108.46
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	88	60.00–70.00	64.35
1	—	126	97.50	97.50
8	—	95	70.00–97.50	81.23
1	—	117	90.00	90.00
6	—	104	70.00–97.50	88.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	40.00	40.00
2	—	115	42.50–47.50	45.02
2	—	77	40.00	40.00
4	—	96	40.00–50.00	45.56
1	—	121	40.00	40.00
3	—	85	30.00–40.00	34.94
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	40.00	40.00
2	—	103	40.00	40.00
2	—	93	40.00–50.00	44.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,279	70.50–78.50	74.69
2	—	1,648	81.50–82.50	82.01
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,337	104.00–109.00	106.47
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,441	109.00–114.00	111.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,556	56.00–62.50	58.67
41	—	1,263	39.00–63.00	49.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,661	60.00–65.00	62.00
12	—	1,523	45.00–55.00	51.82
25	—	1,557	56.00–60.50	58.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,120	20.00–48.00	35.16
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,515	108.50–114.00	110.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,423	104.50–109.00	107.40
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,412	75.00–79.00	76.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,456	80.50–86.00	82.66

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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