Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-07-17

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jul 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
332 head
37 vs last sale 295 332 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
101 head
26 vs last sale 127 101 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 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Feeder Dairy calves sold 5.00 lower. Supply light, demand light.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54158.0189475
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26654.0268450
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18237.1243923
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,46691.811,3467thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36287.011,1853thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,34778.441,0575thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,343110.761,48820
HeifersChoiceAverage1,344107.311,4426thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,363111.751,52324
SteersChoiceAverage1,320107.581,42011

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110677.24/cwt12
BullsNumber 29652.42/cwt18
BullsNumber 38927.96/cwt10
BullsUtility8714.82/cwt27

Every lot, as filed

30 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,18237.12/cwt20.00–54.0043923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23051.46/cwt40.00–58.0063336
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50354.69/cwt47.50–58.5082233
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59867.00/cwt65.00–74.501,0715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56859.76/cwt57.00–63.0093737
Dairy SteersSelect1,34778.44/cwt74.50–80.001,0575
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,46691.81/cwt90.00–96.001,3467
Dairy SteersChoice1,36287.01/cwt85.00–88.001,1853
SteersChoice and Prime1,363111.75/cwt110.00–115.001,52324
SteersChoice1,320107.58/cwt106.00–109.001,42011
HeifersChoice and Prime1,343110.76/cwt108.00–115.001,48820
HeifersChoice1,344107.31/cwt106.00–108.001,4426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35860.59/cwt58.50–63.0082314
BullsUtility8415.00/cwt10.00–20.001312
BullsUtility9417.87/cwt15.00–20.00177
BullsUtility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0074
BullsUtility10415.00/cwt15.00–15.00162
BullsUtility12320.00/cwt20.00–20.00251
BullsUtility615.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
BullsNumber 38323.23/cwt20.00–30.00196
BullsNumber 310134.95/cwt30.00–40.00352
BullsNumber 39335.14/cwt30.00–40.00332
BullsNumber 29560.05/cwt52.50–65.00577
BullsNumber 28738.77/cwt35.00–42.50346
BullsNumber 210355.93/cwt50.00–60.00583
BullsNumber 211261.36/cwt55.00–67.50692
BullsNumber 110681.56/cwt75.00–90.00866
BullsNumber 19872.51/cwt70.00–75.00713
BullsNumber 111174.98/cwt70.00–80.00832
BullsNumber 112170.00/cwt70.00–70.00851

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.