Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-07-24

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jul 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
256 head
76 vs last sale 332 256 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
124 head
23 vs last sale 101 124 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 to 1.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Dairy Calves sold steady, supply moderate, 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
BullsAverage1,38577.661,0763thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55460.9194763
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34657.6277663
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17540.0247021
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,37297.001,3312thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45487.761,2764thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,266110.001,3933thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,269107.861,36914
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,316113.461,4933thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,187106.511,2644thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110777.94/cwt12
BullsNumber 210151.45/cwt14
BullsNumber 39235.61/cwt24
BullsUtility8513.81/cwt29
HeifersNumber 18940.01/cwt3

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%1,17540.02/cwt19.00–56.0047021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60662.37/cwt60.00–65.001,00227
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50657.09/cwt48.00–60.5086027
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54368.01/cwt64.00–74.501,0499
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31855.85/cwt44.50–60.5073646
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42362.40/cwt60.00–66.5088817
HeifersChoice and Prime1,266110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3933
SteersChoice and Prime1,316113.46/cwt111.00–115.001,4933
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,37297.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3312
Dairy SteersChoice1,45487.76/cwt86.00–90.001,2764
SteersChoice1,187106.51/cwt104.00–108.001,2644
HeifersChoice1,269107.86/cwt105.00–110.001,36914
Bulls1,38577.66/cwt76.00–79.001,0763
HeifersNumber 18836.27/cwt35.00–37.50322
HeifersNumber 19147.50/cwt47.50–47.50431
BullsUtility8415.02/cwt12.50–20.001311
BullsUtility7611.19/cwt5.00–15.0099
BullsUtility9516.68/cwt10.00–20.00166
BullsUtility10412.21/cwt5.00–20.00132
BullsUtility6910.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsNumber 39336.32/cwt25.00–40.003411
BullsNumber 38634.74/cwt30.00–40.003010
BullsNumber 311335.09/cwt30.00–40.00402
BullsNumber 310137.50/cwt37.50–37.50381
BullsNumber 29550.75/cwt45.00–60.00487
BullsNumber 210453.00/cwt50.00–60.00555
BullsNumber 211550.00/cwt50.00–50.00582
BullsNumber 110480.88/cwt70.00–90.00846
BullsNumber 111274.01/cwt70.00–80.00835
BullsNumber 19980.00/cwt80.00–80.00791

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.