Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-08-07

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Aug 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
254 head
84 vs last sale 338 254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
124 head
20 vs last sale 104 124 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. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Supply moderate, demand good. Feeder Holstein Bull calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,54479.331,2253thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59463.181,00769
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22455.9168559
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12942.6848220
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,430101.521,4526thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33387.491,1663thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40981.511,1485thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,332112.991,5054thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,353112.941,52812
SteersChoiceAverage1,377106.561,4674thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1101110.88/cwt14
BullsNumber 29370.78/cwt17
BullsNumber 39338.36/cwt14
BullsUtility8816.89/cwt31
HeifersNumber 19748.14/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

31 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%1,12942.68/cwt20.00–58.0048220
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52959.06/cwt54.00–61.0090328
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57063.40/cwt61.00–66.5099526
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75870.48/cwt66.00–76.501,23915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19554.15/cwt44.50–60.0064748
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35363.61/cwt62.00–66.5086111
HeifersChoice and Prime1,332112.99/cwt112.00–115.001,5054
SteersChoice and Prime1,353112.94/cwt111.50–115.001,52812
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,430101.52/cwt95.00–106.001,4526
Dairy SteersChoice1,33387.49/cwt85.50–90.001,1663
SteersChoice1,377106.56/cwt103.00–108.001,4674
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,40981.51/cwt79.00–83.001,1485
Bulls1,54479.33/cwt78.50–80.001,2253
HeifersNumber 110248.75/cwt42.50–55.00502
HeifersNumber 19147.53/cwt42.50–52.50432
BullsUtility9418.63/cwt10.00–25.001814
BullsUtility8416.26/cwt10.00–20.00148
BullsUtility7613.02/cwt10.00–15.00105
BullsUtility657.62/cwt5.00–10.0052
BullsUtility12220.00/cwt20.00–20.00241
BullsUtility10232.50/cwt32.50–32.50331
BullsNumber 38338.23/cwt25.00–47.50327
BullsNumber 39639.28/cwt30.00–52.50384
BullsNumber 310536.12/cwt32.50–40.00382
BullsNumber 312540.00/cwt40.00–40.00501
BullsNumber 29475.97/cwt65.00–85.00718
BullsNumber 28763.63/cwt50.00–77.50557
BullsNumber 210775.07/cwt70.00–80.00802
BullsNumber 194107.17/cwt95.00–112.501016
BullsNumber 1105115.39/cwt105.00–120.001215
BullsNumber 1110110.77/cwt90.00–125.001223

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.