Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply heavy, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Dairy Calves sold 30.00-40.00 higher. Supply heavy, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −562.61 against this barn's trailing median of $698.61.

Average price

$136.00

15 head · 240 lb average

Value per head Derived

$326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.06

vs NY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	240	136.00	326	15thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

35 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,182.00, low $428.21, median $698.61 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale15 hd

136.00

—

NY average1 barns · 22 hd

125.94

+10.06

This barn, trailing median35 sales

698.61

−562.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,537	75.98	1,168	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,468	58.02	852	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	52.66	684	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,145	35.77	410	16
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,435	96.13	1,379	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	85.63	1,177	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,323	73.66	975	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,252	106.70	1,336	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	102.65	1,318	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,363	106.93	1,457	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,303	102.33	1,333	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,447	94.54	1,368	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	107	117.50/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	98	73.73/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	96	42.05/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	83	12.85/cwt	23

Every lot, as filed

39 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	Medium and Large 1	—	284	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	449	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	229	146.19/cwt	141.00–149.00	335	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	302	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	129	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	133.19/cwt	125.00–135.00	306	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	351	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	115.10/cwt	105.00–125.00	110	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	126.17/cwt	122.50–130.00	145	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	116.38/cwt	110.00–122.50	143	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	116.36/cwt	102.50–125.00	121	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	107	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	107	83.33/cwt	65.00–95.00	89	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	67.16/cwt	60.00–75.00	62	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	111	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	58	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	46.25/cwt	40.00–52.50	46	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	92	39.35/cwt	5.00–57.50	36	7
Bulls	Utility	—	65	6.74/cwt	5.00–10.00	4	3
Bulls	Utility	—	103	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	3
Bulls	Utility	—	84	14.47/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	5
Bulls	Utility	—	94	16.47/cwt	15.00–22.50	15	5
Bulls	Utility	—	75	10.79/cwt	5.00–12.50	8	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,323	73.66/cwt	70.00–78.00	975	6
Bulls	—	—	1,223	68.65/cwt	67.50–70.00	840	2
Bulls	—	—	1,598	81.19/cwt	80.50–82.00	1,297	2
Bulls	—	—	1,639	76.83/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,259	5
Steers	Select	—	1,447	94.54/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,368	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,374	85.63/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,177	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,435	96.13/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,379	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	102.65/cwt	100.50–104.00	1,318	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,303	102.33/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,333	8
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,363	106.93/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,457	19
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,252	106.70/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,336	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	61.22/cwt	60.00–64.00	894	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,449	57.64/cwt	55.00–59.50	835	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	48.98/cwt	40.00–55.50	589	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	51.59/cwt	45.00–57.50	687	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	61.97/cwt	59.00–70.50	978	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	57.27/cwt	54.50–59.50	818	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	35.77/cwt	20.00–50.50	410	16

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 Aug 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 301Last week 293Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 141Last week 129Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	284	158.00	158.00
5	—	229	141.00–149.00	146.19
6	—	302	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	129	150.00	150.00
5	—	230	125.00–135.00	133.19
9	—	258	136.00	136.00

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	105.00–125.00	115.10
2	—	115	122.50–130.00	126.17
2	—	123	110.00–122.50	116.38
9	—	104	102.50–125.00	116.36
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	97.50	97.50
3	—	107	65.00–95.00	83.33
8	—	93	60.00–75.00	67.16
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	111	52.50	52.50
2	—	100	40.00–52.50	46.25
7	—	92	5.00–57.50	39.35
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	65	5.00–10.00	6.74
3	—	103	15.00	15.00
5	—	84	10.00–20.00	14.47
5	—	94	15.00–22.50	16.47
7	—	75	5.00–12.50	10.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,323	70.00–78.00	73.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,374	84.00–88.00	85.63
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,435	90.00–102.00	96.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	67.50–70.00	68.65
2	—	1,598	80.50–82.00	81.19
5	—	1,639	74.00–79.00	76.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,447	90.00–98.50	94.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,303	100.00–104.00	102.33
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,363	105.00–109.00	106.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,284	100.50–104.00	102.65
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	106.00–108.00	106.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,460	60.00–64.00	61.22
21	—	1,449	55.00–59.50	57.64
47	—	1,203	40.00–55.50	48.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,332	45.00–57.50	51.59
29	—	1,578	59.00–70.50	61.97
33	—	1,429	54.50–59.50	57.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,145	20.00–50.50	35.77

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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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Feeder Dairy Calves

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Feeder Cattle

Feeder Dairy Calves

Slaughter Cattle