Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Calves sold 5.00-6.00 higher. Supply light, 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	1,147	59.51	683	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,618	57.01	922	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	51.56	679	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,168	33.10	387	16
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,487	92.97	1,382	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,335	83.36	1,113	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,341	97.97	1,314	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,292	95.91	1,239	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,426	102.23	1,458	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,389	97.64	1,356	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,264	89.26	1,128	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	81.24/cwt	6
Bulls	Number 2	97	61.91/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 3	94	37.07/cwt	23
Bulls	Utility	87	16.24/cwt	31

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	99	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	82	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	80.99/cwt	77.50–90.00	83	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	112	65.88/cwt	57.50–70.00	74	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	55.59/cwt	50.00–62.50	48	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	62.00/cwt	52.50–70.00	63	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	63.21/cwt	55.00–75.00	59	10
Bulls	Number 3	—	100	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	40	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	117	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	35	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	87	31.81/cwt	25.00–40.00	28	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	40.00/cwt	30.00–52.50	38	14
Bulls	Utility	—	116	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	23	1
Bulls	Utility	—	103	18.38/cwt	15.00–20.00	19	3
Bulls	Utility	—	82	16.67/cwt	15.00–20.00	14	6
Bulls	Utility	—	76	13.28/cwt	10.00–20.00	10	10
Bulls	Utility	—	94	17.76/cwt	10.00–25.00	17	11
Bulls	—	—	1,147	59.51/cwt	53.50–67.00	683	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,292	95.91/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,239	12
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,418	92.86/cwt	90.50–97.00	1,317	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	97.64/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,356	10
Steers	Select	—	1,264	89.26/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,128	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,335	83.36/cwt	80.50–88.00	1,113	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,487	92.97/cwt	90.50–95.50	1,382	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,426	102.23/cwt	99.00–104.50	1,458	16
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,295	101.03/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,308	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	57.64/cwt	56.00–60.50	786	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	50.67/cwt	40.00–56.50	664	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,692	62.41/cwt	61.00–64.50	1,056	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	53.91/cwt	50.50–56.50	838	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,649	58.15/cwt	55.50–60.50	959	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	33.10/cwt	21.00–48.00	387	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.

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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Sep 18, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 242Last week 317Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 123Last week 144Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	99	82.50	82.50
5	—	102	77.50–90.00	80.99
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	57.50–70.00	65.88
4	—	87	50.00–62.50	55.59
5	—	102	52.50–70.00	62.00
10	—	94	55.00–75.00	63.21
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	100	40.00	40.00
1	—	117	30.00	30.00
7	—	87	25.00–40.00	31.81
14	—	95	30.00–52.50	40.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	116	20.00	20.00
3	—	103	15.00–20.00	18.38
6	—	82	15.00–20.00	16.67
10	—	76	10.00–20.00	13.28
11	—	94	10.00–25.00	17.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,147	53.50–67.00	59.51
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,292	92.00–98.00	95.91
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	90.50–97.00	92.86
10	—	1,295	98.00–104.00	101.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,389	95.00–99.00	97.64
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,264	85.00–94.00	89.26
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,426	99.00–104.50	102.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,335	80.50–88.00	83.36
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,487	90.50–95.50	92.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,363	56.00–60.50	57.64
48	—	1,310	40.00–56.50	50.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,692	61.00–64.50	62.41
20	—	1,555	50.50–56.50	53.91
26	—	1,649	55.50–60.50	58.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,168	21.00–48.00	33.10

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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