Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-10-30

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Oct 30
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
262 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 376▲ 262 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
128 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 92▲ 128 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 4.00-5.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-9.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 6.00-7.00 higher. Supply light, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54244.0467956
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27841.2352737
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27331.3639922
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,51491.751,38912
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,44582.831,1977thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,415102.671,4538thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,41995.511,3554thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,395103.301,44122
SteersChoiceAverage1,39297.861,36211

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110691.49/cwt12
BullsNumber 210470.20/cwt16
BullsNumber 39536.15/cwt20
BullsUtility8114.10/cwt19

Every lot, as filed

28 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%—1,27331.36/cwt20.00–43.0039922
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47641.25/cwt32.00–44.5060930
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56345.79/cwt44.00–47.5071618
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,74150.58/cwt48.00–58.008818
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26140.56/cwt30.00–45.0051133
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41746.75/cwt46.00–48.006624
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,415102.67/cwt100.00–104.001,4538
SteersChoice and Prime—1,395103.30/cwt100.00–106.001,44122
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,51491.75/cwt88.00–95.001,38912
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,44582.83/cwt80.00–87.001,1977
SteersChoice—1,39297.86/cwt93.50–100.001,36211
HeifersChoice—1,41995.51/cwt91.00–98.501,3554
BullsUtility—8414.81/cwt5.00–20.001212
BullsUtility—7712.87/cwt12.50–15.00107
BullsNumber 3—9541.68/cwt27.50–50.00408
BullsNumber 3—8424.56/cwt20.00–30.00216
BullsNumber 3—10442.46/cwt40.00–47.50445
BullsNumber 3—11430.00/cwt30.00–30.00341
BullsNumber 2—10570.47/cwt62.50–82.50746
BullsNumber 2—9574.08/cwt70.00–80.00705
BullsNumber 2—8956.23/cwt52.50–60.00502
BullsNumber 2—13780.00/cwt80.00–80.001101
BullsNumber 2—12582.50/cwt82.50–82.501031
BullsNumber 2—11855.00/cwt55.00–55.00651
BullsNumber 1—10594.05/cwt85.00–100.00995
BullsNumber 1—11290.87/cwt87.50–92.501023
BullsNumber 1—9790.85/cwt87.50–95.00883
BullsNumber 1—12082.50/cwt82.50–82.50991

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.