Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-11-27

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Nov 27
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 299▲ 260 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
118 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 101▲ 118 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 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 8.00-10.00 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%Low1,54650.7178449
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40245.6264048
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26128.3235711
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,359100.251,3624thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,389113.081,57118
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,439113.631,63534
SteersChoiceAverage1,338109.361,4633thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100101.86/cwt18
BullsNumber 210377.55/cwt13
BullsNumber 39848.63/cwt7
BullsUtility8714.99/cwt28

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,359100.25/cwt98.00–102.501,3624
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,389113.08/cwt111.00–115.001,57118
BullsUtility—8414.78/cwt10.00–20.001213
BullsUtility—10218.31/cwt15.00–20.00193
BullsNumber 2—10378.75/cwt70.00–85.00816
BullsNumber 1—96102.60/cwt87.50–110.009810
BullsUtility—7511.01/cwt10.00–12.5085
BullsNumber 3—10454.31/cwt45.00–60.00563
BullsNumber 2—11373.38/cwt70.00–75.00833
BullsNumber 1—11892.50/cwt92.50–92.501091
BullsUtility—9516.78/cwt15.00–20.00167
BullsNumber 3—9344.37/cwt40.00–50.00414
BullsNumber 2—9578.89/cwt70.00–85.00754
BullsNumber 1—103102.14/cwt97.50–107.501057
SteersChoice and Prime—1,439113.63/cwt111.00–117.001,63534
SteersChoice—1,338109.36/cwt108.00–110.001,4633
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37145.01/cwt40.00–47.5061715
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50849.98/cwt48.00–53.0075418
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51951.39/cwt48.50–54.0078122
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33943.01/cwt30.00–48.0057630
CowsLean 85-90%—1,26128.32/cwt20.00–37.0035711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,81456.59/cwt55.00–60.001,02712

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.