Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2019-12-04

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Dec 4
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
378 head
118 vs last sale 260 378 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
188 head
70 vs last sale 118 188 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 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply heavy, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00- 3.00 higher. Supply heavy, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Supply heavy, 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%High1,55751.9280890
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37048.9967172
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20935.1942517
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,30484.641,1046thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,406115.481,62414
HeifersChoiceAverage1,277108.821,39013
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,445115.221,66531
SteersChoiceAverage1,441110.161,58723
SteersSelectAverage1,36794.201,2888thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110592.94/cwt15
BullsNumber 29763.01/cwt22
BullsNumber 39036.54/cwt16
BullsUtility8513.39/cwt51

Every lot, as filed

29 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
BullsNumber 18973.75/cwt70.00–77.50662
BullsNumber 19792.62/cwt85.00–100.00902
BullsNumber 111196.20/cwt85.00–107.501072
BullsNumber 1123102.60/cwt97.50–107.501262
BullsNumber 110694.83/cwt85.00–107.501017
BullsNumber 210463.83/cwt55.00–72.50662
HeifersChoice and Prime1,406115.48/cwt114.00–119.001,62414
SteersChoice1,441110.16/cwt105.00–113.001,58723
SteersChoice and Prime1,445115.22/cwt114.00–118.001,66531
SteersSelect1,36794.20/cwt87.00–97.001,2888
Dairy SteersChoice1,30484.64/cwt80.00–90.001,1046
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34746.87/cwt39.00–51.5063148
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75257.68/cwt56.00–60.001,01118
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43947.37/cwt35.00–51.5068227
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55052.35/cwt21.50–56.0081145
CowsLean 85-90%1,20935.19/cwt20.00–46.0042517
HeifersChoice1,277108.82/cwt106.00–112.001,39013
BullsUtility10216.18/cwt12.50–20.00172
BullsUtility8514.36/cwt5.00–20.001215
BullsUtility9414.81/cwt5.00–20.001415
BullsUtility7510.73/cwt5.00–12.50818
BullsNumber 211360.09/cwt52.50–70.00684
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41553.24/cwt51.00–57.5075324
BullsNumber 28657.53/cwt52.50–60.00495
BullsNumber 29466.41/cwt60.00–75.006211
BullsNumber 310441.34/cwt35.00–47.50432
BullsNumber 39336.08/cwt22.50–50.00345
BullsNumber 38535.73/cwt25.00–47.50309
BullsUtility11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221

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.