Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00- 6.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,617	48.87	790	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,356	44.36	602	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,274	32.92	419	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,427	94.63	1,350	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,345	84.86	1,141	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,549	92.52	1,433	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	86.03	1,190	3thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,284	75.63	971	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,387	113.17	1,570	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,243	104.87	1,304	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,564	115.32	1,804	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,336	104.46	1,396	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	96.83/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 2	102	72.35/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 3	98	38.13/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	92	14.92/cwt	27

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	—	98	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	98	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	120	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	102	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	101.26/cwt	100.00–102.50	114	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	95.83/cwt	85.00–105.00	99	9
Bulls	Number 2	—	114	73.82/cwt	70.00–77.50	84	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	72.98/cwt	67.50–82.50	69	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,564	115.32/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,804	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	84.86/cwt	82.50–88.50	1,141	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,427	94.63/cwt	88.00–100.50	1,350	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,383	86.03/cwt	82.50–88.50	1,190	3
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,549	92.52/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,433	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,284	75.63/cwt	70.00–80.00	971	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,581	45.41/cwt	40.00–48.00	718	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	50.36/cwt	48.00–54.00	807	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,274	32.92/cwt	23.00–43.00	419	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	104.87/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,387	113.17/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,570	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,336	104.46/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,396	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	37.45/cwt	35.00–40.00	31	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	38.80/cwt	30.00–50.00	41	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	37.50/cwt	27.50–50.00	36	8
Bulls	Utility	—	111	18.32/cwt	15.00–25.00	20	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	44.36/cwt	36.00–49.00	602	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,872	57.11/cwt	55.00–60.00	1,069	5
Bulls	Utility	—	97	17.53/cwt	15.00–20.00	17	4
Bulls	Utility	—	77	11.99/cwt	10.00–12.50	9	5
Bulls	Utility	—	104	13.97/cwt	5.00–20.00	15	5
Bulls	Utility	—	86	14.79/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	71.50/cwt	60.00–82.50	75	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	140	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	60	1

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 Dec 18, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 243Last week 365Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 103Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	100.00	100.00
1	—	120	85.00	85.00
4	—	113	100.00–102.50	101.26
9	—	103	85.00–105.00	95.83
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	114	70.00–77.50	73.82
6	—	95	67.50–82.50	72.98
8	—	105	60.00–82.50	71.50
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	83	35.00–40.00	37.45
4	—	105	30.00–50.00	38.80
8	—	95	27.50–50.00	37.50
1	—	140	42.50	42.50
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	111	15.00–25.00	18.32
4	—	97	15.00–20.00	17.53
5	—	77	10.00–12.50	11.99
5	—	104	5.00–20.00	13.97
10	—	86	10.00–20.00	14.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,564	115.00–116.00	115.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,336	103.00–106.00	104.46
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,345	82.50–88.50	84.86
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,427	88.00–100.50	94.63
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	82.50–88.50	86.03
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,549	90.00–94.50	92.52
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,284	70.00–80.00	75.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,581	40.00–48.00	45.41
28	—	1,602	48.00–54.00	50.36
5	—	1,872	55.00–60.00	57.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,274	23.00–43.00	32.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,356	36.00–49.00	44.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,243	103.00–108.00	104.87
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	112.00–114.00	113.17

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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