Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Supply heavy, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate.

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	—	Average	1,368	69.04	944	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,524	49.60	756	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,396	47.80	667	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,279	40.62	520	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,449	95.51	1,384	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	86.28	1,310	8thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,412	114.46	1,616	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,276	108.28	1,382	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,314	101.37	1,332	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,474	113.27	1,670	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	107.71	1,480	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,263	99.07	1,251	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	109	99.00/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 2	102	70.28/cwt	25
Bulls	Number 3	96	41.32/cwt	17
Bulls	Utility	86	16.37/cwt	38

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,619	75.94/cwt	75.50–76.50	1,229	2
Bulls	—	—	1,322	67.79/cwt	63.00–72.50	896	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	113	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	104.99/cwt	102.50–107.50	102	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	124	102.51/cwt	90.00–110.00	127	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	93.13/cwt	90.00–97.50	96	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,314	101.37/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,332	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,374	107.71/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,480	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,474	113.27/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,670	4
Steers	Select	—	1,263	99.07/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,251	9
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,518	86.28/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,310	8
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,449	95.51/cwt	91.00–103.50	1,384	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,727	56.83/cwt	54.50–63.50	981	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,632	51.54/cwt	49.00–54.50	841	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	45.79/cwt	38.50–49.00	630	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,279	40.62/cwt	30.00–48.00	520	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	108.28/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,382	8
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,412	114.46/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,616	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	95	40.24/cwt	30.00–57.50	38	10
Bulls	Utility	—	115	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	129	1
Bulls	Utility	—	103	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,588	56.98/cwt	54.50–62.50	905	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,504	50.53/cwt	49.00–52.00	760	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	45.75/cwt	37.00–49.50	609	42
Bulls	Number 2	—	123	81.17/cwt	75.00–87.50	100	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	56.25/cwt	50.00–65.00	48	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	72.40/cwt	62.50–85.00	69	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	132	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	102	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	71.05/cwt	60.00–82.50	82	2
Bulls	Utility	—	85	14.76/cwt	7.50–25.00	13	15
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	71.48/cwt	60.00–87.50	74	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	38.34/cwt	35.00–40.00	34	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	46.24/cwt	40.00–55.00	48	4
Bulls	Utility	—	67	5.61/cwt	5.00–7.50	4	4
Bulls	Utility	—	75	12.06/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	5
Bulls	Utility	—	95	15.94/cwt	5.00–20.00	15	11

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 352Last week 290Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 129Last week 60Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,619	75.50–76.50	75.94
11	—	1,322	63.00–72.50	67.79
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,314	100.00–102.50	101.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,276	105.00–112.00	108.28
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,412	112.00–116.00	114.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,374	104.00–112.00	107.71
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,474	113.00–114.00	113.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,263	93.00–103.00	99.07
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,518	82.00–90.00	86.28
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,449	91.00–103.50	95.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,727	54.50–63.50	56.83
32	—	1,632	49.00–54.50	51.54
41	—	1,375	38.50–49.00	45.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,279	30.00–48.00	40.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,588	54.50–62.50	56.98
18	—	1,504	49.00–52.00	50.53
42	—	1,331	37.00–49.50	45.75

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	113	100.00	100.00
2	—	97	102.50–107.50	104.99
3	—	124	90.00–110.00	102.51
4	—	103	90.00–97.50	93.13
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	95	30.00–57.50	40.24
3	—	88	35.00–40.00	38.34
4	—	104	40.00–55.00	46.24
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	115	112.50	112.50
2	—	103	15.00	15.00
15	—	85	7.50–25.00	14.76
4	—	67	5.00–7.50	5.61
5	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.06
11	—	95	5.00–20.00	15.94
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	123	75.00–87.50	81.17
4	—	85	50.00–65.00	56.25
7	—	95	62.50–85.00	72.40
1	—	132	77.50	77.50
2	—	115	60.00–82.50	71.05
9	—	104	60.00–87.50	71.48

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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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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Every lot, as filed

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