Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-01-22

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jan 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
294 head
35 vs last sale 329 294 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
93 head
2 vs last sale 91 93 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 1.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Supply light, demand very good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 2.00-3.00 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
BullsHigh1,74979.001,3822thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59355.9289160
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31951.4167861
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21839.5248112
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,43596.521,3854thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,40585.441,20013
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,381117.731,6264thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,424110.991,5808thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,441115.601,66613
SteersChoiceAverage1,460110.391,61221
SteersSelectAverage1,112101.781,1324thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1106130.91/cwt16
BullsNumber 29777.68/cwt12
BullsNumber 39843.40/cwt14
BullsUtility8714.63/cwt20

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30650.12/cwt40.00–55.0065549
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37456.70/cwt55.00–58.0077912
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95193.18/cwt185.00–200.001843
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross125175.00/cwt175.00–175.002191
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106200.00/cwt200.00–200.002121
BullsNumber 311840.00/cwt40.00–40.00471
BullsNumber 29678.38/cwt70.00–90.007511
BullsNumber 210970.00/cwt70.00–70.00761
BullsUtility8614.60/cwt10.00–20.00136
BullsUtility7612.49/cwt10.00–15.0096
BullsUtility9417.00/cwt15.00–20.00165
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48050.94/cwt42.00–54.0075415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69162.98/cwt60.00–66.001,0658
BullsNumber 310451.69/cwt40.00–60.00544
BullsNumber 38633.36/cwt25.00–40.00293
SteersChoice and Prime1,441115.60/cwt113.00–120.001,66613
SteersChoice1,460110.39/cwt106.00–114.501,61221
HeifersChoice and Prime1,381117.73/cwt114.00–120.501,6264
HeifersChoice1,424110.99/cwt108.00–113.001,5808
CowsLean 85-90%1,21839.52/cwt30.00–49.0048112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61856.42/cwt53.50–59.5091337
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,43596.52/cwt94.00–101.001,3854
Dairy SteersChoice1,40585.44/cwt81.50–90.001,20013
SteersSelect1,112101.78/cwt96.00–104.001,1324
BullsUtility10215.03/cwt10.00–20.00153
BullsNumber 39743.47/cwt30.00–55.00426
BullsNumber 1112104.99/cwt100.00–112.501186
BullsNumber 195103.14/cwt100.00–107.50984
BullsNumber 113297.50/cwt97.50–97.501291
Bulls1,74979.00/cwt79.00–79.001,3822

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.