Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-02-26

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Feb 26
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 249▲ 317 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
112 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 128▲ 112 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 2.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply moderate, demand moderate.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57957.2890570
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28251.5766154
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27841.6853310
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,44493.061,3447thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,37585.331,1734thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,380113.701,56912
HeifersChoiceAverage1,281108.871,39515
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,502114.831,72521
SteersChoiceAverage1,418109.811,55717

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1105142.33/cwt13
BullsNumber 210065.41/cwt18
BullsNumber 39839.16/cwt20
BullsUtility8914.90/cwt22

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1Beef Cross—95180.23/cwt165.00–205.001713
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—122190.00/cwt190.00–190.002321
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—117170.00/cwt170.00–170.001991
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—104200.00/cwt200.00–200.002081
BullsUtility—8414.73/cwt10.00–20.00129
BullsUtility—9317.04/cwt15.00–20.00165
BullsNumber 2—10562.80/cwt55.00–67.50667
BullsNumber 2—8566.05/cwt62.50–70.00562
BullsNumber 2—12862.50/cwt62.50–62.50801
BullsUtility—7614.44/cwt12.50–20.00114
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27150.30/cwt42.00–56.5063946
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34258.90/cwt57.00–61.507908
BullsUtility—11527.50/cwt27.50–27.50321
BullsNumber 3—9640.26/cwt30.00–47.50399
BullsNumber 3—10337.94/cwt30.00–50.00397
BullsNumber 3—8636.76/cwt30.00–47.50323
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,380113.70/cwt112.00–117.001,56912
HeifersChoice—1,281108.87/cwt104.00–111.501,39515
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27841.68/cwt30.00–50.0053310
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60958.21/cwt56.00–62.0093730
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47453.08/cwt47.00–57.0078229
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,77765.81/cwt62.00–70.501,16911
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,44493.06/cwt88.50–97.501,3447
Dairy SteersChoice—1,37585.33/cwt84.00–86.501,1734
SteersChoice and Prime—1,502114.83/cwt113.00–117.001,72521
SteersChoice—1,418109.81/cwt105.00–112.501,55717
BullsUtility—1038.26/cwt5.00–15.0093
BullsNumber 3—11045.00/cwt45.00–45.00501
BullsNumber 2—9567.90/cwt55.00–80.00658
BullsNumber 1—103105.77/cwt100.00–112.501093
BullsNumber 1—114109.93/cwt102.50–117.501252
BullsNumber 1—98106.23/cwt105.00–107.501042

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.