Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-26

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,579	57.28	905	70
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,282	51.57	661	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,278	41.68	533	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,444	93.06	1,344	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,375	85.33	1,173	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,380	113.70	1,569	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,281	108.87	1,395	15
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,502	114.83	1,725	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	109.81	1,557	17

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	142.33/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	100	65.41/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	98	39.16/cwt	20
Bulls	Utility	89	14.90/cwt	22

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	180.23/cwt	165.00–205.00	171	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	122	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	232	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	117	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	199	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	208	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	14.73/cwt	10.00–20.00	12	9
Bulls	Utility	—	93	17.04/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	62.80/cwt	55.00–67.50	66	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	66.05/cwt	62.50–70.00	56	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	128	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	80	1
Bulls	Utility	—	76	14.44/cwt	12.50–20.00	11	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	50.30/cwt	42.00–56.50	639	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	58.90/cwt	57.00–61.50	790	8
Bulls	Utility	—	115	27.50/cwt	27.50–27.50	32	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	40.26/cwt	30.00–47.50	39	9
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	37.94/cwt	30.00–50.00	39	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	86	36.76/cwt	30.00–47.50	32	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,380	113.70/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,569	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,281	108.87/cwt	104.00–111.50	1,395	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,278	41.68/cwt	30.00–50.00	533	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,609	58.21/cwt	56.00–62.00	937	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	53.08/cwt	47.00–57.00	782	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,777	65.81/cwt	62.00–70.50	1,169	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,444	93.06/cwt	88.50–97.50	1,344	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,375	85.33/cwt	84.00–86.50	1,173	4
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,502	114.83/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,725	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	109.81/cwt	105.00–112.50	1,557	17
Bulls	Utility	—	103	8.26/cwt	5.00–15.00	9	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	50	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	67.90/cwt	55.00–80.00	65	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	105.77/cwt	100.00–112.50	109	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	109.93/cwt	102.50–117.50	125	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	98	106.23/cwt	105.00–107.50	104	2

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.

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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Feb 26, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 317Last week 249Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 112Last week 128Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	165.00–205.00	180.23
1	—	122	190.00	190.00
1	—	117	170.00	170.00
1	—	104	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	84	10.00–20.00	14.73
5	—	93	15.00–20.00	17.04
4	—	76	12.50–20.00	14.44
1	—	115	27.50	27.50
3	—	103	5.00–15.00	8.26
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	105	55.00–67.50	62.80
2	—	85	62.50–70.00	66.05
1	—	128	62.50	62.50
8	—	95	55.00–80.00	67.90
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	96	30.00–47.50	40.26
7	—	103	30.00–50.00	37.94
3	—	86	30.00–47.50	36.76
1	—	110	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	103	100.00–112.50	105.77
2	—	114	102.50–117.50	109.93
2	—	98	105.00–107.50	106.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,271	42.00–56.50	50.30
8	—	1,342	57.00–61.50	58.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,278	30.00–50.00	41.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,609	56.00–62.00	58.21
29	—	1,474	47.00–57.00	53.08
11	—	1,777	62.00–70.50	65.81
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,380	112.00–117.00	113.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,281	104.00–111.50	108.87
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,444	88.50–97.50	93.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	84.00–86.50	85.33
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,502	113.00–117.00	114.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,418	105.00–112.50	109.81

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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