Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-03-04

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Mar 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 317▲ 241 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
97 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 112▲ 97 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-2.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply light, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52355.9885352
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30453.1669348
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10241.154536thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,54996.571,4965thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,48087.321,2926thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,438113.101,6267thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,379108.671,4998thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,482114.501,6972thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,423107.351,52815

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103124.14/cwt17
BullsNumber 210375.09/cwt14
BullsNumber 39641.15/cwt18
BullsUtility9015.88/cwt12

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
BullsUtility—765.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsNumber 2—10585.59/cwt80.00–90.00905
BullsNumber 2—9475.28/cwt70.00–85.00713
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—101185.00/cwt185.00–185.001871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95189.97/cwt185.00–195.001802
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—112185.00/cwt185.00–185.002071
BullsNumber 2—13875.00/cwt75.00–75.001041
BullsNumber 1—105103.05/cwt92.50–115.001089
BullsNumber 1—97110.97/cwt97.50–130.001083
BullsNumber 1—119100.00/cwt100.00–100.001191
BullsNumber 3—9543.28/cwt30.00–50.00416
BullsNumber 3—8534.24/cwt27.50–45.00296
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26557.54/cwt57.00–59.007286
BullsNumber 3—11347.49/cwt45.00–50.00543
BullsNumber 3—10444.38/cwt40.00–52.50463
BullsUtility—9316.00/cwt15.00–20.00155
BullsUtility—8416.10/cwt10.00–20.00145
BullsNumber 2—8757.48/cwt50.00–62.50503
HeifersChoice—1,379108.67/cwt105.00–111.001,4998
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10241.15/cwt35.00–50.004536
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48353.56/cwt49.00–56.5079427
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55258.12/cwt56.50–60.5090222
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67262.00/cwt61.00–63.001,0373
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30952.53/cwt40.00–56.5068842
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,54996.57/cwt93.00–102.501,4965
Dairy SteersChoice—1,48087.32/cwt82.00–90.001,2926
SteersChoice and Prime—1,482114.50/cwt114.00–115.001,6972
BullsUtility—11525.00/cwt25.00–25.00291
BullsNumber 2—11090.00/cwt90.00–90.00991
BullsNumber 2—12960.00/cwt60.00–60.00771
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,438113.10/cwt112.00–115.001,6267
SteersChoice—1,423107.35/cwt104.00–111.001,52815

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.