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
BullsUtility765.00/cwt5.00–5.0041
BullsNumber 210585.59/cwt80.00–90.00905
BullsNumber 29475.28/cwt70.00–85.00713
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross101185.00/cwt185.00–185.001871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95189.97/cwt185.00–195.001802
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross112185.00/cwt185.00–185.002071
BullsNumber 213875.00/cwt75.00–75.001041
BullsNumber 1105103.05/cwt92.50–115.001089
BullsNumber 197110.97/cwt97.50–130.001083
BullsNumber 1119100.00/cwt100.00–100.001191
BullsNumber 39543.28/cwt30.00–50.00416
BullsNumber 38534.24/cwt27.50–45.00296
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26557.54/cwt57.00–59.007286
BullsNumber 311347.49/cwt45.00–50.00543
BullsNumber 310444.38/cwt40.00–52.50463
BullsUtility9316.00/cwt15.00–20.00155
BullsUtility8416.10/cwt10.00–20.00145
BullsNumber 28757.48/cwt50.00–62.50503
HeifersChoice1,379108.67/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 Prime1,54996.57/cwt93.00–102.501,4965
Dairy SteersChoice1,48087.32/cwt82.00–90.001,2926
SteersChoice and Prime1,482114.50/cwt114.00–115.001,6972
BullsUtility11525.00/cwt25.00–25.00291
BullsNumber 211090.00/cwt90.00–90.00991
BullsNumber 212960.00/cwt60.00–60.00771
HeifersChoice and Prime1,438113.10/cwt112.00–115.001,6267
SteersChoice1,423107.35/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.