Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower on a very light test. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-9.00 higher. Supply light demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower. Supply light, 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%	High	1,591	61.24	974	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,374	57.68	793	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,325	47.63	631	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,660	105.90	1,758	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,406	101.14	1,422	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	87.15/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 2	102	47.45/cwt	15
Bulls	Number 3	96	29.59/cwt	21
Bulls	Utility	85	13.90/cwt	11

Every lot, as filed

26 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	117.41/cwt	100.00–130.00	112	4
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	114	112.22/cwt	100.00–125.00	128	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	107	2
Bulls	Utility	—	120	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	27	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	30.69/cwt	20.00–37.50	32	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	26.71/cwt	20.00–35.00	22	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	31.12/cwt	25.00–35.00	29	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	29.99/cwt	27.50–32.50	34	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	47.81/cwt	42.50–55.00	45	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	67.47/cwt	64.00–70.50	1,144	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	56.09/cwt	47.00–62.00	751	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,487	62.75/cwt	61.00–67.00	933	10
Bulls	Utility	—	83	11.89/cwt	5.00–15.00	10	4
Bulls	Utility	—	75	13.83/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	4
Bulls	Utility	—	94	13.78/cwt	12.50–15.00	13	2
Steers	Select	—	1,406	101.14/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,422	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,660	105.90/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,758	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	47.63/cwt	40.00–58.50	631	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	61.95/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,012	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	57.52/cwt	52.00–59.50	851	22
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	48.35/cwt	40.00–57.50	50	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	131	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	52	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	55	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	68.50/cwt	60.00–75.00	72	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	61.64/cwt	60.00–62.50	59	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	71.13/cwt	67.50–75.00	81	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 Mar 18, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 179Last week 248Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 89Last week 108Year 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
4	—	95	100.00–130.00	117.41
2	—	114	100.00–125.00	112.22
2	—	104	100.00–105.00	102.51
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	22.50	22.50
4	—	83	5.00–15.00	11.89
4	—	75	10.00–15.00	13.83
2	—	94	12.50–15.00	13.78
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	103	20.00–37.50	30.69
6	—	83	20.00–35.00	26.71
5	—	93	25.00–35.00	31.12
2	—	114	27.50–32.50	29.99
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	95	42.50–55.00	47.81
5	—	104	40.00–57.50	48.35
1	—	131	40.00	40.00
1	—	115	47.50	47.50
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	105	60.00–75.00	68.50
3	—	96	60.00–62.50	61.64
2	—	114	67.50–75.00	71.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,695	64.00–70.50	67.47
36	—	1,633	60.00–65.00	61.95
22	—	1,480	52.00–59.50	57.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,339	47.00–62.00	56.09
10	—	1,487	61.00–67.00	62.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,325	40.00–58.50	47.63
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,406	100.00–102.00	101.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,660	102.00–109.50	105.90

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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