Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 1
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
165 vs last sale 265 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
66 head
7 vs last sale 73 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited buyer activity pressured markets lower. Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 8.00-10.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower. Supply light, demand light.

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%Average1,55449.1176349
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29043.7956527
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20930.0436313

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110772.52/cwt8
BullsNumber 210452.50/cwt10
BullsNumber 39434.51/cwt5
BullsUtility9115.93/cwt13
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9615.00/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

18 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
BullsUtility8616.83/cwt12.50–20.00144
BullsUtility10416.63/cwt15.00–20.00173
BullsUtility7713.36/cwt10.00–20.00103
BullsUtility9317.43/cwt15.00–20.00162
BullsUtility11515.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsNumber 39434.51/cwt27.50–40.00325
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9615.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
CowsLean 85-90%1,20930.04/cwt20.00–40.0036313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59350.67/cwt48.00–53.0080722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45445.66/cwt40.00–49.0066421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76055.45/cwt54.00–60.009766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29043.79/cwt40.00–48.0056527
BullsNumber 210452.05/cwt45.00–60.00546
BullsNumber 29554.23/cwt47.50–60.00523
BullsNumber 213450.00/cwt50.00–50.00671
BullsNumber 111471.24/cwt70.00–75.00814
BullsNumber 110275.07/cwt70.00–80.00773
BullsNumber 19770.00/cwt70.00–70.00681

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.