Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-08

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 8
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
31 vs last sale 100 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
67 head
1 vs last sale 66 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited buyer activity pressured markets lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Supply light, demand light. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply light, demand moderate.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59849.1078445
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33345.5660733
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15037.8343513

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110474.94/cwt10
BullsNumber 210052.26/cwt10
BullsNumber 39637.57/cwt15
BullsUtility10016.75/cwt10

Every lot, as filed

19 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
BullsNumber 38431.03/cwt20.00–37.50263
BullsNumber 311645.00/cwt45.00–45.00521
BullsUtility9516.70/cwt15.00–20.00163
BullsUtility8314.18/cwt12.50–15.00123
BullsUtility12220.00/cwt20.00–20.00242
BullsUtility11317.43/cwt15.00–20.00202
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50546.72/cwt40.00–49.0070324
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71551.16/cwt50.00–54.0087718
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63555.80/cwt55.00–58.009123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33345.56/cwt40.00–49.5060733
BullsNumber 39437.92/cwt25.00–45.00367
BullsNumber 310440.00/cwt40.00–40.00424
CowsLean 85-90%1,15037.83/cwt28.00–43.5043513
BullsNumber 29552.07/cwt47.50–57.50496
BullsNumber 210653.39/cwt50.00–55.00573
BullsNumber 211350.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsNumber 110375.37/cwt70.00–85.00786
BullsNumber 111476.12/cwt72.50–80.00872
BullsNumber 19872.46/cwt70.00–75.00712

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.