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 3—8431.03/cwt20.00–37.50263
BullsNumber 3—11645.00/cwt45.00–45.00521
BullsUtility—9516.70/cwt15.00–20.00163
BullsUtility—8314.18/cwt12.50–15.00123
BullsUtility—12220.00/cwt20.00–20.00242
BullsUtility—11317.43/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 3—9437.92/cwt25.00–45.00367
BullsNumber 3—10440.00/cwt40.00–40.00424
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15037.83/cwt28.00–43.5043513
BullsNumber 2—9552.07/cwt47.50–57.50496
BullsNumber 2—10653.39/cwt50.00–55.00573
BullsNumber 2—11350.00/cwt50.00–50.00571
BullsNumber 1—10375.37/cwt70.00–85.00786
BullsNumber 1—11476.12/cwt72.50–80.00872
BullsNumber 1—9872.46/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.