Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 15
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
15 vs last sale 131 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
69 head
2 vs last sale 67 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 8.00-12.00 higher. 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%Average1,61851.9384071
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29149.2263530
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14739.794567thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110887.53/cwt8
BullsNumber 210159.11/cwt11
BullsNumber 39335.37/cwt14
BullsUtility9313.29/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

20 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 19685.08/cwt80.00–90.00822
BullsNumber 110690.00/cwt90.00–90.00952
BullsNumber 111487.51/cwt80.00–95.001004
BullsNumber 211060.00/cwt60.00–60.00661
BullsNumber 212157.50/cwt57.50–57.50701
BullsNumber 210461.74/cwt50.00–72.50643
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65452.96/cwt51.00–54.5087639
CowsLean 85-90%1,14739.79/cwt35.00–47.004567
BullsNumber 310337.54/cwt30.00–42.50393
BullsNumber 39541.16/cwt35.00–50.00394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25853.78/cwt52.00–55.506778
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30347.56/cwt44.00–51.0062022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72156.81/cwt55.00–58.009789
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51748.28/cwt40.00–51.0073223
BullsNumber 38428.83/cwt20.00–40.00246
BullsUtility12815.00/cwt15.00–15.00191
BullsUtility8612.50/cwt12.50–12.50114
BullsUtility9213.65/cwt5.00–20.00134
BullsNumber 29557.92/cwt55.00–65.00556
BullsNumber 311045.00/cwt45.00–45.00501

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.