Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-29

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 29
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
15 vs last sale 178 163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
45 head
13 vs last sale 58 45 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 steady. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply very 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%High1,57647.5574966
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32844.8559657
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17336.5442918

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 210369.50/cwt10
BullsNumber 39036.62/cwt11
BullsUtility9114.57/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

13 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
BullsUtility8411.85/cwt10.00–15.00104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39149.97/cwt48.50–51.0069511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31343.62/cwt30.00–48.0057346
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64552.44/cwt52.00–54.508635
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54744.99/cwt40.00–48.0069629
BullsNumber 38530.00/cwt20.00–40.00264
BullsNumber 39340.40/cwt25.00–50.00387
BullsUtility10420.00/cwt20.00–20.00212
CowsLean 85-90%1,17336.54/cwt29.00–45.0042918
BullsNumber 212380.00/cwt80.00–80.00981
BullsNumber 210568.53/cwt60.00–80.00724
BullsNumber 29768.17/cwt55.00–80.00665
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59149.10/cwt47.00–52.0078132

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.