Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-05-13

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, May 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
66 vs last sale 239 12 vs year ago 317 · 3.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
52 head
8 vs last sale 44 67 vs year ago 119 · 56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 8.00-10.00 higher. Supply heavy, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 8.00-10.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Supply very 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
BullsHigh1,53081.281,2443thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56464.651,01162
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31960.4679750
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23046.4257116
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,463100.151,4659thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,56893.891,47214
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,60885.561,3767thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,385113.861,57726
HeifersChoiceAverage1,185107.901,27910
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,463114.781,67943
SteersChoiceAverage1,251111.171,3913thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 111195.58/cwt9
BullsNumber 29769.63/cwt10
BullsNumber 39537.04/cwt11
BullsUtility8511.65/cwt3
HeifersNumber 19268.82/cwt4
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8339.39/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls1,53081.28/cwt80.00–82.001,2443
BullsNumber 1128105.00/cwt105.00–105.001341
BullsNumber 111498.27/cwt90.00–110.001123
BullsNumber 110692.08/cwt87.50–102.50985
BullsNumber 210378.77/cwt77.50–80.00812
BullsNumber 29567.34/cwt60.00–80.00648
SteersChoice1,251111.17/cwt110.00–112.001,3913
SteersChoice and Prime1,463114.78/cwt113.00–116.501,67943
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,463100.15/cwt96.00–105.501,4659
Dairy SteersChoice1,60885.56/cwt83.50–88.001,3767
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,56893.89/cwt90.00–97.001,47214
HeifersChoice and Prime1,385113.86/cwt111.00–116.001,57726
HeifersNumber 19370.13/cwt57.50–82.50652
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7840.00/cwt40.00–40.00311
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8439.18/cwt37.50–40.00333
HeifersNumber 17472.50/cwt72.50–72.50541
HeifersNumber 110662.50/cwt62.50–62.50661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28757.43/cwt48.00–62.0073929
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50358.16/cwt50.00–61.5087413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68869.83/cwt67.00–74.001,17921
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49963.77/cwt61.00–67.5095628
CowsLean 85-90%1,23046.42/cwt35.00–56.5057116
HeifersChoice1,185107.90/cwt105.00–110.001,27910
BullsNumber 39832.49/cwt30.00–35.00322
BullsNumber 310346.10/cwt40.00–52.50472
BullsNumber 311647.53/cwt40.00–55.00552
BullsNumber 38331.03/cwt25.00–40.00265
BullsUtility8511.65/cwt10.00–15.00103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36364.64/cwt62.00–67.0088121

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.