Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-15.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,546	65.77	1,017	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,311	59.92	786	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,290	51.26	661	10
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,481	98.22	1,455	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,276	83.71	1,068	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	85.40	1,325	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,339	117.87	1,578	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,358	110.27	1,497	8thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,412	117.76	1,663	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,393	111.72	1,556	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,382	101.15	1,398	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	105.16/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 2	97	76.16/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	91	47.41/cwt	16
Bulls	Utility	87	20.48/cwt	10
Heifers	Number 1	91	48.29/cwt	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	81	18.05/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	81.72/cwt	77.50–85.00	71	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	97	104.97/cwt	97.50–112.50	102	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	111	114.18/cwt	100.00–122.50	127	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	116.13/cwt	110.00–122.50	122	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	101	84.14/cwt	75.00–97.50	85	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	115	80.23/cwt	70.00–85.00	92	3
Steers	Select	—	1,382	101.15/cwt	94.50–107.00	1,398	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,481	98.22/cwt	93.50–105.00	1,455	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	83.71/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,068	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,551	85.40/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,325	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,339	117.87/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,578	15
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	74	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	9	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	83	19.90/cwt	15.00–27.50	17	3
Heifers	Number 1	—	91	48.29/cwt	42.50–57.50	44	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	111.72/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,556	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,412	117.76/cwt	115.50–121.00	1,663	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	59.36/cwt	51.00–63.50	771	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	71.19/cwt	68.50–76.50	1,124	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	61.37/cwt	58.00–64.00	932	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	65.53/cwt	63.00–68.50	1,012	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	51.26/cwt	36.00–56.00	661	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,358	110.27/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,497	8
Bulls	Utility	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Bulls	Utility	—	96	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	29	2
Bulls	Utility	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	2
Bulls	Utility	—	76	17.96/cwt	5.00–25.00	14	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	70.13/cwt	62.50–75.00	61	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	64.40/cwt	63.00–65.00	907	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	74.43/cwt	65.00–85.00	70	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	104	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	65	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	115	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	49	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	38.33/cwt	35.00–42.50	29	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	41.31/cwt	37.50–50.00	35	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	96	53.33/cwt	40.00–60.00	51	7

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed May 20, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 281Last week 305Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 91Last week 52Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	77.50–85.00	81.72
3	—	97	97.50–112.50	104.97
3	—	111	100.00–122.50	114.18
4	—	105	110.00–122.50	116.13
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	101	75.00–97.50	84.14
3	—	115	70.00–85.00	80.23
4	—	87	62.50–75.00	70.13
7	—	94	65.00–85.00	74.43
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	85	15.00	15.00
2	—	96	30.00	30.00
2	—	105	20.00	20.00
5	—	76	5.00–25.00	17.96
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	104	62.50	62.50
1	—	115	42.50	42.50
3	—	76	35.00–42.50	38.33
4	—	85	37.50–50.00	41.31
7	—	96	40.00–60.00	53.33
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	74	12.50	12.50
3	—	83	15.00–27.50	19.90
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	91	42.50–57.50	48.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,382	94.50–107.00	101.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,393	109.00–114.00	111.72
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,412	115.50–121.00	117.76
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,481	93.50–105.00	98.22
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,276	80.00–86.00	83.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,551	82.00–88.00	85.40
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,339	115.00–121.00	117.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,358	107.00–114.00	110.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,299	51.00–63.50	59.36
5	—	1,408	63.00–65.00	64.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,579	68.50–76.50	71.19
13	—	1,518	58.00–64.00	61.37
32	—	1,545	63.00–68.50	65.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,290	36.00–56.00	51.26

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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