Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. 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
Bulls	—	High	1,663	90.99	1,513	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,601	67.66	1,083	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,305	62.43	815	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,282	39.28	504	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,445	97.50	1,409	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,493	88.61	1,323	11
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,402	106.19	1,489	8thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,595	120.04	1,915	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,328	111.70	1,483	6thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	106	105.77/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 2	102	76.33/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	98	42.49/cwt	3
Bulls	Utility	81	11.23/cwt	7
Heifers	Number 1	103	53.70/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	77	18.33/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,663	90.99/cwt	88.50–95.00	1,513	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	138	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	95.89/cwt	92.50–102.50	99	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	116	112.50/cwt	102.50–122.50	131	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	107.07/cwt	92.50–122.50	102	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	116	69.94/cwt	65.00–75.00	81	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,493	88.61/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,323	11
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,445	97.50/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,424	101.59/cwt	98.00–107.50	1,447	6
Heifers	Number 1	—	103	53.70/cwt	50.00–57.50	55	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	86	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	22	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,328	111.70/cwt	107.50–117.50	1,483	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,595	120.04/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,915	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	60.08/cwt	53.00–64.50	744	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	61.59/cwt	60.00–62.50	941	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,683	73.27/cwt	70.00–80.50	1,233	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	66.31/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,046	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,282	39.28/cwt	22.00–50.00	504	9
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,336	119.97/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,603	2
Bulls	Utility	—	103	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	5	1
Bulls	Utility	—	72	12.15/cwt	5.00–22.50	9	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	70.80/cwt	65.00–75.00	62	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	83.71/cwt	80.00–87.50	88	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	71.82/cwt	70.00–73.00	911	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,495	66.28/cwt	64.00–69.50	991	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	75.04/cwt	70.00–80.00	71	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	32	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	48.73/cwt	47.50–50.00	46	2
Bulls	Utility	—	87	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	127	80.10/cwt	75.00–85.00	102	2
Bulls	Utility	—	91	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1

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.

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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed May 27, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 281Year ago 281

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 61Last week 91Year ago 154

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,663	88.50–95.00	90.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,493	86.00–92.00	88.61
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	94.00–102.00	97.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,424	98.00–107.50	101.59
2	—	1,336	119.00–121.00	119.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,328	107.50–117.50	111.70
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,595	118.00–124.50	120.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,239	53.00–64.50	60.08
3	—	1,268	70.00–73.00	71.82
11	—	1,495	64.00–69.50	66.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,528	60.00–62.50	61.59
13	—	1,683	70.00–80.50	73.27
27	—	1,577	63.00–69.00	66.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,282	22.00–50.00	39.28

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	125	110.00	110.00
3	—	103	92.50–102.50	95.89
3	—	116	102.50–122.50	112.50
4	—	95	92.50–122.50	107.07
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	116	65.00–75.00	69.94
3	—	87	65.00–75.00	70.80
4	—	105	80.00–87.50	83.71
6	—	94	70.00–80.00	75.04
2	—	127	75.00–85.00	80.10
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	103	5.00	5.00
4	—	72	5.00–22.50	12.15
1	—	87	5.00	5.00
1	—	91	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	30.00	30.00
2	—	94	47.50–50.00	48.73
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	103	50.00–57.50	53.70
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	25.00	25.00
2	—	73	15.00	15.00

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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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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