Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-06-03

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jun 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 184▼ 66 vs year ago 346 · −19.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
99 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 61▲ 16 vs year ago 83 · +19.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold steady - 2.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply light, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,62888.181,4358thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55867.611,05372
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27061.6278252
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18843.335155thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,44097.481,4049thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,356119.411,61915
HeifersChoiceAverage1,330112.621,49815
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,428119.291,70318
SteersChoiceAverage1,436112.221,61117

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1104103.38/cwt16
BullsNumber 29571.61/cwt20
BullsNumber 39244.83/cwt22
BullsUtility8520.62/cwt13
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7817.53/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls——1,47983.27/cwt82.00–84.501,2323
Bulls——1,71791.13/cwt88.50–95.001,5655
BullsNumber 1—8785.06/cwt82.50–87.50742
BullsNumber 1—115107.37/cwt97.50–117.501232
BullsNumber 1—104113.14/cwt97.50–127.501183
BullsNumber 1—12297.45/cwt95.00–102.501193
SteersChoice and Prime—1,428119.29/cwt117.00–123.001,70318
SteersChoice—1,436112.22/cwt107.00–116.001,61117
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,44097.48/cwt94.00–104.001,4049
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55866.06/cwt63.00–69.001,02933
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18843.33/cwt32.00–58.005155
HeifersChoice—1,330112.62/cwt108.00–116.001,49815
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,356119.41/cwt116.50–123.001,61915
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8423.38/cwt15.00–30.00203
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7211.68/cwt10.00–12.5083
BullsUtility—8218.87/cwt15.00–30.00154
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44476.02/cwt73.00–77.501,0984
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32565.49/cwt64.00–68.5086817
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21757.64/cwt47.00–64.5070131
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32559.28/cwt50.00–64.007859
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62871.81/cwt59.50–81.001,16930
BullsNumber 3—11547.42/cwt45.00–50.00552
BullsNumber 1—96106.23/cwt95.00–122.501026
BullsNumber 2—10769.09/cwt62.50–72.50743
BullsNumber 3—9350.84/cwt40.00–60.004710
BullsUtility—10337.50/cwt37.50–37.50391
BullsUtility—7516.33/cwt10.00–20.00124
BullsNumber 3—8536.17/cwt27.50–42.50319
BullsUtility—9322.45/cwt20.00–30.00214
BullsNumber 2—11184.19/cwt75.00–92.50933
BullsNumber 2—8460.00/cwt50.00–72.50507
BullsNumber 2—9378.92/cwt65.00–87.50737
BullsNumber 3—10657.50/cwt57.50–57.50611

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.