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
BullsAverage1,62888.181,4358thin
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
Bulls1,47983.27/cwt82.00–84.501,2323
Bulls1,71791.13/cwt88.50–95.001,5655
BullsNumber 18785.06/cwt82.50–87.50742
BullsNumber 1115107.37/cwt97.50–117.501232
BullsNumber 1104113.14/cwt97.50–127.501183
BullsNumber 112297.45/cwt95.00–102.501193
SteersChoice and Prime1,428119.29/cwt117.00–123.001,70318
SteersChoice1,436112.22/cwt107.00–116.001,61117
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,44097.48/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
HeifersChoice1,330112.62/cwt108.00–116.001,49815
HeifersChoice and Prime1,356119.41/cwt116.50–123.001,61915
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8423.38/cwt15.00–30.00203
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7211.68/cwt10.00–12.5083
BullsUtility8218.87/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 311547.42/cwt45.00–50.00552
BullsNumber 196106.23/cwt95.00–122.501026
BullsNumber 210769.09/cwt62.50–72.50743
BullsNumber 39350.84/cwt40.00–60.004710
BullsUtility10337.50/cwt37.50–37.50391
BullsUtility7516.33/cwt10.00–20.00124
BullsNumber 38536.17/cwt27.50–42.50319
BullsUtility9322.45/cwt20.00–30.00214
BullsNumber 211184.19/cwt75.00–92.50933
BullsNumber 28460.00/cwt50.00–72.50507
BullsNumber 29378.92/cwt65.00–87.50737
BullsNumber 310657.50/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.