Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-07-01

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jul 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
62 vs last sale 259 25 vs year ago 222 · 11.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
64 head
9 vs last sale 73 67 vs year ago 131 · 51.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Supply light, demand light. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady -3.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate.

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
BullsHigh1,35181.881,10612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56760.7795242
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35856.8177128
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18144.7352818
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,36493.701,2783thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,44794.861,37212
HeifersChoiceAverage1,48892.081,3705thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,41998.901,4038thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 111296.79/cwt15
BullsNumber 29672.15/cwt15
BullsNumber 39343.64/cwt6
BullsUtility9516.92/cwt5
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8622.88/cwt5

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,55693.32/cwt90.00–95.001,4522
Bulls1,56784.46/cwt83.50–85.001,3232
Bulls1,24578.37/cwt74.00–82.509768
BullsNumber 112295.00/cwt95.00–95.001161
BullsNumber 113090.00/cwt90.00–90.001171
BullsNumber 19794.97/cwt92.50–97.50922
SteersChoice1,41998.90/cwt97.00–101.001,4038
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,36493.70/cwt92.00–95.501,2783
HeifersChoice and Prime1,46991.79/cwt90.00–93.001,3489
HeifersChoice1,41999.04/cwt98.00–100.001,4052
HeifersChoice1,53487.44/cwt86.00–88.501,3413
HeifersChoice and Prime1,380104.05/cwt101.00–107.001,4363
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9020.00/cwt15.00–25.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8424.80/cwt15.00–37.50213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41163.71/cwt62.50–65.008996
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34354.93/cwt40.00–62.0073822
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68067.34/cwt66.00–69.001,1313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47956.93/cwt54.00–60.0084215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60762.34/cwt60.00–65.001,00224
CowsLean 85-90%1,18144.73/cwt30.00–54.5052818
BullsNumber 1106100.54/cwt95.00–105.001074
BullsNumber 111696.40/cwt85.00–105.001127
BullsNumber 211070.00/cwt70.00–70.00771
BullsUtility8015.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsUtility9412.51/cwt10.00–15.00122
BullsUtility10422.28/cwt15.00–30.00232
BullsNumber 28563.74/cwt62.50–65.00542
BullsNumber 210473.86/cwt60.00–82.50773
BullsNumber 29573.69/cwt60.00–85.00709
BullsNumber 311150.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
BullsNumber 38438.68/cwt35.00–42.50322
BullsNumber 39344.83/cwt32.50–52.50423

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.