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
Bulls—High1,35181.881,10612
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
Bulls——1,55693.32/cwt90.00–95.001,4522
Bulls——1,56784.46/cwt83.50–85.001,3232
Bulls——1,24578.37/cwt74.00–82.509768
BullsNumber 1—12295.00/cwt95.00–95.001161
BullsNumber 1—13090.00/cwt90.00–90.001171
BullsNumber 1—9794.97/cwt92.50–97.50922
SteersChoice—1,41998.90/cwt97.00–101.001,4038
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,36493.70/cwt92.00–95.501,2783
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,46991.79/cwt90.00–93.001,3489
HeifersChoice—1,41999.04/cwt98.00–100.001,4052
HeifersChoice—1,53487.44/cwt86.00–88.501,3413
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,380104.05/cwt101.00–107.001,4363
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9020.00/cwt15.00–25.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8424.80/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 1—106100.54/cwt95.00–105.001074
BullsNumber 1—11696.40/cwt85.00–105.001127
BullsNumber 2—11070.00/cwt70.00–70.00771
BullsUtility—8015.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsUtility—9412.51/cwt10.00–15.00122
BullsUtility—10422.28/cwt15.00–30.00232
BullsNumber 2—8563.74/cwt62.50–65.00542
BullsNumber 2—10473.86/cwt60.00–82.50773
BullsNumber 2—9573.69/cwt60.00–85.00709
BullsNumber 3—11150.00/cwt50.00–50.00561
BullsNumber 3—8438.68/cwt35.00–42.50322
BullsNumber 3—9344.83/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.