Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-07-15

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jul 15
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
9 vs last sale 185 138 vs year ago 332 · 41.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
88 head
19 vs last sale 69 13 vs year ago 101 · 12.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady. Supply light, demand light. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold mostly 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
BullsLow1,61084.651,3638thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53958.8190549
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37753.7174036
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12941.9947411
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,43183.731,1985thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,57084.031,3194thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,43076.251,0905thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,33396.761,2906thin
SteersSelectAverage1,54489.261,3782thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103124.88/cwt17
BullsNumber 210178.93/cwt14
BullsNumber 39141.76/cwt14
BullsUtility9015.31/cwt19
HeifersNumber 178146.41/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

36 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
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross77144.61/cwt130.00–160.001112
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross81150.00/cwt150.00–150.001221
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross83162.77/cwt155.00–170.001352
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross119177.50/cwt177.50–177.502111
Bulls1,28575.03/cwt74.00–76.009642
Bulls1,73493.59/cwt92.00–95.501,6232
Bulls1,71184.98/cwt81.50–87.501,4544
BullsNumber 1121110.00/cwt110.00–110.001331
BullsNumber 1111109.98/cwt107.50–112.501222
BullsNumber 195103.36/cwt100.00–110.00983
Dairy SteersSelect1,43076.25/cwt72.00–81.001,0905
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48255.35/cwt45.00–59.0082024
CowsLean 85-90%1,12941.99/cwt30.00–54.5047411
SteersChoice1,33396.76/cwt94.00–100.501,2906
SteersSelect1,54489.26/cwt87.00–92.001,3782
Dairy HeifersChoice1,43183.73/cwt82.00–87.001,1985
Dairy SteersChoice1,57084.03/cwt80.00–86.001,3194
BullsUtility10318.61/cwt15.00–20.00197
BullsNumber 310335.02/cwt30.00–40.00362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,62861.43/cwt59.50–66.001,0006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32752.16/cwt40.00–59.0069230
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76766.91/cwt65.00–68.501,1824
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56061.23/cwt59.00–63.5095521
BullsNumber 39645.34/cwt35.00–55.00446
BullsUtility925.00/cwt5.00–5.0051
BullsUtility11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility8516.31/cwt15.00–20.00144
BullsNumber 1106105.78/cwt100.00–112.501126
BullsUtility7411.72/cwt10.00–15.0096
BullsNumber 211690.00/cwt90.00–90.001041
BullsNumber 212485.00/cwt85.00–85.001051
BullsNumber 29280.10/cwt70.00–92.50746
BullsNumber 210474.90/cwt70.00–90.00786
BullsNumber 37935.00/cwt35.00–35.00282
BullsNumber 38443.14/cwt40.00–50.00364
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105172.56/cwt160.00–185.001812

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.