Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-08-05

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Aug 5
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
285 head
130 vs last sale 155 31 vs year ago 254 · +12.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
47 head
10 vs last sale 57 77 vs year ago 124 · 62.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply heavy, demand good. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply light, demand good. 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
BullsHigh1,55591.271,4194thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54863.1197755
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30157.5074844
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09441.644565thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,51286.081,3025thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,389105.041,45915
HeifersChoiceAverage1,32599.201,31412
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,447107.161,55130
SteersChoiceAverage1,464100.551,47218

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1104103.40/cwt11
BullsNumber 29378.37/cwt18
BullsNumber 39141.18/cwt9
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8424.17/cwt3

Every lot, as filed

24 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39663.35/cwt61.00–66.0088413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35468.25/cwt67.00–69.509242
BullsNumber 39538.11/cwt27.50–65.00366
BullsNumber 38447.32/cwt40.00–52.50403
BullsNumber 29380.86/cwt72.50–90.00759
BullsNumber 28571.75/cwt60.00–80.00616
HeifersChoice1,32599.20/cwt96.00–102.001,31412
CowsLean 85-90%1,09441.64/cwt30.00–50.004565
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51762.77/cwt60.00–65.5095230
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56867.73/cwt65.50–70.001,06216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61756.02/cwt50.00–60.009069
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25554.13/cwt43.00–60.0067929
Dairy SteersChoice1,51286.08/cwt80.00–88.001,3025
SteersChoice and Prime1,447107.16/cwt104.00–112.501,55130
SteersChoice1,464100.55/cwt96.00–104.501,47218
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8022.50/cwt20.00–25.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9127.50/cwt27.50–27.50251
HeifersChoice and Prime1,389105.04/cwt103.00–107.501,45915
BullsNumber 210488.73/cwt85.00–92.50922
BullsNumber 211275.00/cwt75.00–75.00841
BullsNumber 1104103.91/cwt95.00–110.001087
BullsNumber 198102.50/cwt95.00–110.001003
BullsNumber 1123102.50/cwt102.50–102.501261
Bulls1,55591.27/cwt89.00–93.001,4194

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.