Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady -5.00 higher. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,370	79.55	1,090	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	63.36	918	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,329	57.51	765	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,159	40.16	465	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,433	90.68	1,299	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	86.37	1,272	6thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,291	104.67	1,351	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,333	99.80	1,330	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,336	104.48	1,396	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,330	100.66	1,339	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	112.74/cwt	20
Bulls	Number 2	101	79.65/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	92	38.97/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	86	16.53/cwt	15
Heifers	Number 1	92	142.55/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	81	18.02/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

39 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	104.90/cwt	100.00–110.00	119	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	108.77/cwt	95.00–120.00	113	6
Bulls	Utility	—	86	12.62/cwt	5.00–20.00	11	4
Bulls	Utility	—	75	15.42/cwt	10.00–25.00	12	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	132	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	109	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	83	58.71/cwt	52.50–65.00	49	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	80.04/cwt	70.00–87.50	82	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	25	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	40.76/cwt	30.00–60.00	38	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	105	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	179	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	120	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	156	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	149	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	128	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	142.55/cwt	140.00–145.00	131	2
Bulls	Utility	—	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	3
Bulls	Utility	—	95	22.51/cwt	20.00–25.00	21	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	63.07/cwt	60.00–66.00	916	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	68.34/cwt	66.00–72.50	1,083	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,266	57.83/cwt	53.00–60.00	732	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	55.19/cwt	48.00–60.00	709	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	63.41/cwt	61.00–67.50	916	11
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	87.57/cwt	85.00–90.00	82	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	73	18.53/cwt	12.50–25.00	14	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,291	104.67/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,333	99.80/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,330	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	40.16/cwt	30.00–55.00	465	6
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,433	90.68/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,299	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	86.37/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,272	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,330	100.66/cwt	97.00–103.50	1,339	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,336	104.48/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,396	11
Bulls	Number 1	—	98	109.16/cwt	107.50–110.00	107	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	88	75.06/cwt	70.00–80.00	66	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	126	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	113	1
Bulls	—	—	1,234	77.44/cwt	72.00–82.50	956	8
Bulls	—	—	2,090	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,860	1
Bulls	—	—	1,736	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,510	1

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Aug 12, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 206Last week 285Year ago 293

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 74Last week 47Year ago 129

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	113	100.00–110.00	104.90
6	—	104	95.00–120.00	108.77
3	—	98	107.50–110.00	109.16
2	—	88	70.00–80.00	75.06
1	—	126	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	86	5.00–20.00	12.62
6	—	75	10.00–25.00	15.42
3	—	102	20.00	20.00
2	—	95	20.00–25.00	22.51
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	124	85.00	85.00
1	—	132	82.50	82.50
2	—	83	52.50–65.00	58.71
5	—	103	70.00–87.50	80.04
4	—	94	85.00–90.00	87.57
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	84	30.00	30.00
5	—	93	30.00–60.00	40.76
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	170.00	170.00
1	—	120	130.00	130.00
1	—	90	165.00	165.00
1	—	85	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	92	140.00–145.00	142.55
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	73	12.50–25.00	18.53
1	—	92	20.00	20.00
1	—	84	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,453	60.00–66.00	63.07
14	—	1,584	66.00–72.50	68.34
11	—	1,266	53.00–60.00	57.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,284	48.00–60.00	55.19
11	—	1,445	61.00–67.50	63.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,159	30.00–55.00	40.16
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	103.00–106.00	104.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,333	96.00–102.00	99.80
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	89.00–93.00	90.68
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,473	82.00–89.00	86.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,330	97.00–103.50	100.66
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,336	103.00–106.00	104.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,234	72.00–82.50	77.44
1	—	2,090	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,736	87.00	87.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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