Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-08-12

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Aug 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 285▼ 87 vs year ago 293 · −29.7%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
74 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 47▼ 55 vs year ago 129 · −42.6%
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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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,37079.551,09010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44963.3691856
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32957.5176539
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15940.164656thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,43390.681,2993thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47386.371,2726thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,291104.671,3515thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,33399.801,3306thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,336104.481,39611
SteersChoiceAverage1,330100.661,33910

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1104112.74/cwt20
BullsNumber 210179.65/cwt13
BullsNumber 39238.97/cwt6
BullsUtility8616.53/cwt15
HeifersNumber 192142.55/cwt2
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8118.02/cwt4

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 1—113104.90/cwt100.00–110.001194
BullsNumber 1—104108.77/cwt95.00–120.001136
BullsUtility—8612.62/cwt5.00–20.00114
BullsUtility—7515.42/cwt10.00–25.00126
BullsNumber 2—12485.00/cwt85.00–85.001051
BullsNumber 2—13282.50/cwt82.50–82.501091
BullsNumber 2—8358.71/cwt52.50–65.00492
BullsNumber 2—10380.04/cwt70.00–87.50825
BullsNumber 3—8430.00/cwt30.00–30.00251
BullsNumber 3—9340.76/cwt30.00–60.00385
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—105170.00/cwt170.00–170.001791
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—120130.00/cwt130.00–130.001561
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—90165.00/cwt165.00–165.001491
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—85150.00/cwt150.00–150.001281
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—92142.55/cwt140.00–145.001312
BullsUtility—10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00203
BullsUtility—9522.51/cwt20.00–25.00212
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45363.07/cwt60.00–66.0091631
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58468.34/cwt66.00–72.501,08314
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26657.83/cwt53.00–60.0073211
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28455.19/cwt48.00–60.0070928
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,44563.41/cwt61.00–67.5091611
BullsNumber 2—9487.57/cwt85.00–90.00824
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7318.53/cwt12.50–25.00142
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9220.00/cwt20.00–20.00181
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8415.00/cwt15.00–15.00131
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,291104.67/cwt103.00–106.001,3515
HeifersChoice—1,33399.80/cwt96.00–102.001,3306
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15940.16/cwt30.00–55.004656
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,43390.68/cwt89.00–93.001,2993
Dairy SteersChoice—1,47386.37/cwt82.00–89.001,2726
SteersChoice—1,330100.66/cwt97.00–103.501,33910
SteersChoice and Prime—1,336104.48/cwt103.00–106.001,39611
BullsNumber 1—98109.16/cwt107.50–110.001073
BullsNumber 1—8875.06/cwt70.00–80.00662
BullsNumber 1—12690.00/cwt90.00–90.001131
Bulls——1,23477.44/cwt72.00–82.509568
Bulls——2,09089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,8601
Bulls——1,73687.00/cwt87.00–87.001,5101

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.