Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Dairy Calves sold 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,543	80.69	1,245	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,491	59.37	885	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	53.70	685	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	39.30	428	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,476	95.15	1,404	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,540	96.12	1,480	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,396	86.27	1,204	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,285	105.05	1,350	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,321	101.38	1,339	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,378	105.35	1,452	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	101.12	1,437	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,489	95.53	1,422	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	120.53/cwt	16
Bulls	Number 2	95	83.94/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	91	47.49/cwt	13
Bulls	Utility	81	20.03/cwt	10
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	88	15.00/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

37 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 3	—	119	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	105	108.74/cwt	105.00–115.00	114	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	109.94/cwt	100.00–115.00	123	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	105	81.62/cwt	70.00–97.50	86	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	78.22/cwt	70.00–95.00	67	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	99	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	55.32/cwt	45.00–59.00	800	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	66.68/cwt	65.00–69.00	869	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	52.19/cwt	40.00–61.50	656	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,384	63.03/cwt	61.00–65.50	872	6
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	49.62/cwt	40.00–57.50	42	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	48.36/cwt	40.00–65.00	45	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	3
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,285	105.05/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,350	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	101.38/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,339	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	39.30/cwt	30.00–46.50	428	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	61.87/cwt	59.00–65.00	968	24
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,540	96.12/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,480	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,396	86.27/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,204	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,476	95.15/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,404	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	101.12/cwt	99.00–103.00	1,437	7
Steers	Select	—	1,489	95.53/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,422	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,378	105.35/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,452	16
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	115.10/cwt	110.00–120.00	100	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	106.25/cwt	100.00–112.50	101	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	121	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	133	1
Bulls	—	—	1,441	74.93/cwt	72.00–77.50	1,080	5
Bulls	—	—	1,899	89.26/cwt	88.50–90.00	1,695	2
Bulls	—	—	1,443	86.52/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	87.99/cwt	72.50–97.50	81	7
Bulls	Number 3	—	79	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	24	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	109	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	33	1
Bulls	Utility	—	83	5.00/cwt	5.00–5.00	4	1
Bulls	Utility	—	93	23.33/cwt	20.00–30.00	22	3
Bulls	Utility	—	75	20.89/cwt	5.00–30.00	16	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	165.29/cwt	155.00–185.00	152	3

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 19, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 254Last week 206Year ago 301

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 84Last week 74Year ago 141

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	119	65.00	65.00
7	—	85	40.00–57.50	49.62
3	—	93	40.00–65.00	48.36
1	—	79	30.00	30.00
1	—	109	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	105	105.00–115.00	108.74
3	—	112	100.00–115.00	109.94
3	—	87	110.00–120.00	115.10
2	—	95	100.00–112.50	106.25
1	—	121	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	105	70.00–97.50	81.62
4	—	86	70.00–95.00	78.22
1	—	110	90.00	90.00
7	—	92	72.50–97.50	87.99
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	83	5.00	5.00
3	—	93	20.00–30.00	23.33
6	—	75	5.00–30.00	20.89
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	92	155.00–185.00	165.29
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	98	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
22	—	1,446	45.00–59.00	55.32
4	—	1,303	65.00–69.00	66.68
24	—	1,564	59.00–65.00	61.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,257	40.00–61.50	52.19
6	—	1,384	61.00–65.50	63.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,090	30.00–46.50	39.30
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,285	103.00–107.00	105.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,321	98.00–103.00	101.38
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	92.00–100.00	96.12
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,396	84.00–88.00	86.27
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,476	94.00–96.00	95.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,421	99.00–103.00	101.12
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,489	95.00–96.00	95.53
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,378	104.00–108.00	105.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	72.00–77.50	74.93
2	—	1,899	88.50–90.00	89.26
2	—	1,443	86.00–87.00	86.52

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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