Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-09-30

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Sep 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
255 head
3 vs last sale 252 61 vs year ago 316 · 19.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
83 head
62 vs last sale 145 40 vs year ago 123 · 32.5%
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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 4.00-7.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand light. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady-5.00 lower. 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
BullsHigh1,68887.631,47911
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52153.6981666
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31449.2364742
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23330.7737914
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,309103.341,3537thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,28398.931,2695thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,422104.081,4809thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,42299.311,4122thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103111.27/cwt21
BullsNumber 29376.13/cwt17
BullsNumber 39041.68/cwt15
BullsUtility9416.72/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

30 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 211962.50/cwt62.50–62.50741
BullsNumber 37732.56/cwt30.00–35.00252
BullsNumber 310145.02/cwt40.00–50.00452
BullsNumber 38532.65/cwt25.00–40.00284
BullsNumber 39348.49/cwt30.00–60.00457
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00132
SteersChoice and Prime1,422104.08/cwt102.00–107.501,4809
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70158.26/cwt57.00–59.009917
Bulls1,72491.29/cwt88.00–96.001,5746
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30348.73/cwt40.00–55.0063538
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40250.72/cwt45.00–53.5071129
CowsLean 85-90%1,23330.77/cwt20.00–48.0037914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41854.00/cwt54.00–54.007664
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59355.49/cwt53.50–57.5088430
Bulls1,64483.23/cwt81.50–86.001,3685
HeifersChoice1,28398.93/cwt98.00–100.001,2695
SteersChoice1,42299.31/cwt98.00–100.501,4122
HeifersChoice and Prime1,309103.34/cwt101.00–106.001,3537
BullsNumber 1113112.41/cwt107.50–120.001274
BullsNumber 1104107.49/cwt100.00–117.501127
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross117173.21/cwt165.00–185.002033
BullsNumber 210276.58/cwt62.50–85.00783
BullsNumber 28466.14/cwt50.00–70.00565
BullsNumber 29383.90/cwt67.50–92.50788
BullsUtility9815.00/cwt15.00–15.00151
BullsUtility11020.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsUtility7512.65/cwt10.00–15.0092
BullsUtility10220.00/cwt20.00–20.00202
BullsNumber 196100.03/cwt95.00–105.00963
BullsNumber 18678.72/cwt75.00–85.00684

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.