Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,688	87.63	1,479	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	53.69	816	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,314	49.23	647	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,233	30.77	379	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,309	103.34	1,353	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,283	98.93	1,269	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,422	104.08	1,480	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	99.31	1,412	2thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	111.27/cwt	21
Bulls	Number 2	93	76.13/cwt	17
Bulls	Number 3	90	41.68/cwt	15
Bulls	Utility	94	16.72/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	86	15.00/cwt	2

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Number 2	—	119	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	74	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	77	32.56/cwt	30.00–35.00	25	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	101	45.02/cwt	40.00–50.00	45	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	32.65/cwt	25.00–40.00	28	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	48.49/cwt	30.00–60.00	45	7
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	86	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,422	104.08/cwt	102.00–107.50	1,480	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,701	58.26/cwt	57.00–59.00	991	7
Bulls	—	—	1,724	91.29/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,574	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	48.73/cwt	40.00–55.00	635	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	50.72/cwt	45.00–53.50	711	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	30.77/cwt	20.00–48.00	379	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	766	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	55.49/cwt	53.50–57.50	884	30
Bulls	—	—	1,644	83.23/cwt	81.50–86.00	1,368	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	98.93/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,269	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	99.31/cwt	98.00–100.50	1,412	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,309	103.34/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,353	7
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	112.41/cwt	107.50–120.00	127	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	107.49/cwt	100.00–117.50	112	7
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	117	173.21/cwt	165.00–185.00	203	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	102	76.58/cwt	62.50–85.00	78	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	84	66.14/cwt	50.00–70.00	56	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	83.90/cwt	67.50–92.50	78	8
Bulls	Utility	—	98	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Utility	—	110	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Bulls	Utility	—	75	12.65/cwt	10.00–15.00	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	102	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	100.03/cwt	95.00–105.00	96	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	86	78.72/cwt	75.00–85.00	68	4

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.

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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Sep 30, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 252Year ago 316

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 83Last week 145Year ago 123

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	119	62.50	62.50
3	—	102	62.50–85.00	76.58
5	—	84	50.00–70.00	66.14
8	—	93	67.50–92.50	83.90
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	77	30.00–35.00	32.56
2	—	101	40.00–50.00	45.02
4	—	85	25.00–40.00	32.65
7	—	93	30.00–60.00	48.49
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	113	107.50–120.00	112.41
7	—	104	100.00–117.50	107.49
3	—	96	95.00–105.00	100.03
4	—	86	75.00–85.00	78.72
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	117	165.00–185.00	173.21
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	98	15.00	15.00
1	—	110	20.00	20.00
2	—	75	10.00–15.00	12.65
2	—	102	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	86	15.00	15.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,422	102.00–107.50	104.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,422	98.00–100.50	99.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,701	57.00–59.00	58.26
29	—	1,402	45.00–53.50	50.72
30	—	1,593	53.50–57.50	55.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,303	40.00–55.00	48.73
4	—	1,418	54.00	54.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,233	20.00–48.00	30.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,724	88.00–96.00	91.29
5	—	1,644	81.50–86.00	83.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,283	98.00–100.00	98.93
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,309	101.00–106.00	103.34

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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