Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-10-07

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Oct 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
294 head
39 vs last sale 255 20 vs year ago 274 · +7.3%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
81 head
2 vs last sale 83 13 vs year ago 94 · 13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady -1.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand light. 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
BullsAverage1,69878.681,3367thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51450.8777070
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22844.2754448
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,266102.651,30012
HeifersChoiceAverage1,19499.201,1845thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,379103.321,4258thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,314100.501,3215thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1106110.46/cwt11
BullsNumber 29577.47/cwt15
BullsNumber 39648.35/cwt10
BullsUtility8619.81/cwt10
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9022.57/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

28 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 39551.31/cwt25.00–67.50496
BullsNumber 310040.00/cwt40.00–40.00401
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8621.51/cwt15.00–27.50182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9323.63/cwt20.00–27.50222
BullsNumber 1124115.00/cwt115.00–115.001431
BullsNumber 29678.91/cwt65.00–97.507612
BullsUtility7617.06/cwt10.00–25.00134
BullsNumber 28770.06/cwt65.00–75.00612
BullsNumber 311855.00/cwt55.00–55.00651
BullsUtility8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00133
BullsNumber 196106.22/cwt100.00–112.501024
BullsUtility11120.00/cwt20.00–20.00221
BullsNumber 210375.00/cwt75.00–75.00771
Bulls1,73974.77/cwt70.00–80.001,3004
BullsUtility9532.43/cwt15.00–51.00312
BullsNumber 38540.30/cwt30.00–50.00342
HeifersChoice1,19499.20/cwt98.00–101.001,1845
SteersChoice and Prime1,379103.32/cwt102.00–104.501,4258
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55052.60/cwt51.50–54.508154
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57552.90/cwt50.50–55.5083333
BullsNumber 1102111.71/cwt110.00–115.001143
BullsNumber 1116113.35/cwt110.00–115.001313
Bulls1,64383.90/cwt82.00–85.001,3783
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61958.66/cwt57.00–60.509505
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19943.51/cwt35.00–50.0052244
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43547.55/cwt40.00–52.0068232
SteersChoice1,314100.50/cwt100.00–101.001,3215
HeifersChoice and Prime1,266102.65/cwt101.00–103.501,30012

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.