Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady. Supply good, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull 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	—	Average	1,500	75.43	1,131	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,548	50.05	775	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,176	43.72	514	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	41.18	514	33
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,396	94.72	1,322	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,462	95.05	1,390	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,367	83.30	1,139	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,371	104.83	1,437	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	99.41	1,300	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,166	93.23	1,087	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,421	104.31	1,482	29
Steers	Choice	Average	1,389	100.54	1,397	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,120	93.06	1,042	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	100	120.23/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 2	96	77.93/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	92	43.47/cwt	7
Bulls	Utility	92	15.85/cwt	6
Heifers	Number 1	97	170.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	98	19.00/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	120	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	30	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	85	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	96	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	19	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	103	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	82.36/cwt	70.00–97.50	77	10
Bulls	Number 2	—	107	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	70	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	84	170.00/cwt	155.00–185.00	143	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	103	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	59	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	87	38.24/cwt	30.00–55.00	33	3
Bulls	Utility	—	101	17.52/cwt	15.00–20.00	18	2
Bulls	Utility	—	93	17.49/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	44.03/cwt	40.00–50.00	41	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	90	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	135	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	103	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	185	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	119	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	202	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	78	1
Bulls	Utility	—	81	12.53/cwt	10.00–15.00	10	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	100	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	170	1
Bulls	—	—	1,547	78.04/cwt	76.50–81.50	1,207	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	123	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	92	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	63.71/cwt	62.50–65.00	55	2
Steers	Select	—	1,120	93.06/cwt	91.50–94.00	1,042	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	100.54/cwt	98.00–102.50	1,397	19
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,371	104.83/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,437	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,421	104.31/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,482	29
Bulls	Number 1	—	110	106.25/cwt	100.00–112.50	117	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	102	116.60/cwt	110.00–120.00	119	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,367	83.30/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,139	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	52.45/cwt	51.00–53.50	731	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	52.80/cwt	51.00–54.50	855	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,662	57.03/cwt	55.00–60.00	948	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,462	95.05/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,390	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,166	93.23/cwt	89.50–96.00	1,087	6
Bulls	—	—	1,452	72.82/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,057	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	40.05/cwt	30.00–49.00	494	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	43.72/cwt	40.00–50.50	514	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	45.89/cwt	40.00–50.50	671	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	99.41/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,300	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,396	94.72/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,322	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 Oct 21, 2020

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Slaughter CattleReceipts 274Last week 239Year ago 376

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 62Last week 72Year ago 92

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	120	25.00	25.00
2	—	85	15.00	15.00
1	—	96	20.00	20.00
1	—	103	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	155.00–185.00	170.00
1	—	119	170.00	170.00
1	—	100	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	94	70.00–97.50	82.36
1	—	107	65.00	65.00
1	—	123	75.00	75.00
2	—	86	62.50–65.00	63.71
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	103	57.50	57.50
3	—	87	30.00–55.00	38.24
3	—	93	40.00–50.00	44.03
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	101	15.00–20.00	17.52
2	—	93	15.00–20.00	17.49
2	—	81	10.00–15.00	12.53
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	90	150.00	150.00
1	—	100	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	96	107.50	107.50
1	—	87	90.00	90.00
2	—	110	100.00–112.50	106.25
3	—	102	110.00–120.00	116.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,547	76.50–81.50	78.04
4	—	1,452	71.00–74.00	72.82
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	91.50–94.00	93.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,389	98.00–102.50	100.54
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,421	103.00–107.00	104.31
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,371	103.00–108.00	104.83
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,166	89.50–96.00	93.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,308	96.00–102.00	99.41
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	81.00–85.00	83.30
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,462	92.00–97.00	95.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,394	51.00–53.50	52.45
30	—	1,234	30.00–49.00	40.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,619	51.00–54.50	52.80
9	—	1,662	55.00–60.00	57.03
29	—	1,462	40.00–50.50	45.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,176	40.00–50.50	43.72
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,396	93.00–96.00	94.72

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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