Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. 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	—	Average	1,989	82.98	1,650	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,529	54.08	827	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,348	50.50	681	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,220	32.07	391	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,452	94.65	1,374	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,410	85.82	1,210	4thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,386	106.52	1,476	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,338	103.27	1,382	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,538	107.59	1,655	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	102.69	1,515	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	125.48/cwt	22
Bulls	Number 2	91	68.91/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	95	42.76/cwt	10
Bulls	Utility	83	14.30/cwt	16
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	91	25.63/cwt	4

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	105	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	42	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	78	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	39	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	109	35.00/cwt	30.00–40.00	38	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	44.90/cwt	40.00–55.00	37	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	46.98/cwt	40.00–57.50	44	4
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	22.50/cwt	22.50–22.50	19	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	98	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	20	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	164.99/cwt	125.00–190.00	172	4
Bulls	Utility	—	88	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	63.54/cwt	60.00–72.50	55	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	108	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	65	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	96	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	116	107.73/cwt	100.00–115.00	125	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	125	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	138	1
Bulls	Utility	—	112	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	17	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	139	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	123	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	203	1
Bulls	Utility	—	91	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	95	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	147	2
Bulls	—	—	1,989	82.98/cwt	82.00–84.00	1,650	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,410	85.82/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,210	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	93	74.01/cwt	67.50–85.00	69	7
Bulls	Utility	—	105	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	21	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	106.41/cwt	100.00–112.50	111	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	89	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	73	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,852	63.34/cwt	60.50–65.50	1,173	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	47.66/cwt	40.00–56.00	629	29
Bulls	Utility	—	74	12.38/cwt	5.00–20.00	9	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	103.27/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,382	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,452	94.65/cwt	92.50–96.50	1,374	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	57.55/cwt	55.50–60.00	908	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	50.53/cwt	42.00–55.00	726	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	32.07/cwt	30.00–38.00	391	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	102.69/cwt	101.50–104.00	1,515	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	56.83/cwt	54.00–60.00	804	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,538	107.59/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,655	12
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,386	106.52/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,476	21

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 Nov 18, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 265Year ago 299

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 83Last week 70Year ago 101

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	40.00	40.00
1	—	78	20.00	20.00
1	—	84	22.50	22.50
1	—	98	20.00	20.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	35.00	35.00
2	—	109	30.00–40.00	35.00
3	—	83	40.00–55.00	44.90
4	—	93	40.00–57.50	46.98
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	104	125.00–190.00	164.99
1	—	87	160.00	160.00
1	—	123	165.00	165.00
2	—	95	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	15.00	15.00
1	—	112	15.00	15.00
1	—	91	20.00	20.00
2	—	105	20.00	20.00
10	—	74	5.00–20.00	12.38
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	86	60.00–72.50	63.54
1	—	108	60.00	60.00
7	—	93	67.50–85.00	74.01
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	100.00	100.00
2	—	116	100.00–115.00	107.73
1	—	125	110.00	110.00
9	—	104	100.00–112.50	106.41
1	—	89	82.50	82.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,989	82.00–84.00	82.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	82.00–88.00	85.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,852	60.50–65.50	63.34
18	—	1,578	55.50–60.00	57.55
41	—	1,436	42.00–55.00	50.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,319	40.00–56.00	47.66
13	—	1,414	54.00–60.00	56.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,220	30.00–38.00	32.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,338	100.00–104.50	103.27
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,386	105.00–110.00	106.52
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,452	92.50–96.50	94.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,475	101.50–104.00	102.69
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,538	105.00–111.00	107.59

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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