Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	50.04	746	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	48.44	638	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,173	38.07	447	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,401	93.97	1,317	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,407	109.18	1,536	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,322	104.59	1,383	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,538	109.24	1,680	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,438	105.59	1,518	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,355	97.08	1,315	4thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	105	128.29/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 2	99	69.09/cwt	11
Bulls	Number 3	87	39.46/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	89	13.47/cwt	12
Heifers	Number 1	89	150.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	95	17.00/cwt	5

Every lot, as filed

35 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	Utility	—	101	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	15	1
Bulls	Utility	—	76	11.21/cwt	10.00–12.50	9	2
Bulls	Utility	—	85	15.82/cwt	15.00–17.50	13	3
Bulls	Utility	—	94	12.80/cwt	5.00–17.50	12	6
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	99	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	203	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	89	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	134	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	77	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	76	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	19	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	180.34/cwt	170.00–190.00	188	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	54.97/cwt	50.00–60.00	52	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	112	102.53/cwt	100.00–105.00	115	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	81	42.53/cwt	40.00–45.00	34	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	13	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	124	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	105	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	106	18.76/cwt	17.50–20.00	20	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,401	93.97/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,317	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	76.67/cwt	70.00–80.00	80	3
Steers	Select	—	1,355	97.08/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,315	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	82	31.04/cwt	25.00–40.00	25	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,407	109.18/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,536	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	98	101.25/cwt	92.50–110.00	99	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	58.44/cwt	58.00–59.00	815	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	94	17.50/cwt	17.50–17.50	16	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	46.45/cwt	40.00–51.00	600	30
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	72.49/cwt	70.00–80.00	70	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	53.08/cwt	51.00–55.00	842	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,322	104.59/cwt	102.00–106.50	1,383	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	61.04/cwt	58.00–65.00	1,015	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	107	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	70	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	46.78/cwt	40.00–50.50	659	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	38.07/cwt	30.00–44.50	447	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	105.59/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,518	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,538	109.24/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,680	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	53.40/cwt	51.00–55.00	744	8
Bulls	Number 1	—	106	103.23/cwt	90.00–110.00	109	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 267Last week 221Year ago 378

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 67Last week 93Year ago 188

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	101	15.00	15.00
2	—	76	10.00–12.50	11.21
3	—	85	15.00–17.50	15.82
6	—	94	5.00–17.50	12.80
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	99	205.00	205.00
2	—	104	170.00–190.00	180.34
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	110	70.00	70.00
2	—	81	40.00–45.00	42.53
1	—	124	85.00	85.00
3	—	104	70.00–80.00	76.67
4	—	96	70.00–80.00	72.49
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	76	25.00	25.00
2	—	94	50.00–60.00	54.97
5	—	82	25.00–40.00	31.04
1	—	107	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	112	100.00–105.00	102.53
2	—	98	92.50–110.00	101.25
3	—	106	90.00–110.00	103.23
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	89	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	84	15.00	15.00
2	—	106	17.50–20.00	18.76
1	—	94	17.50	17.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,401	92.00–96.00	93.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	95.00–100.00	97.08
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,438	102.00–107.00	105.59
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,538	107.00–112.00	109.24
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,407	107.00–112.00	109.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,322	102.00–106.50	104.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	58.00–59.00	58.44
30	—	1,291	40.00–51.00	46.45
8	—	1,394	51.00–55.00	53.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,587	51.00–55.00	53.08
5	—	1,663	58.00–65.00	61.04
44	—	1,409	40.00–50.50	46.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,173	30.00–44.50	38.07

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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