Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-12-23

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Dec 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
189 vs last sale 0 54 vs year ago 243 · 22.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
98 head
98 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 103 · 4.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply moderate, demand moderate.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60649.0578840
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31744.8059035
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17337.1943613
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,532110.001,6852thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,543108.151,6697thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,682104.491,7582thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199131.14/cwt12
BullsNumber 210167.38/cwt20
BullsNumber 39438.05/cwt18
BullsUtility8914.59/cwt30
HeifersNumber 196167.42/cwt2

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
BullsUtility10616.67/cwt15.00–20.00183
BullsUtility9316.24/cwt10.00–20.001516
BullsUtility8413.56/cwt10.00–20.00115
BullsUtility7610.00/cwt10.00–10.0086
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95157.23/cwt147.50–175.001493
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96167.42/cwt165.00–170.001612
BullsNumber 110496.59/cwt90.00–105.001003
BullsNumber 28850.01/cwt47.50–52.50442
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106172.50/cwt172.50–172.501831
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross86174.83/cwt160.00–190.001502
BullsNumber 311050.00/cwt50.00–50.00551
BullsNumber 39442.49/cwt30.00–57.50408
BullsNumber 29466.58/cwt60.00–80.00638
BullsNumber 210671.87/cwt62.50–80.00768
BullsNumber 111290.00/cwt90.00–90.001011
BullsNumber 198100.00/cwt100.00–100.00982
SteersChoice1,682104.49/cwt104.00–105.001,7582
HeifersChoice and Prime1,532110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6852
BullsNumber 211360.00/cwt60.00–60.00681
BullsNumber 213380.00/cwt80.00–80.001061
BullsNumber 310330.91/cwt27.50–35.00323
BullsNumber 38633.71/cwt30.00–40.00296
SteersChoice and Prime1,543108.15/cwt107.00–109.001,6697
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31744.80/cwt40.00–48.5059035
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68351.30/cwt49.50–53.5086311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,93057.00/cwt54.50–58.501,1004
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52046.79/cwt40.00–49.0071125
CowsLean 85-90%1,17337.19/cwt30.00–43.5043613

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.