Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-02-03

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Feb 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
72 vs last sale 188 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
75 head
3 vs last sale 78 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 5.00-10.00 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
BullsAverage1,83777.211,4182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,66464.861,07918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29457.0773928
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15841.7048311
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,47394.001,3852thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,45096.741,4032thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,343111.291,4953thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,380107.141,4796thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,260102.011,2852thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354109.941,4893thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,469106.381,5632thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100135.53/cwt9
BullsNumber 29572.52/cwt9
BullsNumber 39547.18/cwt16
BullsUtility9115.32/cwt14
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8917.52/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

34 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
BullsUtility10627.50/cwt27.50–27.50291
BullsUtility7410.00/cwt10.00–10.0071
BullsUtility9319.06/cwt15.00–27.50186
BullsUtility11015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
BullsNumber 199105.00/cwt105.00–105.001041
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross97214.98/cwt190.00–250.002093
BullsNumber 29771.73/cwt67.50–77.50703
BullsNumber 28866.23/cwt60.00–70.00584
BullsUtility849.53/cwt5.00–18.0085
BullsNumber 18575.00/cwt75.00–75.00641
BullsNumber 38346.91/cwt40.00–55.00394
BullsNumber 39350.24/cwt32.50–60.00479
BullsNumber 210486.30/cwt85.00–87.50902
BullsNumber 310150.00/cwt50.00–50.00511
BullsNumber 1103101.61/cwt100.00–105.001053
BullsNumber 111390.00/cwt90.00–90.001021
Bulls1,83777.21/cwt77.00–77.501,4182
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,47394.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3852
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,45096.74/cwt96.00–97.501,4032
SteersChoice1,469106.38/cwt105.00–108.001,5632
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9818.00/cwt18.00–18.00182
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8417.28/cwt15.00–18.00154
HeifersChoice and Prime1,343111.29/cwt110.00–112.001,4953
SteersChoice and Prime1,354109.94/cwt109.00–112.001,4893
HeifersChoice1,380107.14/cwt105.00–108.501,4796
HeifersSelect1,260102.01/cwt100.00–104.001,2852
BullsNumber 311835.00/cwt35.00–35.00411
BullsNumber 312830.00/cwt30.00–30.00381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30865.71/cwt65.00–66.508592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29356.41/cwt47.50–64.0072926
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72572.42/cwt69.00–74.501,2494
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58459.33/cwt55.00–62.509407
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70866.07/cwt64.00–68.001,1287
CowsLean 85-90%1,15841.70/cwt30.00–52.0048311

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.