Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-02-10

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Feb 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
318 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 116▲ 42 vs year ago 276 · +15.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
69 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 75▼ 40 vs year ago 109 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand very 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52567.351,02772
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25562.6778634
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13949.725669thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,57496.791,5238thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,346109.791,47811
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,400107.561,50616
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,489114.071,69918
SteersChoiceAverage1,425108.361,54414

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103126.62/cwt21
BullsNumber 29579.40/cwt13
BullsNumber 39453.76/cwt6
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8313.22/cwt7

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsNumber 1—104106.91/cwt100.00–115.001118
BullsNumber 1—9598.39/cwt95.00–105.00933
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—122170.00/cwt170.00–170.002071
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—97199.49/cwt175.00–230.001943
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—108195.00/cwt195.00–195.002111
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—116160.00/cwt160.00–160.001861
BullsNumber 3—10157.50/cwt57.50–57.50581
BullsNumber 3—8350.00/cwt50.00–50.00422
BullsNumber 3—9855.02/cwt50.00–65.00543
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—9215.00/cwt15.00–15.00141
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7810.84/cwt10.00–12.5083
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8615.00/cwt15.00–15.00133
BullsNumber 1—8686.40/cwt82.50–90.00742
BullsNumber 1—114106.13/cwt102.50–110.001212
BullsNumber 2—11290.00/cwt90.00–90.001011
BullsNumber 2—8765.00/cwt60.00–75.00573
BullsNumber 2—10485.77/cwt80.00–92.50893
BullsNumber 2—9281.65/cwt70.00–90.00756
SteersChoice—1,425108.36/cwt105.00–112.001,54414
HeifersChoice—1,346109.79/cwt106.00–112.001,47811
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,57496.79/cwt94.00–100.001,5238
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,39499.89/cwt93.50–103.001,3927
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,405113.53/cwt112.00–116.001,5959
SteersChoice and Prime—1,489114.07/cwt112.00–116.501,69918
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34267.65/cwt65.50–70.009089
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22360.88/cwt52.00–65.0074525
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58169.85/cwt67.00–80.501,10432
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,73273.39/cwt72.50–75.501,2716
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43663.94/cwt56.00–67.0091834
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13949.72/cwt40.00–58.005669

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.