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

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Mar 3
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 284▼ 12 vs year ago 241 · −5.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
71 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 61▼ 26 vs year ago 97 · −26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 5.00-6.00 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%Average1,52559.5290847
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36355.4875632
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,42599.161,4135thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,50399.011,4883thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,61292.661,4943thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,422116.321,65413
HeifersChoiceAverage1,306109.801,43411
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,415116.351,64614
SteersChoiceAverage1,448110.641,60214
SteersSelectAverage1,286100.011,28613

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1105126.20/cwt18
BullsNumber 29878.84/cwt15
BullsNumber 310141.28/cwt6
BullsUtility8818.51/cwt15

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
BullsUtility—8215.00/cwt15.00–15.00123
BullsUtility—7716.26/cwt12.50–20.00134
BullsUtility—9620.95/cwt20.00–25.00208
BullsNumber 1—126100.00/cwt100.00–100.001261
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—95169.74/cwt155.00–185.001613
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—103185.00/cwt185.00–185.001911
BullsNumber 2—10385.89/cwt80.00–92.50883
BullsNumber 2—9478.17/cwt70.00–85.00737
BullsNumber 3—11355.00/cwt55.00–55.00621
BullsNumber 3—8625.00/cwt25.00–25.00222
BullsNumber 3—10747.55/cwt42.50–50.00513
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—114175.00/cwt175.00–175.002001
BullsNumber 1—96115.00/cwt115.00–115.001102
BullsNumber 1—113108.11/cwt95.00–117.501224
BullsNumber 1—102106.67/cwt100.00–115.001096
BullsNumber 2—11585.13/cwt80.00–90.00982
BullsNumber 2—8969.16/cwt60.00–77.50623
Dairy SteersChoice—1,61292.66/cwt90.00–94.001,4943
SteersChoice—1,448110.64/cwt107.00–114.501,60214
HeifersChoice—1,306109.80/cwt106.00–114.001,43411
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,42599.16/cwt97.50–103.501,4135
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,50399.01/cwt97.00–100.001,4883
SteersSelect—1,286100.01/cwt97.00–104.001,28613
SteersChoice and Prime—1,415116.35/cwt114.00–119.001,64614
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,422116.32/cwt114.00–120.001,65413
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35555.05/cwt48.00–61.0074630
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48562.00/cwt62.00–62.009212
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63563.30/cwt60.00–65.501,03514
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65966.25/cwt65.50–67.501,0996
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43856.06/cwt50.00–60.0080627

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.