Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold 200-3.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. 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%	High	1,558	61.88	964	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	57.85	734	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,140	49.39	563	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,450	101.95	1,478	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,547	87.95	1,361	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,392	111.88	1,557	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,275	107.10	1,366	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,181	101.95	1,204	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,415	110.62	1,565	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	106.93	1,583	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,244	98.16	1,221	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	103	110.46/cwt	9
Bulls	Number 2	94	78.84/cwt	13
Bulls	Number 3	90	43.82/cwt	8
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	91	19.39/cwt	8

Every lot, as filed

29 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	Number 1	—	103	113.82/cwt	100.00–125.00	117	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	95	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	95	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	115	115.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	132	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	109	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	82	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	73.25/cwt	65.00–77.50	64	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	94	81.13/cwt	70.00–97.50	76	9
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	78	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	104	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	26	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	84	18.37/cwt	17.50–20.00	15	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	106.93/cwt	105.00–109.50	1,583	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,181	101.95/cwt	99.50–103.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	107.10/cwt	105.50–109.00	1,366	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	87	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	83	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,415	110.62/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,565	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	32.70/cwt	27.50–40.00	27	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	68.77/cwt	67.00–72.00	835	3
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	50.49/cwt	42.50–60.00	47	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	54.96/cwt	51.00–60.50	691	26
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,547	87.95/cwt	84.50–92.00	1,361	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,689	69.03/cwt	65.00–72.50	1,166	13
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,450	101.95/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,478	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	56.73/cwt	52.50–60.00	837	20
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	111	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	22	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	62.33/cwt	60.00–64.50	970	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	49.39/cwt	43.50–54.00	563	6
Steers	Select	—	1,244	98.16/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,221	5
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,392	111.88/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,557	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	62.54/cwt	61.00–65.00	827	9
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	92	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	18	2

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.

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Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Mar 17, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 207Year ago 179

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 52Last week 41Year ago 89

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	103	100.00–125.00	113.82
1	—	95	100.00	100.00
2	—	115	110.00–120.00	115.02
1	—	87	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	109	75.00	75.00
3	—	87	65.00–77.50	73.25
9	—	94	70.00–97.50	81.13
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	84	27.50–40.00	32.70
5	—	94	42.50–60.00	50.49
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	78	15.00	15.00
1	—	104	25.00	25.00
3	—	84	17.50–20.00	18.37
1	—	111	20.00	20.00
2	—	92	20.00	20.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,480	105.00–109.50	106.93
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,415	110.00–112.00	110.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,244	94.00–103.00	98.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,181	99.50–103.00	101.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	105.50–109.00	107.10
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,392	110.00–113.00	111.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,214	67.00–72.00	68.77
26	—	1,258	51.00–60.50	54.96
9	—	1,322	61.00–65.00	62.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,689	65.00–72.50	69.03
20	—	1,475	52.50–60.00	56.73
22	—	1,556	60.00–64.50	62.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,140	43.50–54.00	49.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,547	84.50–92.00	87.95
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,450	100.00–104.00	101.95

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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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

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