Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-03-24

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Mar 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
5 vs last sale 234 36 vs year ago 265 · 13.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
73 head
21 vs last sale 52 0 vs year ago 73 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady - 1.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady - 1.00 higher. Supply light, demand good Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 15.00-20.00 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%Average1,52261.2793363
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33257.8477031
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23946.8258011
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,426111.051,5842thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,323105.851,40010
HeifersSelectAverage1,23395.781,1814thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,441110.881,5983thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,494105.491,57613
SteersSelectAverage1,42999.511,4223thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100135.83/cwt18
BullsNumber 299100.88/cwt19
BullsNumber 39756.08/cwt10
BullsUtility9531.31/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1Beef Cross84190.18/cwt180.00–200.001602
BullsNumber 1105128.75/cwt120.00–140.001356
BullsNumber 187118.95/cwt110.00–127.501032
BullsNumber 28788.31/cwt82.50–97.50773
BullsNumber 295102.95/cwt95.00–115.00986
BullsNumber 311650.00/cwt50.00–50.00581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54562.89/cwt61.00–65.0097226
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73167.55/cwt66.00–70.001,1699
CowsLean 85-90%1,23946.82/cwt41.00–54.5058011
SteersChoice1,494105.49/cwt103.00–109.001,57613
SteersChoice and Prime1,441110.88/cwt110.00–112.501,5983
HeifersChoice and Prime1,426111.05/cwt110.00–112.001,5842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43962.54/cwt61.00–64.009006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30656.71/cwt51.50–61.0074125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43457.75/cwt52.00–60.5082828
BullsNumber 38550.04/cwt40.00–60.00433
BullsNumber 39661.74/cwt50.00–75.00593
BullsNumber 310458.47/cwt50.00–75.00613
SteersSelect1,42999.51/cwt98.00–100.501,4223
HeifersChoice1,323105.85/cwt103.00–109.001,40010
HeifersSelect1,23395.78/cwt92.00–100.001,1814
BullsNumber 196127.38/cwt120.00–135.001224
BullsNumber 2104103.64/cwt80.00–117.501088
BullsNumber 2110102.50/cwt97.50–107.501132
BullsUtility9531.31/cwt30.00–32.50302
BullsNumber 1113124.90/cwt120.00–130.001413
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross113170.00/cwt170.00–170.001921

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.