Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-03-31

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Mar 31
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
17 vs last sale 229 53 vs year ago 265 · 20.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
69 head
4 vs last sale 73 4 vs year ago 73 · 5.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply light, demand very 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
BullsHigh1,77383.771,4857thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57661.9397675
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30257.9275430
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21349.285984thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,404114.081,60212
HeifersChoiceAverage1,338107.151,4345thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,404113.301,5915thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,403107.711,51112
SteersSelectAverage1,20898.911,1956thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199131.63/cwt29
BullsNumber 299108.34/cwt15
HeifersNumber 1103202.50/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,21349.28/cwt44.00–58.005984
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49456.77/cwt52.00–59.5084821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32462.39/cwt61.00–65.008268
SteersChoice and Prime1,404113.30/cwt112.00–115.001,5915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44069.52/cwt68.00–70.501,0012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27954.97/cwt48.00–61.0070320
SteersChoice1,403107.71/cwt105.50–111.001,51112
HeifersChoice1,338107.15/cwt104.00–110.001,4345
Bulls1,87288.52/cwt88.00–89.001,6572
Bulls1,73381.87/cwt81.00–83.501,4195
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66366.66/cwt65.00–70.501,10919
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57762.45/cwt60.00–65.0098535
BullsNumber 196126.95/cwt120.00–135.0012210
BullsNumber 1104128.11/cwt120.00–135.001338
BullsNumber 28585.00/cwt85.00–85.00721
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross95201.30/cwt170.00–235.001912
HeifersChoice and Prime1,404114.08/cwt112.00–115.001,60212
SteersSelect1,20898.91/cwt96.00–100.501,1956
BullsNumber 295108.90/cwt100.00–115.001039
BullsNumber 2102110.82/cwt110.00–112.501133
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross105210.00/cwt210.00–210.002213
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross98180.00/cwt180.00–180.001761
BullsNumber 2133115.00/cwt115.00–115.001531
BullsNumber 2110112.50/cwt112.50–112.501241
BullsNumber 187116.09/cwt110.00–120.001015
BullsNumber 1112134.97/cwt130.00–140.001514

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.