Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-04-07

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
27 vs last sale 212 54 vs year ago 131 · +41.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
67 head
2 vs last sale 69 0 vs year ago 67 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady - 1.00 higher. Supply light, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply light, demand 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
BullsHigh1,79987.851,5804thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53764.4499062
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28057.2073229
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24548.606054thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,42698.591,4063thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42191.831,3053thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,367113.831,5569thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,369111.001,5203thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,455113.851,65711
SteersChoiceAverage1,383108.321,49811
SteersSelectAverage1,12599.821,1233thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103135.52/cwt15
BullsNumber 2103112.27/cwt17
BullsNumber 39976.03/cwt5
HeifersNumber 1107219.95/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1113147.43/cwt145.00–150.001672
BullsNumber 1120135.00/cwt135.00–135.001621
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross113225.00/cwt225.00–225.002541
BullsNumber 1104134.39/cwt130.00–140.001408
BullsNumber 188128.80/cwt120.00–137.501132
BullsNumber 2103110.95/cwt100.00–120.001148
BullsNumber 194135.08/cwt130.00–140.001272
BullsNumber 294112.71/cwt100.00–122.501065
BullsNumber 2121100.00/cwt100.00–100.001211
BullsNumber 2113119.12/cwt115.00–122.501353
BullsNumber 310470.18/cwt62.50–77.50732
BullsNumber 39679.93/cwt70.00–87.50773
HeifersChoice1,369111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5203
SteersChoice1,383108.32/cwt106.00–111.001,49811
Bulls2,04290.00/cwt90.00–90.001,8382
Dairy SteersChoice1,42191.83/cwt91.50–92.001,3053
SteersChoice and Prime1,455113.85/cwt112.00–116.001,65711
HeifersChoice and Prime1,367113.83/cwt112.00–115.501,5569
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,42698.59/cwt98.00–100.001,4063
SteersSelect1,12599.82/cwt97.00–103.001,1233
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross105218.26/cwt200.00–240.002293
Bulls1,55585.71/cwt84.00–87.501,3332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32263.83/cwt62.00–65.008449
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26154.21/cwt45.00–62.0068420
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65269.15/cwt67.00–73.501,14221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41259.68/cwt56.00–62.5084322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55464.73/cwt62.00–66.501,00619
CowsLean 85-90%1,24548.60/cwt40.00–55.006054

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.