Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-04-14

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
34 vs last sale 185 73 vs year ago 146 · +50.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
48 head
19 vs last sale 67 21 vs year ago 69 · 30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply light, demand very good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58668.211,08258
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36163.5486535
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23249.216066thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,312118.441,5549thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,365112.451,53514
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,402117.951,65419
SteersChoiceAverage1,411112.931,5938thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199152.35/cwt20
BullsNumber 297106.11/cwt7
HeifersNumber 192219.57/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

22 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 187145.27/cwt130.00–160.001265
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross107230.00/cwt230.00–230.002461
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross120220.00/cwt220.00–220.002641
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross92219.57/cwt200.00–240.002022
BullsNumber 1110145.00/cwt140.00–150.001602
BullsNumber 2120125.00/cwt125.00–125.001501
BullsNumber 28387.41/cwt85.00–90.00732
BullsNumber 295115.16/cwt95.00–127.501093
BullsNumber 210897.50/cwt97.50–97.501051
BullsNumber 195141.02/cwt130.00–147.501345
BullsNumber 1103145.93/cwt135.00–155.001506
SteersChoice1,411112.93/cwt110.50–115.001,5938
HeifersChoice1,365112.45/cwt108.00–115.501,53514
SteersChoice and Prime1,402117.95/cwt116.00–122.001,65419
HeifersChoice and Prime1,312118.44/cwt117.00–121.001,5549
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43565.57/cwt63.00–68.0094117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50673.17/cwt72.00–75.001,1024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22958.32/cwt52.50–61.0071714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67068.45/cwt64.50–71.501,14327
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62773.99/cwt72.00–77.001,20417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37360.72/cwt55.00–63.5083414
CowsLean 85-90%1,23249.21/cwt45.00–56.506066

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.