Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
5 vs last sale 219 36 vs year ago 178 · +20.2%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
33 head
15 vs last sale 48 25 vs year ago 58 · 43.1%
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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 good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Supply very 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
BullsAverage1,91886.971,6684thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62364.191,04256
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29158.8175929
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18947.775685thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,485105.421,56514
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,441103.161,4875thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,391120.901,68212
HeifersChoiceAverage1,413115.201,6286thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,414120.231,70016
SteersChoiceAverage1,382114.821,58712

Feeder Dairy Calves

2 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1107154.54/cwt10
BullsNumber 2105121.57/cwt8

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1105158.29/cwt145.00–167.501663
BullsNumber 1113164.91/cwt160.00–170.001862
BullsNumber 1123142.49/cwt140.00–145.001752
BullsNumber 193151.91/cwt140.00–165.001413
BullsNumber 2122132.50/cwt132.50–132.501621
BullsNumber 2101110.00/cwt100.00–120.001112
HeifersChoice1,413115.20/cwt114.00–117.001,6286
SteersChoice1,382114.82/cwt113.00–117.001,58712
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,441103.16/cwt101.00–107.001,4875
HeifersChoice and Prime1,391120.90/cwt118.50–124.001,68212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37163.81/cwt61.50–67.008757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26557.22/cwt50.00–62.0072422
BullsNumber 295133.30/cwt130.00–135.001273
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75669.67/cwt67.00–76.001,22315
Bulls1,80785.05/cwt83.00–86.001,5372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51857.39/cwt51.00–61.0087113
Bulls2,02888.88/cwt88.00–90.001,8022
CowsLean 85-90%1,18947.77/cwt46.00–49.005685
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60064.42/cwt62.00–66.501,03128
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,432102.53/cwt100.00–106.001,4688
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,555109.28/cwt107.00–110.001,6996
SteersChoice and Prime1,414120.23/cwt118.00–126.001,70016
BullsNumber 2117110.09/cwt100.00–120.001292

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.