Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-05-05

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, May 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
30 vs last sale 233 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
57 head
2 vs last sale 55 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 5.00-10.00 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%Average1,60564.411,03450
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31458.7577226
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,505105.291,5853thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354117.381,5894thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,346113.841,5324thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,305107.711,4064thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,462118.071,7268thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,464114.481,67617
SteersSelectAverage1,375107.441,4777thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199190.12/cwt21
BullsNumber 2100126.40/cwt9
BullsNumber 310158.43/cwt5
BullsUtility7923.41/cwt5
HeifersNumber 196243.51/cwt2

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsUtility8312.59/cwt10.00–15.00102
BullsUtility7730.63/cwt20.00–42.50243
BullsNumber 1113172.52/cwt170.00–175.001952
BullsNumber 187149.17/cwt140.00–157.501303
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross98222.50/cwt205.00–240.002182
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross106250.36/cwt235.00–265.002652
BullsNumber 2114125.77/cwt100.00–150.001432
BullsNumber 292134.17/cwt100.00–152.501235
BullsNumber 310685.00/cwt85.00–85.00901
BullsNumber 311040.00/cwt40.00–40.00441
BullsNumber 39755.72/cwt50.00–62.50543
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross78245.00/cwt245.00–245.001911
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross96243.51/cwt215.00–270.002342
BullsNumber 194182.32/cwt165.00–200.001715
BullsNumber 1104184.55/cwt170.00–200.001925
BullsNumber 1123175.00/cwt175.00–175.002151
BullsNumber 2105107.60/cwt105.00–110.001132
SteersChoice1,464114.48/cwt112.00–116.501,67617
HeifersChoice1,346113.84/cwt113.00–115.001,5324
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,505105.29/cwt104.00–107.001,5853
SteersSelect1,375107.44/cwt102.00–110.001,4777
HeifersSelect1,305107.71/cwt103.50–110.001,4064
SteersChoice and Prime1,462118.07/cwt117.00–120.001,7268
HeifersChoice and Prime1,354117.38/cwt117.00–118.001,5894
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30662.70/cwt61.00–64.508197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37168.77/cwt68.00–69.509432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31055.95/cwt51.00–59.5073317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60164.24/cwt62.00–66.501,02827
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66469.51/cwt67.50–73.001,15712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55259.27/cwt56.00–61.0092011

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.