Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,544	85.97	1,327	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,604	64.49	1,034	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	58.91	775	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,333	51.37	685	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,512	101.35	1,532	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,397	93.53	1,307	5thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,392	116.94	1,628	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,249	112.03	1,399	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,369	111.18	1,522	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,250	105.07	1,313	5thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	107	173.70/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 2	99	122.85/cwt	14
Bulls	Number 3	93	73.64/cwt	9
Bulls	Utility	86	20.98/cwt	8
Heifers	Number 1	86	228.13/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Utility	—	77	17.47/cwt	5.00–35.00	13	4
Bulls	Utility	—	94	24.49/cwt	20.00–30.00	23	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	228.13/cwt	215.00–245.00	196	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	89	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	107	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	99	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	188	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	157.97/cwt	147.50–165.00	180	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	88	62.36/cwt	50.00–75.00	55	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	114	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	80	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	79	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	45	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	93	82.10/cwt	52.50–100.00	76	5
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	165.96/cwt	150.00–180.00	173	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	89	104.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	93	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	258	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	117	205.06/cwt	200.00–210.00	240	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	168	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	110	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	146	1
Bulls	—	—	1,577	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,262	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,397	93.53/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,307	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,249	112.03/cwt	109.00–114.50	1,399	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,369	111.18/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,522	7
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	126.54/cwt	120.00–140.00	132	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	96	122.55/cwt	110.00–140.00	118	7
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,392	116.94/cwt	115.00–120.50	1,628	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	62.91/cwt	61.50–64.00	817	8
Steers	Select	—	1,250	105.07/cwt	104.00–106.00	1,313	5
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,512	101.35/cwt	99.50–102.50	1,532	4
Bulls	—	—	1,526	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,282	1
Bulls	—	—	1,539	88.62/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,364	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	71.40/cwt	70.00–73.00	972	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	56.19/cwt	51.00–61.00	741	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	69.80/cwt	67.00–76.50	1,148	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,333	51.37/cwt	44.00–57.00	685	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	63.97/cwt	61.00–66.00	1,019	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	58.79/cwt	53.00–61.00	924	12

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed May 12, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 194Last week 203Year ago 305

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 69Last week 57Year ago 52

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	77	5.00–35.00	17.47
4	—	94	20.00–30.00	24.49
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	89	120.00	120.00
1	—	99	190.00	190.00
4	—	114	147.50–165.00	157.97
5	—	104	150.00–180.00	165.96
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	50.00–75.00	62.36
1	—	114	70.00	70.00
1	—	79	57.50	57.50
5	—	93	52.50–100.00	82.10
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	89	100.00–110.00	104.97
1	—	120	140.00	140.00
1	—	110	132.50	132.50
3	—	104	120.00–140.00	126.54
7	—	96	110.00–140.00	122.55
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	103	250.00	250.00
2	—	117	200.00–210.00	205.06
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	86	215.00–245.00	228.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,577	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,526	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,539	88.00–90.00	88.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,397	90.00–97.00	93.53
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,512	99.50–102.50	101.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,249	109.00–114.50	112.03
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,392	115.00–120.50	116.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,369	108.00–114.00	111.18
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	104.00–106.00	105.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,299	61.50–64.00	62.91
2	—	1,361	70.00–73.00	71.40
21	—	1,318	51.00–61.00	56.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,645	67.00–76.50	69.80
22	—	1,593	61.00–66.00	63.97
12	—	1,572	53.00–61.00	58.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,333	44.00–57.00	51.37

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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