Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-05-19

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, May 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
23 vs last sale 194 110 vs year ago 281 · 39.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
70 head
1 vs last sale 69 21 vs year ago 91 · 23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Supply light, demand very good. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 higher. Supply light, demand very good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-11.00 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
BullsHigh1,65594.211,5592thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52470.561,07549
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30366.1286227
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26048.346095thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,419114.791,6295thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,494106.041,5844thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,292125.191,61712
HeifersChoiceAverage1,284118.791,5257thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,383125.121,73014
SteersChoiceAverage1,462117.081,71210

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1103178.23/cwt11
BullsNumber 298128.06/cwt20
BullsNumber 39066.36/cwt9
BullsUtility8817.50/cwt2
HeifersNumber 198246.53/cwt3

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
BullsUtility8315.00/cwt15.00–15.00121
BullsUtility9320.00/cwt20.00–20.00191
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross98235.00/cwt235.00–235.002301
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross113215.00/cwt215.00–215.002431
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross117225.00/cwt225.00–225.002631
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross88257.30/cwt240.00–275.002262
BullsNumber 294132.94/cwt112.50–152.501257
BullsNumber 2103136.30/cwt120.00–152.501408
BullsNumber 38356.80/cwt50.00–67.50474
BullsNumber 39574.00/cwt50.00–90.00705
BullsNumber 196180.21/cwt160.00–200.001732
BullsNumber 1113160.04/cwt155.00–165.001812
BullsNumber 1106177.51/cwt170.00–185.001884
BullsNumber 185120.00/cwt120.00–120.001021
BullsNumber 2114127.27/cwt120.00–135.001452
BullsNumber 28495.21/cwt87.50–102.50803
Bulls1,65594.21/cwt94.00–94.501,5592
Dairy SteersChoice1,494106.04/cwt105.00–107.501,5844
SteersChoice1,462117.08/cwt112.00–120.501,71210
HeifersChoice1,284118.79/cwt115.50–121.001,5257
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,419114.79/cwt111.00–118.001,6295
SteersChoice and Prime1,383125.12/cwt122.00–129.001,73014
HeifersChoice and Prime1,292125.19/cwt121.50–128.001,61712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27868.91/cwt66.50–72.0088110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50474.08/cwt72.50–76.501,1145
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24160.47/cwt56.00–65.0075012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52369.24/cwt67.00–72.001,05524
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56876.48/cwt73.00–81.001,19915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45964.85/cwt60.00–67.5094610
CowsLean 85-90%1,26048.34/cwt42.00–56.006095

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.