Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-05-26

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, May 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
4 vs last sale 171 9 vs year ago 184 · 4.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
63 head
7 vs last sale 70 2 vs year ago 61 · +3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady-1.00 lower. Supply light, demand good. Slaughter cows sold steady-1.00 lower. Supply light, demand good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 16.00-20.00 lower. Supply light, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50465.7198936
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33762.2283225
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19146.685567thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,493104.341,55810
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,44798.001,4183thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,446123.661,7889thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,278116.031,48313
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,527125.221,9125thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,429114.211,63215

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102168.69/cwt16
BullsNumber 2101113.53/cwt16
BullsNumber 39057.09/cwt6
BullsUtility8720.90/cwt9

Every lot, as filed

31 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 197140.00/cwt140.00–140.001362
BullsNumber 2103117.48/cwt110.00–122.501216
BullsUtility7418.48/cwt10.00–30.00143
BullsUtility8121.27/cwt20.00–22.50172
BullsUtility9823.36/cwt15.00–27.50233
BullsUtility10420.00/cwt20.00–20.00211
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross114200.35/cwt180.00–220.002282
HeifersChoice and Prime1,446123.66/cwt120.00–127.501,7889
BullsNumber 186115.06/cwt110.00–120.00992
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross105225.00/cwt225.00–225.002361
BullsNumber 2132135.00/cwt135.00–135.001781
BullsNumber 1104153.62/cwt140.00–172.501605
BullsNumber 28578.37/cwt70.00–82.50673
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43373.15/cwt72.00–76.501,0486
BullsNumber 38056.68/cwt50.00–60.00453
HeifersChoice1,278116.03/cwt112.00–119.501,48313
BullsNumber 39161.25/cwt60.00–62.50562
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,493104.34/cwt97.00–110.001,55810
BullsNumber 2114123.51/cwt110.00–137.501412
CowsLean 85-90%1,19146.68/cwt40.50–50.005567
BullsNumber 294123.62/cwt117.50–135.001164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40469.28/cwt68.00–70.509734
BullsNumber 311550.00/cwt50.00–50.00581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51361.87/cwt52.50–66.0093619
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross96218.36/cwt210.00–225.002103
SteersChoice and Prime1,527125.22/cwt124.00–127.501,9125
BullsNumber 1123140.00/cwt140.00–140.001721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32460.87/cwt50.00–67.5080621
SteersChoice1,429114.21/cwt110.00–118.001,63215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52868.30/cwt67.00–71.001,04411
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,44798.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4183

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.