Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 50.00 to 75.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 20.00 higher.

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	—	Average	2,130	128.02	2,727	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,642	111.17	1,825	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,473	101.40	1,494	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,316	92.55	1,218	10
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,385	154.52	2,140	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,539	149.87	2,306	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,428	180.37	2,576	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,420	174.03	2,471	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,436	163.38	2,346	9thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,527	181.84	2,777	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,504	173.70	2,612	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,479	165.40	2,446	3thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	474.94/cwt	23
Bulls	Number 2	92	297.64/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	86	216.72/cwt	6
Bulls	Utility	84	100.00/cwt	3
Heifers	Number 2	84	313.13/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	85	294.52/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	—	2,130	128.02/cwt	124.00–132.00	2,727	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	101.40/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,494	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,316	92.55/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,218	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,420	174.03/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,471	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,428	180.37/cwt	178.00–183.50	2,576	11
Heifers	Select	—	1,436	163.38/cwt	160.50–166.00	2,346	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	111.17/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,825	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,504	173.70/cwt	171.00–177.50	2,612	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,527	181.84/cwt	178.50–185.00	2,777	22
Steers	Select	—	1,479	165.40/cwt	164.00–168.00	2,446	3
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,385	154.52/cwt	152.00–158.00	2,140	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,539	149.87/cwt	143.00–156.00	2,306	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	93	615.00/cwt	585.00–645.00	572	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	648.30/cwt	645.00–650.00	661	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	672	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	81	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	486	2
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	97	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	383	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	416.29/cwt	410.00–420.00	391	4
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	102	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	658	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	88	68.75/cwt	60.00–77.50	61	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	75	124.87/cwt	120.00–130.00	94	2
Heifers	Number 1	—	87	111.18/cwt	100.00–122.50	97	2
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	86	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	473	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	77	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	208	1
Bulls	Number 3Beef Cross	—	74	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	222	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	86	287.72/cwt	280.00–295.00	247	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	85	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	553	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	—	75	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	424	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	96	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	509	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	112	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	213	1
Bulls	Utility	—	105	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	105	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	—	101	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	429	1
Bulls	Utility	—	80	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	76	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	75	132.65/cwt	110.00–155.00	99	2
Bulls	Number 3	—	84	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	126	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	104	410.94/cwt	400.00–415.00	427	5
Bulls	Number 2	—	109	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	294	1
Bulls	Utility	—	66	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	69	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	92	226.48/cwt	200.00–240.00	208	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	114	379.76/cwt	360.00–395.00	433	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	81	354.94/cwt	345.00–365.00	288	2

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 →

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 185Last week 186Year ago 264

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 64Last week 86Year ago 67

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 50.00 to 75.00 higher. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 20.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,130	124.00–132.00	128.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,473	97.00–106.00	101.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,316	88.00–96.00	92.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,642	107.00–118.00	111.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,420	170.00–177.00	174.03
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,428	178.00–183.50	180.37
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,436	160.50–166.00	163.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,504	171.00–177.50	173.70
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,527	178.50–185.00	181.84
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,479	164.00–168.00	165.40
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,385	152.00–158.00	154.52
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,539	143.00–156.00	149.87

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	93	585.00–645.00	615.00
3	—	102	645.00–650.00	648.30
1	—	112	600.00	600.00
2	—	81	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	97	395.00	395.00
1	—	74	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	94	410.00–420.00	416.29
5	—	104	400.00–415.00	410.94
4	—	114	360.00–395.00	379.76
2	—	81	345.00–365.00	354.94
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	77	270.00	270.00
2	—	86	280.00–295.00	287.72
1	—	109	270.00	270.00
4	—	92	200.00–240.00	226.48
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	96	530.00	530.00
1	—	101	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	112	190.00	190.00
2	—	75	110.00–155.00	132.65
1	—	84	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	105	100.00	100.00
1	—	80	95.00	95.00
1	—	66	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	102	645.00	645.00
1	—	85	650.00	650.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	88	60.00–77.50	68.75
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	75	120.00–130.00	124.87
2	—	87	100.00–122.50	111.18
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	86	550.00	550.00
1	—	75	565.00	565.00

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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Every lot, as filed

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