Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-03-13

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Mar 13
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
46 vs last sale 205 13 vs year ago 264 · 4.9%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
78 head
11 vs last sale 67 11 vs year ago 67 · +16.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Beef bull calves traded 60.00 to 150.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage2,121131.862,7973thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,468110.211,61812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,550104.081,61312
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,38397.491,3482thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,709114.651,95916
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,564104.271,63126
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,30894.501,23629
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,354145.161,96516
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,645146.002,4021thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,491185.542,76613
HeifersChoiceAverage1,426179.312,55711
HeifersSelectAverage1,439170.862,4593thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,556186.102,89625
SteersChoiceAverage1,572177.492,79012
SteersSelectAverage1,450170.502,47213

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 193594.71/cwt27
BullsNumber 293572.31/cwt13
BullsNumber 390367.96/cwt9
HeifersNumber 191488.12/cwt8
HeifersNumber 277402.50/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1100–110104526.82/cwt515.00–550.005485
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross100–110100520.00/cwt520.00–520.005201
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross80–9089629.83/cwt600.00–660.005612
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110106626.95/cwt600.00–650.006653
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10090710.00/cwt710.00–710.006391
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085787.89/cwt730.00–870.006704
SteersChoice and Prime1,556186.10/cwt183.00–191.502,89625
SteersSelect1,450170.50/cwt165.00–173.002,47213
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,30894.50/cwt89.00–98.001,23629
HeifersChoice1,426179.31/cwt175.00–182.502,55711
HeifersSelect1,439170.86/cwt169.00–173.002,4593
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,709114.65/cwt110.00–128.001,95916
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,564104.27/cwt99.00–109.001,63126
Dairy SteersSelect1,645146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,4021
Dairy HeifersSelect1,354145.16/cwt140.00–152.001,96516
SteersChoice1,572177.49/cwt173.50–182.502,79012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,468110.21/cwt107.00–113.001,61812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,550104.08/cwt101.00–106.001,61312
HeifersChoice and Prime1,491185.54/cwt183.00–190.002,76613
CowsLean 85-90%1,38397.49/cwt97.00–98.001,3482
Bulls2,121131.86/cwt124.50–144.002,7973
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross70–8074665.34/cwt640.00–690.004922
BullsNumber 3Beef Cross90–10091515.27/cwt490.00–540.004692
BullsNumber 280–9086450.00/cwt450.00–450.003871
BullsNumber 290–10093419.60/cwt390.00–470.003903
BullsNumber 180–9087531.33/cwt485.00–550.004624
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–8079870.00/cwt870.00–870.006871
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110101790.00/cwt790.00–790.007981
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross110–120110660.00/cwt660.00–660.007261
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10095600.00/cwt600.00–600.005701
BullsNumber 190–10093525.10/cwt475.00–585.0048811
BullsNumber 3100–110104250.00/cwt250.00–250.002601
BullsNumber 380–9086325.00/cwt325.00–325.002801
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9081690.00/cwt690.00–690.005591
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross60–7069640.00/cwt640.00–640.004421
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9086780.00/cwt750.00–810.006712
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross100–110100760.00/cwt760.00–760.007602
BullsNumber 370–8075295.38/cwt245.00–340.002223
BullsNumber 3110–120114300.00/cwt300.00–300.003421
HeifersNumber 180–9086198.33/cwt190.00–205.001713
HeifersNumber 190–10098230.00/cwt230.00–230.002251
HeifersNumber 280–9083150.00/cwt150.00–150.001251
HeifersNumber 270–8075130.00/cwt130.00–130.00981

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.