Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter steers traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves traded 5.00 higher. Beef cross bull calves traded 60.00 to 65.00 lower with light supply.

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	1,989	163.21	3,246	2thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,397	140.97	1,969	2thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,609	126.81	2,040	6thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,438	117.18	1,685	21
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,358	107.47	1,459	19
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,289	150.00	1,934	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,556	132.18	2,057	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,483	160.96	2,387	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,354	146.75	1,987	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,432	189.45	2,713	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,425	181.27	2,583	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,437	170.47	2,450	8thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,464	192.39	2,817	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	183.73	2,741	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,488	175.41	2,610	16

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	99	611.48/cwt	32
Bulls	Number 2	92	547.56/cwt	12
Bulls	Number 3	82	325.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 2	98	895.00/cwt	4
Heifers	Number 1	87	609.07/cwt	6

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,989	163.21/cwt	155.00–171.50	3,246	2
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,432	189.45/cwt	187.00–194.00	2,713	13
Heifers	Select	—	1,437	170.47/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,450	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,425	181.27/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,583	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,492	183.73/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,741	21
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,464	192.39/cwt	190.00–199.00	2,817	13
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,609	126.81/cwt	124.00–133.00	2,040	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,358	107.47/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,459	19
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,397	140.97/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,969	2
Steers	Select	—	1,488	175.41/cwt	171.50–178.50	2,610	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,289	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,934	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,556	132.18/cwt	129.00–135.00	2,057	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,354	146.75/cwt	144.00–149.50	1,987	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,483	160.96/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,387	2
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	117.18/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,685	21
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	75	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	570	1
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	80–90	87	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	670	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	96	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	922	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	100–110	100	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	920	1
Bulls	Number 1	100–110	105	603.31/cwt	585.00–630.00	633	11
Bulls	Number 1	110–120	114	576.64/cwt	575.00–580.00	657	3
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	117	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Number 1	90–100	95	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	390	1
Heifers	Number 1	80–90	84	411.48/cwt	375.00–460.00	346	3
Bulls	Number 2	90–100	95	424.87/cwt	420.00–430.00	404	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	80–90	85	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	893	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	90–100	91	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	874	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	70–80	78	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	702	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	90–100	96	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	883	1
Heifers	Number 2Beef Cross	100–110	101	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	909	1
Bulls	Number 1	90–100	94	595.16/cwt	540.00–640.00	559	11
Bulls	Number 2Beef Cross	110–120	119	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Number 1	80–90	86	554.83/cwt	530.00–575.00	477	5
Bulls	Number 2	100–110	105	499.83/cwt	495.00–505.00	525	2
Bulls	Number 3	80–90	82	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	267	1
Bulls	Number 2	80–90	84	468.27/cwt	420.00–520.00	393	5

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 29, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 202Last week 156Year ago 264

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 74Last week 51Year ago 67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,989	155.00–171.50	163.21
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,432	187.00–194.00	189.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,437	167.00–174.00	170.47
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,425	175.00–185.00	181.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,492	180.00–188.00	183.73
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,464	190.00–199.00	192.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,488	171.50–178.50	175.41
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,609	124.00–133.00	126.81
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,358	104.00–112.00	107.47
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,438	113.00–121.00	117.18
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,397	139.00–143.00	140.97
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,289	150.00	150.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,556	129.00–135.00	132.18
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,354	144.00–149.50	146.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	160.00–162.00	160.96

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	75	760.00	760.00
1	80–90	87	770.00	770.00
1	110–120	119	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	90–100	96	960.00	960.00
1	100–110	100	920.00	920.00
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	86	530.00–575.00	554.83
11	90–100	94	540.00–640.00	595.16
11	100–110	105	585.00–630.00	603.31
3	110–120	114	575.00–580.00	576.64
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	80–90	84	420.00–520.00	468.27
2	90–100	95	420.00–430.00	424.87
2	100–110	105	495.00–505.00	499.83
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	82	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Number 2 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	70–80	78	900.00	900.00
1	90–100	96	920.00	920.00
1	100–110	101	900.00	900.00
1	110–120	117	860.00	860.00
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	80–90	84	375.00–460.00	411.48
1	90–100	95	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	80–90	85	1,050.00	1,050.00
1	90–100	91	960.00	960.00

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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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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