Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-06-05

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jun 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
36 vs last sale 202 98 vs year ago 264 · 37.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
57 head
17 vs last sale 74 10 vs year ago 67 · 14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter cows traded 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Slaughter steers traded 5.00 to 5.50 lower. Slaughter heifers traded 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 20.00 to 25.00 lower.

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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,439176.992,5472thin
BullsAverage2,163160.763,4773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,538136.632,1014thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273125.791,6012thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,522157.132,3922thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,725131.882,27515
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,462127.191,86022
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,428112.731,6108thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,261172.222,17211
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,407166.142,3383thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,404185.332,6025thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,320178.242,35314
HeifersSelectAverage1,355173.002,3447thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,451189.042,74310
SteersChoiceAverage1,412180.222,5455thin
SteersSelectAverage1,392175.002,4361thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199632.75/cwt24
BullsNumber 2107579.69/cwt4
BullsNumber 397325.94/cwt7
HeifersNumber 190920.00/cwt2
HeifersNumber 288492.50/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls2,163160.76/cwt158.00–165.003,4773
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,538136.63/cwt134.00–139.002,1014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273125.79/cwt123.00–128.001,6012
Dairy HeifersSelect1,407166.14/cwt165.00–167.002,3383
HeifersSelect1,355173.00/cwt170.00–175.002,3447
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,439176.99/cwt175.00–179.002,5472
Dairy HeifersChoice1,261172.22/cwt169.00–176.002,17211
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,522123.14/cwt118.00–128.001,87418
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,192145.42/cwt142.00–147.001,7334
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,725131.88/cwt129.00–138.002,27515
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,428112.73/cwt110.00–117.001,6108
HeifersChoice1,320178.24/cwt176.00–180.002,35314
HeifersChoice and Prime1,404185.33/cwt181.00–189.002,6025
SteersChoice and Prime1,451189.04/cwt185.00–193.502,74310
SteersChoice1,412180.22/cwt177.50–182.502,5455
SteersSelect1,392175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,4361
Dairy Bulls1,522157.13/cwt156.00–158.502,3922
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110107890.00/cwt890.00–890.009521
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross110–120114905.00/cwt905.00–905.001,0321
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10095955.24/cwt950.00–960.009072
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9087900.00/cwt900.00–900.007831
BullsNumber 2110–120115500.00/cwt500.00–500.005751
BullsNumber 390–10097362.69/cwt350.00–375.003522
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9088910.00/cwt910.00–910.008011
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–10097810.00/cwt810.00–810.007861
BullsNumber 1110–120112561.65/cwt550.00–575.006293
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross120–130122850.00/cwt850.00–850.001,0371
BullsNumber 190–10093552.41/cwt540.00–570.005144
BullsNumber 1120–130121540.00/cwt540.00–540.006531
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10091930.00/cwt930.00–930.008461
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–8072860.00/cwt860.00–860.006191
BullsNumber 1100–110103554.19/cwt525.00–595.005716
BullsNumber 380–9085308.12/cwt290.00–325.002622
BullsNumber 290–10095484.37/cwt470.00–500.004602
BullsNumber 180–9085564.15/cwt525.00–615.004805
BullsNumber 3100–110105313.33/cwt250.00–390.003293
HeifersNumber 290–10091150.00/cwt150.00–150.001372

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.