Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-06-12

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Jun 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
44 vs last sale 166 54 vs year ago 264 · 20.5%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
72 head
15 vs last sale 57 5 vs year ago 67 · +7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale slaughter cows stayed steady to firm. Slaughter steers traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Holstein bull calves stayed steady to firm.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,362176.162,3992thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,688174.862,9523thin
BullsAverage1,686166.632,8093thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,858148.002,7501thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,615124.562,0122thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,472112.001,6491thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,397162.582,2715thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,688132.362,23417
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,401119.461,67327
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,337108.751,45415
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,309166.022,1732thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,118156.121,7456thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,547169.612,6245thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,499186.422,7944thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,429181.722,5975thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,364175.892,3992thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,537189.722,91618
SteersChoiceAverage1,522184.142,80317
SteersSelectAverage1,439178.342,56612

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102632.87/cwt28
BullsNumber 293481.42/cwt8
BullsNumber 396387.42/cwt2
HeifersNumber 185806.25/cwt4
HeifersNumber 2104702.57/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls1,686166.63/cwt162.00–170.002,8093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,615124.56/cwt120.00–130.002,0122
CowsLean 85-90%1,472112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,858148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,7501
HeifersChoice and Prime1,499186.42/cwt185.00–190.002,7944
SteersChoice1,522184.14/cwt180.50–187.502,80317
Dairy HeifersChoice1,309166.02/cwt162.00–169.002,1732
Dairy HeifersSelect1,118156.12/cwt152.00–160.001,7456
HeifersSelect1,364175.89/cwt174.00–177.502,3992
HeifersChoice1,429181.72/cwt179.00–184.002,5975
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,337108.75/cwt105.00–113.001,45415
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,688174.86/cwt172.00–178.002,9523
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,362176.16/cwt173.00–179.002,3992
Dairy Bulls1,397162.58/cwt158.00–166.002,2715
SteersChoice and Prime1,537189.72/cwt188.00–193.502,91618
SteersSelect1,439178.34/cwt176.00–180.002,56612
Dairy SteersChoice1,547169.61/cwt169.00–171.002,6245
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,110132.02/cwt130.00–134.001,4652
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,424118.46/cwt114.00–125.001,68725
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,688132.36/cwt128.00–139.002,23417
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110106920.00/cwt920.00–920.009751
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10098920.20/cwt900.00–950.009023
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9084930.00/cwt930.00–930.007811
BullsNumber 190–10093592.15/cwt525.00–625.005516
BullsNumber 290–10093481.89/cwt420.00–500.004486
BullsNumber 280–9080490.00/cwt490.00–490.003921
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10095930.00/cwt930.00–930.008841
HeifersNumber 190–10093365.00/cwt365.00–365.003391
HeifersNumber 280–9088270.00/cwt270.00–270.002381
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross70–8070910.00/cwt910.00–910.006371
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross100–110104860.00/cwt860.00–860.008941
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross110–120112840.13/cwt830.00–850.009412
BullsNumber 1120–130121530.00/cwt530.00–530.006412
BullsNumber 170–8079560.00/cwt560.00–560.004421
BullsNumber 2100–110102470.00/cwt470.00–470.004791
BullsNumber 390–10096387.42/cwt380.00–395.003722
BullsNumber 1110–120115554.75/cwt525.00–585.006387
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–90811,020.00/cwt1,020.00–1,020.008261
BullsNumber 1100–110103592.74/cwt565.00–610.006115
BullsNumber 180–9086545.00/cwt545.00–545.004692

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.