Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-08-21

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Aug 21
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
232 head
108 vs last sale 124 232 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
72 head
12 vs last sale 84 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows stayed steady to firm. Holstein bull calves sold 10.00 to 15.00 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
BullsAverage1,335151.002,0161thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,730152.872,6452thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,424140.321,9985thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average896110.009861thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,728138.832,39919
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,432132.001,89032
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,285111.051,42750
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,334163.252,1785thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,183148.641,7586thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,684162.212,7325thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,336146.861,9625thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,383186.312,57713
HeifersChoiceAverage1,340180.742,4226thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,308174.732,2853thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,500189.562,84311
SteersChoiceAverage1,459180.832,6385thin
SteersSelectAverage1,283172.802,2172thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1102585.21/cwt13
BullsNumber 291456.19/cwt17
BullsNumber 389301.50/cwt5
BullsUtility77153.84/cwt5
HeifersNumber 188629.71/cwt8
HeifersNumber 281458.20/cwt6

Every lot, as filed

51 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 1Beef Cross110–120116760.04/cwt755.00–765.008822
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110104765.00/cwt765.00–765.007961
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,322143.78/cwt140.00–150.001,9013
Dairy SteersSelect1,336146.86/cwt136.00–154.001,9625
Dairy HeifersChoice1,334163.25/cwt158.00–166.002,1785
Dairy HeifersSelect1,183148.64/cwt141.00–154.001,7586
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,939170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,2961
CowsLean 85-90%896110.00/cwt110.00–110.009861
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,21292.56/cwt85.00–101.001,12212
SteersSelect1,283172.80/cwt170.00–175.002,2172
SteersChoice1,339183.54/cwt182.00–185.002,4584
SteersChoice and Prime1,500189.56/cwt186.00–193.502,84311
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,301122.49/cwt119.00–127.001,59415
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,733140.80/cwt136.00–145.002,44014
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,434132.68/cwt130.00–136.001,90322
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,473124.83/cwt121.50–128.001,8397
Dairy SteersChoice1,684162.21/cwt157.00–164.502,7325
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,714133.33/cwt132.00–134.502,2855
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,313113.24/cwt109.00–118.001,48723
CowsBoner 80-85%1,424140.32/cwt134.00–146.001,9985
HeifersChoice and Prime1,383186.31/cwt184.00–193.002,57713
HeifersChoice1,340180.74/cwt178.00–182.502,4226
HeifersSelect1,308174.73/cwt174.00–176.502,2853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,730152.87/cwt151.00–155.002,6452
Bulls1,335151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,0161
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110101590.00/cwt590.00–590.005961
BullsNumber 370–8076220.00/cwt220.00–220.001671
BullsNumber 390–10094319.16/cwt250.00–380.003003
BullsNumber 190–10092546.89/cwt505.00–610.005033
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross80–9082665.00/cwt665.00–665.005451
HeifersNumber 270–8075239.60/cwt230.00–250.001802
HeifersNumber 280–9085290.00/cwt290.00–290.002471
HeifersNumber 180–9087380.00/cwt380.00–380.003311
BullsNumber 2120–130121450.00/cwt450.00–450.005451
BullsNumber 290–10094452.18/cwt400.00–490.004255
HeifersNumber 190–10093450.81/cwt425.00–475.004192
HeifersNumber 170–8076370.00/cwt370.00–370.002811
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross70–8074675.00/cwt675.00–675.005001
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9085835.30/cwt780.00–885.007102
BullsNumber 180–9084505.00/cwt505.00–505.004241
BullsNumber 1110–120110520.00/cwt520.00–520.005721
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10093857.74/cwt850.00–865.007982
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–10095640.00/cwt640.00–640.006081
BullsUtility100–110100155.00/cwt155.00–155.001551
BullsNumber 380–9086330.00/cwt330.00–330.002841
BullsNumber 1100–110104531.39/cwt500.00–555.005535
BullsUtility60–7068165.11/cwt150.00–180.001122
BullsNumber 270–8077434.48/cwt405.00–460.003354
BullsNumber 280–9086445.29/cwt420.00–490.003835
BullsNumber 2110–120113490.00/cwt490.00–490.005541
BullsUtility70–8075142.00/cwt130.00–155.001072

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.