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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Sep 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
29 vs last sale 171 142 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
106 head
33 vs last sale 73 106 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 stayed steady with light supply. Slaughter dairy cows traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Beef cross bull calves traded 55.00 to 65.00 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,307173.002,2611thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,262161.492,0382thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,675190.473,1903thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,429178.002,5442thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,463164.542,4076thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,754145.002,5431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,533136.002,0851thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,725130.692,25518
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,474124.011,82815
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,370107.081,46737
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,427175.002,4972thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,352159.692,1593thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,557179.002,7871thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,722159.002,7381thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,150188.522,1682thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,194178.612,1335thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,327162.502,1562thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,397185.942,5988thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197526.75/cwt49
BullsNumber 294490.11/cwt19
BullsNumber 376310.06/cwt5
BullsUtility71140.00/cwt3
HeifersNumber 189749.92/cwt8
HeifersNumber 292417.50/cwt4

Every lot, as filed

50 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 2Beef Cross80–9086670.00/cwt670.00–670.005761
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross90–10095720.00/cwt720.00–720.006841
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross70–8071810.00/cwt810.00–810.005751
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross80–9084819.72/cwt800.00–850.006893
Dairy HeifersSelect1,352159.69/cwt156.00–163.002,1593
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,429178.00/cwt176.00–180.002,5442
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,675190.47/cwt190.00–191.503,1903
HeifersChoice and Prime1,150188.52/cwt187.00–190.002,1682
HeifersChoice1,194178.61/cwt174.50–183.002,1335
HeifersSelect1,327162.50/cwt160.00–165.002,1562
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,414110.32/cwt105.00–115.001,56020
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,307173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,2611
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect1,262161.49/cwt160.00–163.002,0382
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,474124.01/cwt120.00–129.001,82815
Dairy SteersSelect1,722159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,7381
Dairy SteersChoice1,557179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,7871
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect1,463164.54/cwt160.00–169.002,4076
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,28698.74/cwt90.00–104.001,27013
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,419117.97/cwt117.00–119.001,6744
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,739134.04/cwt129.00–138.002,33112
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,698123.99/cwt120.00–127.002,1056
Dairy HeifersChoice1,427175.00/cwt174.00–176.002,4972
SteersChoice and Prime1,397185.94/cwt180.00–190.002,5988
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,754145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,5431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,533136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,0851
BullsUtility60–7060180.00/cwt180.00–180.001081
BullsNumber 190–10093494.51/cwt450.00–550.0046019
BullsNumber 280–9087423.32/cwt420.00–425.003683
BullsNumber 360–7067230.00/cwt230.00–230.001541
BullsNumber 370–8077326.77/cwt310.00–340.002523
BullsNumber 380–9080340.00/cwt340.00–340.002721
BullsNumber 180–9086466.20/cwt450.00–525.004015
BullsNumber 1100–110105496.13/cwt450.00–535.0052113
BullsNumber 290–10095427.30/cwt405.00–445.004065
BullsNumber 2100–110102410.15/cwt400.00–430.004184
BullsUtility80–9080170.00/cwt170.00–170.001361
BullsUtility70–807470.00/cwt70.00–70.00521
BullsNumber 1110–120111470.86/cwt450.00–475.005236
BullsNumber 270–8075392.47/cwt390.00–395.002942
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross100–110101720.00/cwt720.00–720.007272
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross110–120118650.00/cwt650.00–650.007671
HeifersNumber 2100–110106375.00/cwt375.00–375.003981
HeifersNumber 190–10097494.48/cwt470.00–520.004802
HeifersNumber 270–8076250.00/cwt250.00–250.001901
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross90–10096740.00/cwt740.00–740.007101
HeifersNumber 280–9088305.00/cwt305.00–305.002681
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross80–9083847.55/cwt830.00–860.007034
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross90–10091810.11/cwt800.00–820.007372
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross100–110103770.00/cwt770.00–770.007931
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross90–10091770.00/cwt770.00–770.007011

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.