Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 1
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 165 vs last sale 265▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
66 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 73▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited buyer activity pressured markets lower. Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 8.00-10.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 20.00-30.00 lower. Supply light, demand light.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55449.1176349
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29043.7956527
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20930.0436313

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110772.52/cwt8
BullsNumber 210452.50/cwt10
BullsNumber 39434.51/cwt5
BullsUtility9115.93/cwt13
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing9615.00/cwt3

Every lot

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20930.04/cwt20.00–40.0036313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29043.79/cwt40.00–48.0056527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45445.66/cwt40.00–49.0066421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59350.67/cwt48.00–53.0080722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76055.45/cwt54.00–60.009766
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Utility/Non-Tubing9615.00/cwt15.00–15.00143
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility7713.36/cwt10.00–20.00103
Bulls—Utility8616.83/cwt12.50–20.00144
Bulls—Utility9317.43/cwt15.00–20.00162
Bulls—Number 39434.51/cwt27.50–40.00325
Bulls—Number 29554.23/cwt47.50–60.00523
Bulls—Number 19770.00/cwt70.00–70.00681
Bulls—Number 110275.07/cwt70.00–80.00773
Bulls—Number 210452.05/cwt45.00–60.00546
Bulls—Utility10416.63/cwt15.00–20.00173
Bulls—Number 111471.24/cwt70.00–75.00814
Bulls—Utility11515.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
Bulls—Number 213450.00/cwt50.00–50.00671

This sale against other markets

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.