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Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 8

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

131 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 100▲ 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Feeder Dairy Calves receipts

67 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 66▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited buyer activity pressured markets lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Supply light, demand light. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply light, demand moderate.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,598	49.10	784	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,333	45.56	607	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,150	37.83	435	13

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	104	74.94/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 2	100	52.26/cwt	10
Bulls	Number 3	96	37.57/cwt	15
Bulls	Utility	100	16.75/cwt	10

Every lot

19 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	37.83/cwt	28.00–43.50	435	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	45.56/cwt	40.00–49.50	607	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	46.72/cwt	40.00–49.00	703	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	55.80/cwt	55.00–58.00	912	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,715	51.16/cwt	50.00–54.00	877	18
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Utility	83	14.18/cwt	12.50–15.00	12	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	84	31.03/cwt	20.00–37.50	26	3
Bulls	—	Number 3	94	37.92/cwt	25.00–45.00	36	7
Bulls	—	Number 2	95	52.07/cwt	47.50–57.50	49	6
Bulls	—	Utility	95	16.70/cwt	15.00–20.00	16	3
Bulls	—	Number 1	98	72.46/cwt	70.00–75.00	71	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	103	75.37/cwt	70.00–85.00	78	6
Bulls	—	Number 3	104	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	42	4
Bulls	—	Number 2	106	53.39/cwt	50.00–55.00	57	3
Bulls	—	Number 2	113	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	57	1
Bulls	—	Utility	113	17.43/cwt	15.00–20.00	20	2
Bulls	—	Number 1	114	76.12/cwt	72.50–80.00	87	2
Bulls	—	Number 3	116	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	52	1
Bulls	—	Utility	122	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	24	2

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.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Apr 8, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 100Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 67Last week 66Year ago 0

Limited buyer activity pressured markets lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Supply light, demand light. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady. Supply light, demand moderate.

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	84	20.00–37.50	31.03
1	—	116	45.00	45.00
7	—	94	25.00–45.00	37.92
4	—	104	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	95	15.00–20.00	16.70
3	—	83	12.50–15.00	14.18
2	—	122	20.00	20.00
2	—	113	15.00–20.00	17.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	95	47.50–57.50	52.07
3	—	106	50.00–55.00	53.39
1	—	113	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	103	70.00–85.00	75.37
2	—	114	72.50–80.00	76.12
2	—	98	70.00–75.00	72.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,505	40.00–49.00	46.72
18	—	1,715	50.00–54.00	51.16
3	—	1,635	55.00–58.00	55.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,333	40.00–49.50	45.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,150	28.00–43.50	37.83

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.