Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 15
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 131▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
69 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 67▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 8.00-12.00 higher. Supply light, demand good.

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%Average1,61851.9384071
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29149.2263530
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14739.794567thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110887.53/cwt8
BullsNumber 210159.11/cwt11
BullsNumber 39335.37/cwt14
BullsUtility9313.29/cwt9

Every lot

20 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 · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14739.79/cwt35.00–47.004567
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25853.78/cwt52.00–55.506778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30347.56/cwt44.00–51.0062022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51748.28/cwt40.00–51.0073223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65452.96/cwt51.00–54.5087639
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72156.81/cwt55.00–58.009789
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 38428.83/cwt20.00–40.00246
Bulls—Utility8612.50/cwt12.50–12.50114
Bulls—Utility9213.65/cwt5.00–20.00134
Bulls—Number 29557.92/cwt55.00–65.00556
Bulls—Number 39541.16/cwt35.00–50.00394
Bulls—Number 19685.08/cwt80.00–90.00822
Bulls—Number 310337.54/cwt30.00–42.50393
Bulls—Number 210461.74/cwt50.00–72.50643
Bulls—Number 110690.00/cwt90.00–90.00952
Bulls—Number 211060.00/cwt60.00–60.00661
Bulls—Number 311045.00/cwt45.00–45.00501
Bulls—Number 111487.51/cwt80.00–95.001004
Bulls—Number 212157.50/cwt57.50–57.50701
Bulls—Utility12815.00/cwt15.00–15.00191

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.