Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-04-22

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 22
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 146▲ 178 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
58 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 69▲ 58 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 3.00-5.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Supply very 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%High1,59147.8176190
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34543.5458646
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13638.134339thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 110894.55/cwt13
BullsNumber 29965.64/cwt15
BullsNumber 310132.46/cwt6
BullsUtility8412.97/cwt12
HeifersNumber 195133.78/cwt5

Every lot

23 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%1,13638.13/cwt30.00–42.004339
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34142.71/cwt35.00–49.5057341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37650.36/cwt50.00–52.006935
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54545.27/cwt42.00–49.5069945
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62749.12/cwt47.00–52.0079935
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67554.62/cwt53.00–57.0091510
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross86141.99/cwt125.00–160.001222
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross92137.46/cwt130.00–145.001262
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross120110.00/cwt110.00–110.001321
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Utility7610.63/cwt10.00–12.5084
Bulls—Utility8212.52/cwt10.00–15.00103
Bulls—Number 28552.52/cwt50.00–57.50453
Bulls—Utility9215.12/cwt10.00–25.00145
Bulls—Number 19580.00/cwt80.00–80.00761
Bulls—Number 29663.31/cwt60.00–70.00613
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross97102.11/cwt65.00–140.00992
Bulls—Number 39728.45/cwt22.50–35.00285
Bulls—Number 110385.48/cwt82.50–90.00885
Bulls—Number 210470.79/cwt60.00–77.50749
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross105150.00/cwt150.00–150.001581
Bulls—Number 111389.18/cwt87.50–90.001013
Bulls—Number 312252.50/cwt52.50–52.50641
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross161100.00/cwt100.00–100.001611

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.