Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-03-24

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Mar 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 234▼ 36 vs year ago 265 · −13.6%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
73 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 52▲ 0 vs year ago 73 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold steady - 1.00 lower. Supply light, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady - 1.00 higher. Supply light, demand good Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 15.00-20.00 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%Average1,52261.2793363
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33257.8477031
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23946.8258011
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,426111.051,5842thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,323105.851,40010
HeifersSelectAverage1,23395.781,1814thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,441110.881,5983thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,494105.491,57613
SteersSelectAverage1,42999.511,4223thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

4 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1100135.83/cwt18
BullsNumber 299100.88/cwt19
BullsNumber 39756.08/cwt10
BullsUtility9531.31/cwt2

Every lot

27 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,42999.51/cwt98.00–100.501,4223
Steers—Choice and Prime1,441110.88/cwt110.00–112.501,5983
Steers—Choice1,494105.49/cwt103.00–109.001,57613
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,23395.78/cwt92.00–100.001,1814
Heifers—Choice1,323105.85/cwt103.00–109.001,40010
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,426111.05/cwt110.00–112.001,5842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23946.82/cwt41.00–54.5058011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30656.71/cwt51.50–61.0074125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43457.75/cwt52.00–60.5082828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43962.54/cwt61.00–64.009006
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54562.89/cwt61.00–65.0097226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73167.55/cwt66.00–70.001,1699
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross84190.18/cwt180.00–200.001602
Bulls—Number 38550.04/cwt40.00–60.00433
Bulls—Number 187118.95/cwt110.00–127.501032
Bulls—Number 28788.31/cwt82.50–97.50773
Bulls—Number 295102.95/cwt95.00–115.00986
Bulls—Utility9531.31/cwt30.00–32.50302
Bulls—Number 196127.38/cwt120.00–135.001224
Bulls—Number 39661.74/cwt50.00–75.00593
Bulls—Number 2104103.64/cwt80.00–117.501088
Bulls—Number 310458.47/cwt50.00–75.00613
Bulls—Number 1105128.75/cwt120.00–140.001356
Bulls—Number 2110102.50/cwt97.50–107.501132
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross113170.00/cwt170.00–170.001921
Bulls—Number 1113124.90/cwt120.00–130.001413
Bulls—Number 311650.00/cwt50.00–50.00581

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.