Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-04-14

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Apr 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 185▲ 73 vs year ago 146 · +50.0%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
48 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 67▼ 21 vs year ago 69 · −30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Supply light, demand very good. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Supply light, demand very 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%Average1,58668.211,08258
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36163.5486535
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23249.216066thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,312118.441,5549thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,365112.451,53514
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,402117.951,65419
SteersChoiceAverage1,411112.931,5938thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 199152.35/cwt20
BullsNumber 297106.11/cwt7
HeifersNumber 192219.57/cwt2

Every lot

22 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,402117.95/cwt116.00–122.001,65419
Steers—Choice1,411112.93/cwt110.50–115.001,5938
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,312118.44/cwt117.00–121.001,5549
Heifers—Choice1,365112.45/cwt108.00–115.501,53514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22958.32/cwt52.50–61.0071714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23249.21/cwt45.00–56.506066
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37360.72/cwt55.00–63.5083414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43565.57/cwt63.00–68.0094117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50673.17/cwt72.00–75.001,1024
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62773.99/cwt72.00–77.001,20417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67068.45/cwt64.50–71.501,14327
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Number 1Beef Cross92219.57/cwt200.00–240.002022
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Number 28387.41/cwt85.00–90.00732
Bulls—Number 187145.27/cwt130.00–160.001265
Bulls—Number 195141.02/cwt130.00–147.501345
Bulls—Number 295115.16/cwt95.00–127.501093
Bulls—Number 1103145.93/cwt135.00–155.001506
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross107230.00/cwt230.00–230.002461
Bulls—Number 210897.50/cwt97.50–97.501051
Bulls—Number 1110145.00/cwt140.00–150.001602
Bulls—Number 1Beef Cross120220.00/cwt220.00–220.002641
Bulls—Number 2120125.00/cwt125.00–125.001501

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.