Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2024-08-28

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Canandaigua, New York · Wed, Aug 28
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1974
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 232▲ 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
73 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 72▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale slaughter steers sold steady to firm. Slaughter heifers traded 3.50 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Holstein bull calves traded 30.00 to 40.00 lower.

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
Bulls—Average1,618169.342,7402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,671131.072,1915thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,018121.001,2321thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91888.478124thin
Dairy Bulls—Average1,676166.002,7821thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,720135.412,32918
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,482123.421,82922
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,299105.941,37734
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,476157.002,3172thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,109145.461,6132thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,328154.622,05311
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,329145.481,9335thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,255182.882,2956thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,247175.442,1885thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,222170.002,0771thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,393187.612,6139thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,468177.392,6046thin
SteersSelectAverage1,436171.512,4635thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

5 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 198598.56/cwt22
BullsNumber 294474.92/cwt10
BullsNumber 393223.33/cwt3
HeifersNumber 192738.95/cwt6
HeifersNumber 287653.88/cwt4

Every lot

43 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—Choice and Prime1,393187.61/cwt184.50–190.002,6139
Steers—Select1,436171.51/cwt167.00–175.002,4635
Steers—Choice1,468177.39/cwt176.00–180.002,6046
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,222170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0771
Heifers—Choice1,247175.44/cwt172.00–179.002,1885
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,255182.88/cwt180.50–186.002,2956
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,618169.34/cwt165.00–173.002,7402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91681.62/cwt72.00–90.007483
Cows—Lean 85-90%923109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,018121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,646127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,0902
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,688133.79/cwt130.00–137.002,2583
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21597.08/cwt90.00–104.001,18015
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,366131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,7891
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,366112.93/cwt106.00–117.001,54319
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,476118.11/cwt117.00–119.001,7438
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,495126.10/cwt123.00–129.001,88513
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,720135.41/cwt129.00–141.002,32918
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,109145.46/cwt145.00–146.001,6132
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,476157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3172
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,328154.62/cwt151.00–161.002,05311
Dairy Steers—Select1,329145.48/cwt141.00–147.001,9335
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,676166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,7821
Feeder Dairy Calves · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers70–80Number 2Beef Cross73612.76/cwt575.00–650.004472
Heifers80–90Number 1Beef Cross85780.00/cwt780.00–780.006631
Heifers90–100Number 1Beef Cross91839.56/cwt800.00–900.007643
Heifers90–100Number 192485.00/cwt485.00–485.004461
Heifers90–100Number 2Beef Cross99680.00/cwt680.00–680.006731
Heifers100–110Number 2Beef Cross101710.00/cwt710.00–710.007171
Heifers100–110Number 1103650.00/cwt650.00–650.006701
Feeder Dairy Calves · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls80–90Number 280450.00/cwt450.00–450.003601
Bulls80–90Number 184479.64/cwt470.00–490.004032
Bulls80–90Number 385270.00/cwt270.00–270.002301
Bulls80–90Number 1Beef Cross89874.46/cwt780.00–970.007782
Bulls80–90Number 2Beef Cross89650.00/cwt640.00–660.005792
Bulls90–100Number 392200.00/cwt200.00–200.001841
Bulls90–100Number 193521.30/cwt470.00–570.004857
Bulls90–100Number 294425.70/cwt395.00–460.004006
Bulls100–110Number 3101200.00/cwt200.00–200.002021
Bulls100–110Number 1Beef Cross103836.67/cwt830.00–850.008623
Bulls100–110Number 1104540.06/cwt515.00–560.005626
Bulls110–120Number 1113530.27/cwt510.00–550.005992
Bulls110–120Number 2118445.00/cwt445.00–445.005251

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.