Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-12-05

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Dec 5
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Receipts
854 head
▲ 377 vs last sale 477▼ 69 vs year ago 923 · −7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Sale Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 10.00-12.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 8.00-9.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold 10.00-12.00 higher. Supply good. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.14/cwt on 300 head.
Average price
$118.14
300 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.87
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460129.60596144
Medium and Large 2538107.55579156
One grade step is worth $22.05/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale300 hd
118.14
—
NY average5 barns · 383 hd
106.26
+11.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

71 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Feeder and Replacement Cattle Sale - 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2224109.81/cwt100.00–115.002463
Steers—Medium and Large 2268125.66/cwt110.00–137.503373
Steers—Medium and Large 1283157.19/cwt153.00–161.004453
Steers—Medium and Large 1323165.72/cwt146.00–171.005358
Steers—Medium and Large 1377163.55/cwt148.00–171.0061714
Steers—Medium and Large 2380127.79/cwt125.00–137.004864
Steers—Medium and Large 2432136.51/cwt135.00–137.505903
Steers—Medium and Large 1434142.93/cwt138.00–147.006206
Steers—Medium and Large 1465145.80/cwt141.00–154.006789
Steers—Medium and Large 2475135.06/cwt133.00–139.006423
Steers—Medium and Large 2515129.52/cwt128.00–131.006674
Steers—Medium and Large 1527139.95/cwt131.00–146.0073829
Steers—Medium and Large 1571141.71/cwt133.00–147.0080935
Steers—Medium and Large 2584117.86/cwt111.00–125.0068819
Steers—Medium and Large 1616138.95/cwt123.00–149.0085626
Steers—Medium and Large 2622113.89/cwt103.00–120.007085
Steers—Medium and Large 2658118.16/cwt104.00–124.007777
Steers—Medium and Large 1670141.04/cwt123.00–152.0094523
Steers—Medium and Large 1718131.23/cwt126.00–140.009425
Steers—Medium and Large 272397.44/cwt92.00–105.007044
Steers—Medium and Large 1788128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0092
Steers—Medium and Large 279498.51/cwt97.00–100.007822
Steers—Medium and Large 1829113.75/cwt111.00–124.009438
Steers—Medium and Large 1870109.92/cwt106.00–129.009568
Steers—Medium and Large 1908117.81/cwt117.00–119.001,0705
Steers—Medium and Large 291591.00/cwt91.00–91.008332
Steers—Medium and Large 2971103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 1980111.17/cwt111.00–112.001,0896
Steers—Medium and Large 11,069109.37/cwt107.00–111.001,1695
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228112.86/cwt105.00–120.002577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264123.55/cwt120.00–126.003264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278120.59/cwt115.00–126.003356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320130.47/cwt119.00–141.0041810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325115.48/cwt100.00–122.5037523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374131.01/cwt125.00–136.0049019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374115.66/cwt110.00–119.004336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413130.37/cwt124.00–140.0053841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433108.05/cwt95.00–117.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473131.75/cwt127.50–141.0062325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478115.59/cwt100.00–122.0055313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521107.21/cwt95.00–117.0055926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525133.24/cwt122.00–142.0070020
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572109.77/cwt92.00–117.0062818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589133.03/cwt125.00–139.0078410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612117.30/cwt113.00–133.0071813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627109.44/cwt100.00–111.0068611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679100.03/cwt96.00–108.006797
Heifers—Medium and Large 271997.15/cwt89.00–103.0069911
Heifers—Medium and Large 278496.65/cwt91.00–108.007586
Heifers—Medium and Large 281794.42/cwt90.00–100.0077114
Heifers—Medium and Large 286985.49/cwt84.00–87.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872107.95/cwt106.00–110.009412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2226130.00/cwt130.00–130.002941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2272127.50/cwt127.50–127.503471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1287160.68/cwt159.00–162.504612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322163.41/cwt158.00–165.005265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325129.30/cwt127.50–131.004202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375152.57/cwt140.00–174.0057213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2392130.91/cwt126.00–135.005134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410145.52/cwt140.00–147.505974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2445117.52/cwt100.00–130.005234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470147.58/cwt136.00–151.0069421
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481122.09/cwt107.50–136.005879
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506139.49/cwt121.00–150.0070618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583106.02/cwt102.00–110.006182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628108.99/cwt104.00–119.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 265484.00/cwt84.00–84.005491
Bulls—Medium and Large 171087.54/cwt85.00–90.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 271775.00/cwt75.00–75.005382
Bulls—Medium and Large 182583.00/cwt83.00–83.006853
Bulls—Medium and Large 188391.00/cwt87.00–95.008042

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.