Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2020-12-19

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Dec 19
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Receipts
409 head
▼ 445 vs last sale 854▲ 37 vs year ago 372 · +9.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Sale Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 5.00-8.00 lower. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold steady. Supply light. 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 $112.89/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$112.89
134 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.39
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552120.1666482
Medium and Large 2573101.4158152
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $82 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 sale134 hd
112.89
—
NY average4 barns · 215 hd
85.49
+27.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327162.74/cwt157.00–168.005322
Steers—Medium and Large 2329132.50/cwt132.50–132.504361
Steers—Medium and Large 1374155.05/cwt151.00–158.005803
Steers—Medium and Large 2413131.15/cwt122.00–136.005426
Steers—Medium and Large 1438151.84/cwt148.00–156.006657
Steers—Medium and Large 1477137.38/cwt130.00–149.0065510
Steers—Medium and Large 2519120.02/cwt118.00–124.006233
Steers—Medium and Large 1526139.32/cwt129.00–145.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 1574137.25/cwt130.00–139.0078815
Steers—Medium and Large 2579113.92/cwt107.00–120.0066013
Steers—Medium and Large 2613115.00/cwt115.00–115.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 1617128.47/cwt123.00–138.0079310
Steers—Medium and Large 2673119.47/cwt118.00–121.008042
Steers—Medium and Large 1687135.61/cwt126.00–139.009329
Steers—Medium and Large 1708130.00/cwt130.00–130.009201
Steers—Medium and Large 1775130.53/cwt123.00–135.001,0128
Steers—Medium and Large 1818130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0636
Steers—Medium and Large 282099.00/cwt99.00–99.008122
Steers—Medium and Large 288496.00/cwt96.00–96.008491
Steers—Medium and Large 1893113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1252130.00/cwt130.00–130.003281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323123.51/cwt119.00–130.003995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338111.82/cwt100.00–116.003786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357113.34/cwt113.00–114.004053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378130.00/cwt130.00–130.0049111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423128.08/cwt121.00–133.005427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435109.55/cwt101.00–118.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475109.76/cwt104.00–115.005212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1494124.00/cwt124.00–124.006132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517122.68/cwt115.00–127.0063428
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529105.41/cwt105.00–107.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 256098.69/cwt95.00–103.0055313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574116.71/cwt114.00–120.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611121.79/cwt121.00–122.007445
Heifers—Medium and Large 263993.75/cwt90.00–100.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2669101.31/cwt95.00–104.006784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692108.99/cwt108.00–110.007542
Heifers—Medium and Large 273096.50/cwt94.00–99.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731117.77/cwt114.00–120.008618
Heifers—Medium and Large 277194.14/cwt94.00–95.007267
Heifers—Medium and Large 281190.70/cwt84.00–94.007363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826112.00/cwt112.00–112.009251
Heifers—Medium and Large 192993.52/cwt90.00–97.008698
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316140.00/cwt140.00–140.004422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1392162.33/cwt162.00–163.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431145.64/cwt142.00–148.006285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520136.00/cwt136.00–136.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572131.24/cwt129.00–133.007518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685118.00/cwt118.00–118.008081
Bulls—Medium and Large 185585.24/cwt84.00–89.007294
Bulls—Medium and Large 190280.00/cwt80.00–80.007222

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.