Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2021-03-20

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Mar 20
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Receipts
314 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 345▲ 314 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Feeder Sale Number 1 Feeder Steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Number 1 Feeder Bulls sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Supply light. Demand good. Supply included: 100% Feeder Cattle (29% Steers, 52% Heifers, 19% Bulls). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 39%.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.39/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$131.39
106 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.84
vs NY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552133.9574081
Medium and Large 2473123.0758225
One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $158 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 sale106 hd
131.39
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NY average4 barns · 172 hd
121.54
+9.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 2330121.20/cwt120.00–122.504002
Steers—Medium and Large 1340145.02/cwt140.00–147.504934
Steers—Medium and Large 1354143.00/cwt143.00–143.005061
Steers—Medium and Large 2397129.00/cwt129.00–129.005121
Steers—Medium and Large 2414118.02/cwt116.00–120.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 2467123.00/cwt123.00–123.005743
Steers—Medium and Large 1481149.99/cwt140.00–158.0072120
Steers—Medium and Large 2522126.24/cwt119.00–136.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1535144.00/cwt144.00–144.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 1555150.41/cwt145.00–157.0083511
Steers—Medium and Large 2577129.17/cwt119.00–135.007455
Steers—Medium and Large 2622125.00/cwt125.00–125.007782
Steers—Medium and Large 1644139.71/cwt136.00–145.0090011
Steers—Medium and Large 1677135.00/cwt135.00–135.009146
Steers—Medium and Large 2677115.29/cwt110.00–118.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1706130.00/cwt130.00–130.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1772131.50/cwt130.00–134.001,0158
Steers—Medium and Large 1843120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0121
Steers—Medium and Large 1886126.98/cwt117.00–130.001,1257
Steers—Medium and Large 1920104.02/cwt100.00–108.009572
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1233142.00/cwt142.00–142.003311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1253140.00/cwt140.00–140.003541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317112.50/cwt112.50–112.503572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372115.05/cwt110.00–120.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376130.82/cwt120.00–137.0049214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419125.61/cwt117.50–130.005266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442145.69/cwt137.00–150.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457139.65/cwt136.00–145.006389
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466130.15/cwt130.00–131.006067
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513116.00/cwt116.00–116.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532138.77/cwt130.00–143.0073811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562123.22/cwt114.00–126.006925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565136.87/cwt132.00–140.0077319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627125.00/cwt125.00–125.007842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670112.40/cwt109.00–116.007532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694127.00/cwt127.00–127.008817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743118.85/cwt112.00–120.008837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0927
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418134.86/cwt131.00–139.005642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469112.70/cwt110.00–114.005293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471132.00/cwt132.00–132.006225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522140.00/cwt140.00–140.007317
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524126.00/cwt126.00–126.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565115.78/cwt110.00–120.0065410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578130.00/cwt130.00–130.007515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625129.00/cwt129.00–129.008067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2666103.51/cwt102.00–105.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 181893.98/cwt93.00–95.007692

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.