Sale reports / New York / Finger Lakes Livestock Auction / 2025-02-01

Finger Lakes Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Canandaigua, New York · Sat, Feb 1
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1980
Feeder Cattle receipts
526 head
▲ 107 vs last sale 419▼ 41 vs year ago 567 · −7.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 10▲ 0 vs year ago 16 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month's sale 400-500lb feeders sold 40.00 to 45.00 higher. 500-600lb feeder steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. 400-500lb feeder heifers sold 25.00 to 30.00 higher. 500-600lb feeder heifers sold 12.50 to 15.00 higher. Vaccinated cattle brought a 20.00 to 30.00 higher premium.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $301.03/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −79.07 against this barn's trailing median of $380.10.
Average price
$301.03
80 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs NY average
−47.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563309.601,74364
Medium and Large 2536266.751,43016thin
One grade step is worth $42.85/cwt here — about $313 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale80 hd
301.03
—
NY average1 barns · 80 hd
301.03
+0.00
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−47.63
This barn, trailing median14 sales
380.10
−79.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
482425368311median 380.1003/0704/1807/1109/1910/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.80, low $325.08, median $380.10 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,386$1,9179
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,000$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,200$1,8001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)800$1,7501thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2942
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2348325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1461
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388365.13/cwt352.50–377.501,4172
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427296.72/cwt292.50–305.001,2673
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432329.73/cwt322.50–357.501,42413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461374.08/cwt367.50–382.501,7259
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476287.09/cwt275.00–302.501,3675
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528266.52/cwt252.50–277.501,40712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537285.24/cwt282.00–312.501,53212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560267.44/cwt260.00–275.001,4984
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569315.22/cwt281.00–326.001,79452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618292.69/cwt267.50–317.001,80924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640234.16/cwt210.00–238.001,4997
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665291.70/cwt290.00–295.001,9403
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668241.32/cwt232.50–250.001,6122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1762
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2714249.15/cwt247.00–251.001,77915
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822229.50/cwt229.00–230.001,8862
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2837220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8411
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2851215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8301
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,0781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290290.00/cwt290.00–290.008411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322324.81/cwt312.50–360.001,04611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358345.03/cwt340.00–350.001,2352
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390284.78/cwt260.00–290.001,1118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426322.36/cwt320.00–327.501,3733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2446289.47/cwt265.00–292.501,2919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476271.26/cwt260.00–282.501,29124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1498325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6198
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523289.88/cwt275.00–325.001,51633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539263.91/cwt245.00–267.501,42213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558304.82/cwt272.50–317.001,70114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574260.22/cwt252.50–265.001,49410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614219.64/cwt210.00–242.501,34910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616276.28/cwt262.50–285.001,7028
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678238.23/cwt200.00–258.001,6156
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8591
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727255.08/cwt252.50–257.501,8546
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2751257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,9342
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2823206.72/cwt202.50–215.001,7013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1873
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335285.79/cwt280.00–300.009575
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412314.35/cwt307.50–320.001,2958
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0504
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2191
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,42212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513280.18/cwt260.00–282.501,43714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2544215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560278.10/cwt265.00–280.001,5578
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577225.90/cwt215.00–237.501,3035
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610264.07/cwt259.00–282.501,61112
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617235.79/cwt232.50–242.501,4553
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666285.23/cwt275.00–295.001,9004
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673238.82/cwt212.50–250.001,6075
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2706218.39/cwt212.50–230.001,5423
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7331
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1753247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8642
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2787220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7311
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,5471
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1880185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6281
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28001,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3861,916.67/head1,750.00–2,100.001,9179

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.